{"id":2912,"date":"2012-01-06T09:32:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T14:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2012-01-06T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T14:32:13","slug":"looking-ahead-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/looking-ahead-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Ahead: 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is in store for the new year? Isn&#8217;t that the million dollar question.<\/p>\n<p>As I noted in my<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/looking-back-2011\/\"> reflection piece<\/a>, I&#8217;ve already signed up for the Buffalo Triathlon and Square Lake Triathlon. \u00a0Buffalo is a traditional sprint distance race in the spring and I&#8217;ll try to improve my performance at Square Lake in the fall. \u00a0In between I&#8217;ll stay in shape and have fun racing if I want. \u00a0I also want to continue developing my mind and spirit alongside of my body so I&#8217;ll continue reading and spending time reading the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #1:<\/strong>\u00a0Finish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribuff.com\/\">Buffalo Triathlon<\/a>\u00a0on June 3. \u00a01\/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, and 3 mile run. (Under 1:15)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #2: <\/strong>Improve on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontrunnerusa.com\/event\/a-test-triathlon\">Square Lake<\/a> time from last year (1:58) 1\/2\u00a0Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #3: <\/strong>Use and write about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.furman.edu\/sites\/first\/Pages\/FirstTrainingPrograms.aspx\">FIRST Method<\/a> for my running. 5k for the spring and 10k for the fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #4: <\/strong>Complete <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/reading-plans\/project-345\">Project 345 Bible Reading plan<\/a> &#8211; takes you through the New Testament in the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #5:<\/strong>\u00a0Read a variety of books (genre, style, authors).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #6: <\/strong>Document my thoughts on at least 6 of the books I&#8217;ve read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #7:<\/strong>\u00a0Blog.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Running<\/li>\n<li>Midtown Phillips<\/li>\n<li>Nadia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Goal #8:<\/strong>\u00a0Project 365<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s missing?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not setting any mileage goals. \u00a0I would obviously like to improve over my 500 miles of running last year, but mileage goals are a good way to get hurt. \u00a0Ragnar &#8211; I&#8217;m not planning to organize a team this year. \u00a0It is a lot of work, especially coordinating care for Nadia. If someone invited me on their team, I might join! I&#8217;m also not planning on any &#8220;A&#8221; running only races this year. If the year goes well in training I might do more next year. I would still also like to run around all the named bodies of water in Minneapolis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2011\/looking-back-at-2010\/\">from 2010<\/a>), but that doesn&#8217;t seem like a smart goal for this year. I&#8217;m sure there are other goals or ideas I haven&#8217;t thought about nor articulated.<\/p>\n<p>What are you planning for 2012?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is in store for the new year? Isn&#8217;t that the million dollar question. 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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":2967,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/march-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":2912,"position":3},"title":"March 2012","author":"crossn81","date":"April 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"March was a super busy month. \u00a0I spent a week in Belize with a group of 8th graders and then immediately afterwards spent a week in northern Minnesota at Wolf Ridge with 7th graders. \u00a0It was a long two weeks, but a lot of fun!! 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