"Twenty-one-one, get it done"

Well, where did December go? It certainly flew by, and unfortunately it wasn't quite the "Mecember" I'd envisioned in terms of food & exercise. Ah well. Can't change what happened, so no use in beating myself up about it. (I did realize that I eat a shockingly sparse amount of vegetables... must keep working on that!)

New year, time to dust myself off and get out there again.

Rather than creating a bunch of resolutions I won't keep, I'm going to focus on just training for the half-marathon I've decided to run, scheduled for April 10. So, between now and then, I'll do my best to keep posting here about my journey. I've got my training schedule ready to go, too!

Here's this week's plan, from Hal Higdon:

Monday: Stretch & Strengthen

Tuesday: 3 mile run

Wednesday: 2 mile run or cross-train

Thursday: 3 mile run & strength training

Friday: Rest

Saturday: 30 minutes cross-train

Sunday: 3.5 mile run

All completely manageable, in spite of the fact that I haven't run in, oh, a month. Since I live about 5 minutes from a pilates studio that offers Monday night mat classes, maybe tonight is the night to check it out!

At any rate, I wish everyone out there a wonderful, successful 2011. On the radio this morning, the DJs were sharing their new year's mantra, which I think could be a good one for me:

"Twenty-one-one, get it done."

In other words: A little less talk, a lot more action.

So there.