Happy New Year

So it is a new year. Time for all those resolutions to be decided upon and hopefully kept. Most of them are going to be geared towards weight loss and fitness.

Here are mine:

1. To run at least a 5K this year. I mean run no walking at all.
2. Do as many races as possible.
3. Make new friends and try not to be any more of a social outcast.
   
4. Loose my belly and get in a lot better shape.
5. Not use Elevators for any climb under 4 floors and add to that.
6. Stay in touch with my friends. I am the worst at this and I vow to be better.
7. Have one day a week where I do all vegitarian. No meat at all.
   

Not too difficult.

So today I turned over a new leaf and instead of killing myself out there trying to just run I am going to work on getting to a mile, then go from there. I purchased and downloaded some mp3s that will help me get to this goal. They are called Personal Running Trainer and you can get them here: http://www.personalrunningtrainer.com/ . I went out and did exactly what the trainer on the mp3 told me to do with a little more cool down since I had to get back home. Came home streached and then iced my shins so I won't get shin splints again.

My plan is tomorrow to hit the Gym and do all strength and ab workouts so I don't overdo it on my legs. Here is my schedule of what I want to do:

• Sunday: Rest or just hike or something like that nothing to exhausting.
• Monday: Run with the trainer MP3s. Push ups and sit ups at home.
  
• Tuesday: Strength and ab work at the Gym.
  
• Wednesday: Run with the trainer MP3s. Push ups and sit ups at home.
• Thursday: Strength and ab work at the Gym.
• Friday: Run with the trainer MP3s. Push ups and sit ups at home.
• Saturday: Strength and ab work at the Gym. Or hike.

This is going to be my plan for the next 4 weeks. Then it will change a little once I work on increasing distance. I plan on hitting this as my next big event and my first 5k that I am going to run as much as possible. http://www.signmeup.com/site/calendar/details.aspx?calendarid=29&CalendarListingId=23193 If I follow the plan at Personal running trainer I will be just finished with the 8 weeks to a 5k for this race.

I'll keep you updated on how it is going.