{"id":2979,"date":"2012-05-05T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2014-03-01T23:51:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T04:51:14","slug":"april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve really been struggling to get all my workouts in each week. \u00a0It seems like I can get up one morning, but then struggle the next. \u00a0The 5:15 alarm makes it tough and knowing that some days I have to be home by 6am it is easy to psyche myself out. \u00a0April was 30 Days of Biking<\/a> and I did pretty good with riding every day. \u00a0I missed riding 7 days which is a lot more than I thought.<\/p>\n

Here are my goals for 2012 and my progress towards them:<\/p>\n

Goal #1:<\/strong>\u00a0Finish\u00a0Buffalo Triathlon<\/a>\u00a0on June 3. \u00a01\/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, and 3 mile run. (Under 1:15)<\/p>\n

I’ve been getting plenty of swimming and biking in, but the running has been a little harder. Bike commuting is really helping build leg strength as I tow the trailer around. \u00a0I also got a new bike! \u00a0Thanks to Bikesdirect.com<\/a>\u00a0I got a new Motobecane Fantom CX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Goal #2:\u00a0<\/strong>Improve on my\u00a0Square Lake<\/a>\u00a0time from last year (1:58) 1\/2\u00a0Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run<\/p>\n

See above.<\/p>\n

Goal #3:\u00a0<\/strong>Use and write about the\u00a0FIRST Method<\/a>\u00a0for my running. 5k for the spring and 10k for the fall.<\/p>\n

I’ve not been following it strictly, ok mostly not at all. \u00a0I’ve done some fartlek runs and some tempo runs but nothing consistent. \u00a0I’m not even getting the mileage in consistently. \u00a0Ugh.<\/p>\n

Goal #4:\u00a0<\/strong>Complete\u00a0Project 345 Bible Reading plan<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 takes you through the New Testament in the year.<\/p>\n

Finishing up the Book of Luke.<\/p>\n

Goal #5:<\/strong>\u00a0Read a variety of books (genre, style, authors).<\/p>\n

I finished the Hunger Games series by reading Mocking Jay<\/a>, I was a little disappointed in the ending. \u00a0We actually borrowed it from a friend so I was able to save my April Lending Library book for\u00a0Meb Keflezighi’s Run to Overcome<\/a>, but I haven’t finished it yet. \u00a0We also finished an interesting book called Nomad Diaries<\/a>, we’d been reading it for a long time. \u00a0It started out as a decent novel about a refugee family from Somali and about half way through became really weird. It started out realistic and then the author just kept adding more and more drama to the story line that seemed unrealistic.<\/p>\n

Goal #6:\u00a0<\/strong>Document my thoughts on at least 6 of the books I\u2019ve read.<\/p>\n

I’m planning to write a review of Meb’s book.<\/p>\n

Goal #7:<\/strong>\u00a0Blog.<\/p>\n