2015 Health and Fitness Goals

Loving the stars in the Time Warner Center

Loving the stars in the Time Warner Center

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a fantastic evening full of great cheer and celebration.

There is a lot of pressure to come up with goals in just one day, maybe I should have thought about this earlier?!

This will be an evolving list of my health and fitness goals for 2015, some are no-brainers, and some will need more work and planning:

—Run an international race. Good thing London is in April!

—Set a personal record in the marathon, and other distances, but the marathon is the focus.

—Get involved in other health and fitness projects outside of marathon training – coaching and other certifications, giving back to the running community through volunteer efforts.

—Continue to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s Disease and other charities (like Age UK) through running.

—Continue to try experiment with a variety of cross training classes including Mile High Run Club, Prime Cycle, Local Barre, and new ones to be determined (I welcome any suggestions).

—Meet new people through running including running with different groups and teams – in fact, I started on this goal before the new year when I ran my first speed workout with the Dashing Whippets Running Team (more to come on this and my training plan for London).

—Continue to eat healthy, pre-pack snacks, and cook at home more often.

—And remembering that training does not have to be perfect – it is okay to be flexible, sleep in every so often, take a sick day, or just spending time with friends and family without a strict schedule.

Shalane Flanagan put it best with the quote, “Don’t let fear decide your future.” So if there is anything I focus on for 2015, it is to step out of my comfort zone.

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Perfect timing for this quote in my Believe Training Journal

What are your health and fitness goals for 2015?

2014: Year in Review

Wow, what a year it has been! To recap, here are some highlights of my favorite moments from 2014 (remember how much I love numbers and stats!):

Athletes to End Alzheimer's team on marathon morning

Athletes to End Alzheimer’s team on marathon morning

Running – this has certainly been a fulfilling year for running endeavors with many awesome memories with my running family.

13 completed races in distances ranging from 1-mile to marathon.

Personal records set in all distances raced.

—1,285 total miles run – that’s roughly equal to the distance from here to Kansas City 0r to Orlando and half-way back, and almost half-way to London floating in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

—More than doubled the total distance I ran in 2012, and almost 200 more miles than last year. Man, I was such a slacker back then!

—208 hours spent running – that’s more than 30 minutes a day every day for the year. What a waste of time, huh?!?

—Ran in 8 different states and 5 countries, either on a treadmill or outdoors.

—Over 50 hours spent at Local Barre and another 50+ hours spent swimming, spinning, or some other form of cross training.

—Wrote my 100th post on cindyruns.com. Thank you for being my audience 🙂

—Meeting and spending time with some amazing friends along the way.

—Raising over $1,750 for the Alzheimer’s Association, NYC Chapter.

Chicago Marathon - done!

Chicago Marathon – done!

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi

Traveling – I love traveling, near and far, and I am so lucky that we were able to spend so much of our time whether for business or pleasure in so many new and old places this year.

—Domestic: Orlando, FL; Hartford, CT; Pittsburgh, PA; Indianapolis, IN; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Bridgehampton, NY; Atlanta, GA

—International: Abu Dhabi, UAE; Bangalore, India; Mustique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Baska Voda, Croatia; Split, Croatia

—Sampling food, running, and enjoying the company of friends and family in these locations – priceless.

Old Town, Dubrovnik

Old Town, Dubrovnik

Our year would not be as wonderful if it weren’t for all the time spent with our family and friends. Thank you for a great 2014. I am looking forward to an amazing 2015!

Have a happy and healthy new year to everyone! 

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