Last year was pretty good, fitness-wise. I did my first triathlon in ten years, and I achieved my best time ever in a 5k. Plus I joined a tennis league for the first time.
My plans for this year include more tennis league–it would be nice to get out of last place by the end of 2012–and more races:
- 10k on April 28 – my first running race over 5k. I’m following a training program to get up to that distance, which I haven’t run in a few years. It’s going well but I haven’t been worrying about speed yet.
- Tri the Illini again (early October). I’d like to have more energy left for the run.
- Rattlesnake Master 5k (November)
Right now, I’m running three times a week, swimming twice a week, doing tennis class or league twice a week, and weights or yoga twice a week (yes, that adds up to more than 7). After the 10k, I’m going to have to cut the running back to 2 days a week again to make room for biking. It’d be nice to have time for everything, but sadly life just doesn’t work that way.
No more skating? Pity! Though I can imagine you don’t have time for it.
I like skating, but I have to have a lot of time to put into it or I don’t improve, and then it becomes frustrating instead of fun. Unlike running, swimming, and even tennis, I focus a lot more on learning new things and improving. I don’t enjoy just going and skating around the rink at public sessions. But taking classes and having time to practice requires more time and money than I’m willing to put in these days. I hope to get back to it sometime.