{"id":2908,"date":"2012-01-05T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T18:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2012-01-05T13:09:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T18:09:34","slug":"looking-back-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/looking-back-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year at this time, I outlined a few goals that I wanted to complete in 2011. \u00a0Sadly, I didn&#8217;t meet all of them. \u00a0As I noted during the year the camera goal was a little\u00a0ambiguous. \u00a0Looking back the Blog Regularly goal was pretty obvious, but again ambiguous and should have been broken down based on my several blogs. The Reading Books goal was a good goal, but I ended up not keeping good track of the books I read towards the end of the year. I read at least 18 books. \u00a0You can <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/crossinator-20?node=4&amp;page=1\">look at the list<\/a> and judge for yourself if there was variety or not.\u00a0\u00a0I completed my first triathlon and have already signed up for Square Lake again and Buffalo Triathlon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read 12 books with a variety of topics, genres, and styles<\/strong>. Done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complete a Triathlon\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vacationsports.com\/squarelaketri.html\">Square Lake<\/a>\u00a0Short Course, September 10. 0.5 Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run.\u00a0<\/strong>Done! I am a Triathlete! I unofficially finished in 1:58. Results still aren\u2019t posted. Check out my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2011\/race-review-square-lake-triathlon-short-course\/\">full review<\/a>.\u00a0 But I was happy and am thinking about doing it again next year.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finish this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/reading-plans\/life-application-study-bible-devotion\">YouVersion<\/a>\u00a0devotional plan<\/strong>\u00a0(Bible Study).\u00a0 Done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make a substantial change to one of my programs at work.<\/strong>\u00a0Done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blog Regularly. <\/strong>Kind of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn how to use my digital camera and experiment with its features.\u00a0<\/strong>Abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2011 Mileage:<\/p>\n<p>Run: 449.66 miles<\/p>\n<p>Bike: 1436.65 miles<\/p>\n<p>Swim: 20,350 yards (12.7 miles)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year at this time, I outlined a few goals that I wanted to complete in 2011. \u00a0Sadly, I didn&#8217;t meet all of them. \u00a0As I noted during the year the camera goal was a little\u00a0ambiguous. \u00a0Looking back the Blog Regularly goal was pretty obvious, but again ambiguous and should have been broken down based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-KU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2912,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/looking-ahead-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":2908,"position":0},"title":"Looking Ahead: 2012","author":"crossn81","date":"January 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"What is in store for the new year? Isn't that the million dollar question. As I noted in my reflection piece, I've already signed up for the Buffalo Triathlon and Square Lake Triathlon. \u00a0Buffalo is a traditional sprint distance race in the spring and I'll try to improve my performance\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Highlights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2886,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2011\/september-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":2908,"position":1},"title":"September 2011","author":"crossn81","date":"October 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Read 12 books with a variety of topics, genres, and styles. I read Teatime in Mogadishu which was an inspiring story about a Somali man who tried to spread peace in Somali. Complete a Triathlon\u00a0Square Lake\u00a0Short Course, September 10. 0.5 Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run. 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I'm always glad I worked out, but it is a motivation thing.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Highlights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3021,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/june-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":2908,"position":4},"title":"June 2012","author":"crossn81","date":"July 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are my goals for 2012 and my progress towards them: Goal #1:\u00a0Finish\u00a0Buffalo Triathlon\u00a0on June 3. \u00a01\/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, and 3 mile run. (Under 1:15) Completed. \u00a0I finished in 1:15:45. 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