Sigh...to be honest, I'm kinda running out of things I want to resolve to do.
In 2006 it was giving up caffeine.
In 2007 it was quitting smoking.
I'm proud to say that both of these were accomplished with little difficulty (though I will admit it was harder to give up caffeine than smoking...which just goes to show how addicted I was to soda) but my other vices I'm not ready to give up yet.
Staying up too late? Nope. (it is, of course, 3:45 a.m. as I write this)
Getting a little boozy every now and then? Ha...no way.
In N' Out and its evil cousin,
Five Guys? Never.
Men? Oh HELL no.
Overspending at J. Crew? I think I'll give up men before that happens!
I suppose I could try and repeat 2008's resolution: to train for a marathon. But, let's face it...I hate running. Which I suppose is why that resolution petered out by March (which, to be honest, was actually quite impressive to me!)
I shouldn't say I hate running...that's not entirely true or fair to myself or the sport. On the few days where I had "good" runs, I felt absolutely alive. I felt there was nothing in the entire world that could stop me. But, alas, there were more "bad" runs than good, and it became a hassle to get up at 5:30 a.m. to run or come home after a long day of work and put on running shoes (as cute as they were.)
Perhaps I start smaller:
Resolved: I will get in shape by running for exercise and for health, not to keep up with Brother Bea's marathon-ical feats of endurance. When I got the wild hair up my ass about training for a marathon last year, I of course needed massive support, so I turned to the interwebs and found this gem:
www.runningahead.com. I'm horrendously ashamed to admit that I had long ago lost the link, and since I had a new computer, no amount of digging would solve the problem.
BUT - I finally found it and I couldn't be happier. The folks on the site's forums are hilarious and incredibly supportive.
So I've decided to once again start up running. But this time, instead of just putting on my cute running shoes and heading outside, I am going to have a plan. And I, with your help sweet friends, am determined to complete it.
Here's the plan: It's called
Couch to 5K, and it's a 9-week program designed to get you from sitting on your arse on the couch (excuse the random British thrown in...I'm listening to Love Actually as I write) to running a 5K (3.1 miles) in under 3 months.
The BEST part is that you don't need to download the program for $19.95...you can just input the plan into your
RunningAHEAD calendar!
So bear with me but intermixed with my most random posts about Thundersnow the Mouse, babies, what I'm wearing, and of course, how the job process goes (once, of course, I get off previously mentioned arse and start APPLYING!), there will also (hopefully) be weekly running updates. Perhaps I'll motivate others to start running?
Or most likely, I'll just provide funny stories about tripping over myself :)
Cheers (and happy almost-2009!),
Sweet Bea
PS you can follow along my progress
here!
I hope you all had fun and that the champagne fairies were as kind to you as they were to me...even if it meant a wicked headache all day today. I'll be posting recipes from some of our *amazing* food later...but for now, here is the champagne punch we made (courtesy of Epicurious.com):
