March was a super busy month. I spent a week in Belize with a group of 8th graders and then immediately afterwards spent a week in northern Minnesota at Wolf Ridge with 7th graders. It was a long two weeks, but a lot of fun!! This March was also the warmest March ever in Minnesota!
Here are my goals for 2012 and my progress towards them:
Goal #1: Finish Buffalo Triathlon on June 3. 1/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, and 3 mile run. (Under 1:15)
I wasn’t able to do anything really except run while I was travelling, which I did 3 times each week while I was gone. Right when I got back I was able to start bike commuting too, so I’ve been able to ramp both of those up. Sadly, my official running training was supposed to start while I was gone and I forgot to research the specific goals for each work out, so I just did more base mileage. I’m waiting for a step-back week and then I’ll basically just cut one build cycle out of the training program for the running. I can easily complete the 3 individual disciplines, now will just be over training on them to build overall endurance to combine them!
Goal #2: Improve on my Square Lake time from last year (1:58) 1/2 Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run
See above.
Goal #3: Use and write about the FIRST Method for my running. 5k for the spring and 10k for the fall.
This was supposed to start the week I was in Belize – see the above notes about waiting to start after a step-back week.
Goal #4: Complete Project 345 Bible Reading plan – takes you through the New Testament in the year.
Continuing to enjoy this reading plan. Just started the book of Luke.
Goal #5: Read a variety of books (genre, style, authors).
March was actually a great month for reading. I actually finished The Hunger Games late on February 29, and finished Catching Fire during March. Both were super easy reads that kept asking to be read! I was able to get them both as part of Amazon’s Kindle Lending Library. I also read We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance which was a great story about a Norwegian solider who was part of the Nazi Resistance efforts in Norway. I also read How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar, which offered 50 tips to improve my nonprofit career. Lastly, I’ve been reading Bike Snob on the Kindle app for my phone during lunch breaks and random down times for at least 6 months. I finally finished it this month. It is a pretty funny book with random stories and bike humor.
Goal #6: Document my thoughts on at least 6 of the books I’ve read.
not yet!
Goal #7: Blog.
- Running – not a very good job!
- Midtown Phillips – averaging one post a day
- Nadia – averaging one post a week
Goal #8: Project 365
I took a picture every day of March. It was easy to do while in Belize and Wolf Ridge, I haven’t actually posted those pictures to the blog yet. I signed up for 30 Days of Biking in April and am planning to take a bike related picture each day too!
Running: 39.5 miles
Swimming: 1.6 miles
Biking: 78 miles
LAST YEAR: I ran 33.7 miles, no swim and 21 miles and 30 minutes on the bike. Plus a 5 mile snow shoe!!! We didn’t really ever have enough snow for long enough to snow shoe once this year.