Tag: goals

160 miles

Its not that many. Its not a lot. But I’m going to run that many more miles by the end of the year.

Let me explain.

I’ve been keeping track of my miles on dailymile (friend me!) since I started seriously running last year. As of Saturday I’ve run 740 miles this year. I’ve been having some troubles staying focused on my running because I tend to do better when I have a schedule to keep. And since I don’t have any major races until the Lincoln Half-Marathon in May I don’t have anything to train for until January. So I need something to distract me. Something to keep me going. Because a wise person once said:

 "Goals are dreams with deadlines.“ ~Diana Scharf Hunt

I need deadlines. I need distinct time frames that I must have things done in. So I decided that I would run 900 miles this year. With about 8 and a half weeks left in the year that works out to about 20 miles a week. Or 4 miles 5 days a week or any variation thereof. So now I have a goal. And I LOVE it. I need structure. I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that I work in TV News where you meet a hard deadline EVERYDAY. The 5pm news can’t start at 5:02 because I’m a little behind. It starts at 5pm. It actually starts at 4:59:00 here, betcha didn’t know that! 🙂 But regardless, I’m so much happier. I’ve felt like I’ve been floundering since the Chicago Marathon. I’ve needed something to focus on and it feels great that this is it.

Happy election day friends! I’m stuck at work for about 14 hours today! Hope you have a good one!

Random thoughts on a Wednesday

Bullet Point style…

  • Ever since I lost weight, I am now cold all.the.time. Seriously. Even in the summer. Especially in air conditioning. We have a lot of expensive computers and equipment running 24/7 here at the TV station and so the AC is running all year round. So I am constantly bundled up in a fleece jacket. Even when its 100 degrees outside. Even when I’m already wearing a sweater and pants and boots because its cold outside. I have a hard time staying warm.
  • Last night I couldn’t get warm. My hands and feet were sooo cold. I had to add another blanket to my bed. I woke up at 3am sweating. Maybe I’m getting sick?
  • I ran this morning. Only a measly 1.25 miles. I woke up late and my back and hips hurt but I did something. That counts, right?
  • My work has already hauled out some Christmas Decorations. Seriously people? It’s November 9th! Can we wait until Thanksgiving is over?
  • Confession: I dreamt about some of you people from Tumblr last night. It was odd. LindsayDoesLife was there…so was WestCoastRunner…as well as mr-smit and x-opher.  And before you get any weird ideas, there was nothing sexual about these dreams. I think we were all just hanging out. But I think this signals I spend too much time on here before I go to bed! 🙂

Well, I hope you all have a great day friends!