My second job!

Now that I've started working and taken over the running club, it's like I have 2 jobs! I'm so busy trying to get all of the club info transitioned to the new officers as well as update the website to a more user friendly version. I just finished a revision to the first two pages of the website and once that is done, I'll work on revising the Activities Page to include upcoming races and I also want to add a page for race results. I'm not sure how happy the webmaster will be. Time will tell.
We had a couple (about 4 actually) inches of snow this morning. Everything came to a standstill, even us! I'm attaching some pics to show just how deep it was and also how much fun Chico had. What a winter surprise.
There's still tons to catch up on but for now, I need a break from the keyboard. I've been working on the running club updates for the past 3 hours.

New Year's Resolutions and Goals

It's a little past New Year's but I've finally decided to work on my resolutions and goals for 2009. As most people, my main resolution is to lose weight although I suppose it's actually a goal. My resolution should be that I resolve to get serious about my eating habits and get back to eating more of a healthy and balanced diet. It's so easy to fill up on unhealthy foods and snacks not to mention that it tastes good and makes us feel good at least in the short term. In the long run, it makes us feel bad, physically as well as emotionally, at least it does me. My goal is to remind myself of my commitment to better nutrition and habits before I eat poorly not after. It's very easy to reaffirm after I eat something that is not so good for me. To help me reach my goals, I decided to join the Weight Watchers online again. It seems to be the easiest way to track my foods as well as to encourage some type of obligation to stay on track. It's simple and that's what I need. I had thought of various other tools or programs but decided that for now simple is best. We'll see how it goes.
My goals for 2009 besides losing weight is to get fit, really fit. It seems that with all of the running I do, I don't seem to be all that fit. My goal is to do more cross-training and be more consistent with my weight (resistance) training. I'm even thinking about doing a triathlon this spring to mix it up. I'm in the process of developing my "race" plans) but have not completed it yet but it looks like I may actually attempt a road marathon this year! What? Say it's not true. Yes, it seems that I may need some "shorter" distance events ( I can't believe that I think of a marathon as a shorter distance) to help me get back some of the "speed" and fitness level that I enjoyed pre-ultras. I(hey everthing is relative!) do plan on continuing with ultras but they will take a back seat and if I do them they will be shorter ones (50K tops) and they will be to develop my endurance and leg strength. I will be posting my 2009 list of races that I plan to do as soon as I've had a chance to do a little more research into what fits into our schedule. Currently I'm planning on running the Uhwarrie 20 mile trail run on Feb 7 and then the Myrtle Beach Half Marathon on Feb 14 and after that the Umstead Trail Marathon on March 7. Gee, I didn't realize that I had such a demanding schedule. So much for cross-training. Just kidding, I do plan on lots of cross-training even it's just WII training! (if we can ever get the WII Fit) My cross-training plan includes lots of spinning and swimming as well as the running. I'm hoping that work at the spa will slowdown a little so that I won't be too tired for a second workout of the day after I finish work. I've been trying to do that and so far the only success I had was to sit in the jacuzzi after work! How about a swim first??? I'm trying and my intention is there. Now it's just the follow through. Okay, I've spent the last 60 minutes signing up for WW and now posting my intentions so I'd best be off and get my resistance training in before I run out of time.

I am scheduled for a bone density test this afternoon so I want to get my resistance training and a spin class in before the test. I'm not scheduled with any clients this afternoon so it may be an easy day. We can hope but I'll be surprised if it stays that way.
Happy New Year.