Little Miss Runner Pants

it is.

beautiful.

outside.

its gorgeous. and i haven't been able to say that about the weather in almost two weeks. this is major.

this is spring. and i am SO. READY!

being that its mid-april and my first race has been pushed back to something like May 20th, i now have ample time to plan, and i think its about time i verbalized my goals.

(oh, but first... MY NEW CAR! i look um... tiny. either that or my car is GIANT. one of the two.. )

GOAL #1: legit pull-ups, June 1st.

i've been working, hard, toward this goal for some 8 months. i've come a long, long way, and i know i can do it, and have it be real, with just a few more weeks work. so that's my first mission.

my second goal is my first race. the Heritage Park Duathlon which consists of 2 mile run, followed by a 11.5 mile bike, and a 3 mile run.

i know that might sound easy. i know that might sound like, pffft. she's got it. no problem. but there are some serious hills. and this'll be my first official multi-sport event. ever.

to say i'm a little nervous would be a huge understatement. so....

GOAL #2: Heritage Park Du --- just finish! (and maybe not be the last one in!!?!) May 20th.

i need to start running. its something i've started to enjoy again, but am having trouble finding time for on a regular basis. so...

GOAL #3: run to *and from* crossfit at least once a week (3.5 mi each way), and start sunday runs with Really Tall Chick this weekend. mileage TBD.
(and buy new shoes. this week. cuz otherwise i think my shins might actually morph into rusty razor blades and kill me in my sleep.

i'm just sayin...)

ok, weight wise.... and i know this is a hot-topic, but... i'm currently running around with, according to Tanita (the skanky ho.) 133.8 pounds of some sort of mixture of fat and muscle. granted this is several.... as in many... pounds lighter than i was LAST summer, when i felt all svelte and chic... but i'd like to see that number drop.

GOAL #4: 128lbs and holding steady by the end of the summer.

holding steady being key.

okay what else?
the swim.

this is an interesting one. i plan on doing two, if not three triathlons this summer. none of which have a swim distance of more than 500m so i'm sort of unsure how to prepare for this. do i swim more and more and more, or try and get my 500m faster and faster and faster? or is that the same thing?

dunno. either way...

GOAL #5: swim two days a week and work up to swimming 300m sets by my first triathlon. June 3rd or 16th. not sure which yet. (ok seriously i need to get that worked out. that should be like, goal # 1a.)

and last, but not least... the bike.

the beast.

i am still just so not comfortable with this thing yet. the problem is to get better, i have to ride. and i've become some sort of an expert in finding reasons why, huh. i think i have plans tonight. guess i just can't ride!! so.

GOAL #6: ride. my bike. --- PERIOD! i've got group rides on tuesdays, thursdays and sundays. it scares me to death, but my goal is to, by the first week of may, be in a routine where i ATTEND THEM ALL. all summer long.

(i'm going to hate this goal in about 3 weeks.)

and i think thats it.

or well, thats not it, but... thats all i can think of. for now anyway. so to recap (this is more for me than for you. you can be done reading now. i know this gets boring!)

GOALS:
pull-ups -- June 1
heritage park du -- May 20
run to/from gym and sundays -- all summer, to begin this week. (groooooooooan.)
128#s -- end of summer
swim 2x's a week, 300m sets -- mid-June
ride my vachockta bike -- just... ever.

yeah. i think that works.

right. so... i guess i'll just go get started on that then, huh!!?!