Wow! I can’t believe it’s 2011. This New Years Day I was able to start out with a positive physical fitness step, I ran in the New Year Day Dash. Signing up for this race helped to keep me accountable and on schedule running and workout out through the holiday season. It also kept me from going crazy with food and drink New Years Eve and day. I don’t know if other need this type of motivation but it worked for me.
After the race I had some time to reflect on the progress I’ve made in 2010 and goals to shoot for in 2011. Here’s some basic physical fitness goals I’m going to work on throughout the year:
1) Successfully complete a marathon.
2) Maintain my current weight and drop my body fat percentage 5-8%
3) Continue recording all my food in take on a daily basis.
A few reflections on what I’ve been up to:
Active Metabolism training program (aka. New Leaf)
I’ve really, really enjoyed the running program that was established through my VO2 Max testing. I would highly recommend doing the testing for anyone who wants to run faster or get a specific cardio program. When I initially did the testing in early August I only had a program developed for two runs a week but Sara Johnson also developed a three-run-a-week program. For the last month I’ve been focusing on the three runs a week.
The way the program works is that after the testing you are given a specific schedule of runs for a 12-week period. Each run is defined for you based on time and your heart rate. The last several weeks of the program are really intense and push you to be at your best.
Another change that I’m looking forward to is working with a new Harbor personal trainer. I’ll keep you posted with how the workouts are coming. My general weekly plan starting on January 9th is: run two-three times per week following the New Leaf running plan, two 30 minute workouts with Mike, the HAC personal trainer, participate in GForce Bootcamp 1-2 times.
Here’s to a good week!
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