Happy New Year! It’s so weird to write 2015 down on a piece of paper — can you believe it? Well, we made it! And in honor of this new year, today’s Friday Five topic is 2015 goals — I can’t wait to read everyone’s goals! Per usual, I’m linking up with my girls Cynthia and Marfor the #Friday Five. You can read our linkup rules here. Please note that if you don’t play nicely, we will delete your link. Have a great weekend and Happy New Year!
- Learn more Spanish. On our honeymoon, I was inspired to refocus on learning Spanish. I speak it conversationally (kind of) and want to increase my proficiency.
- Update old blog pictures and old posts. If you read some older posts here, you’ll notice that some of the pictures are old and some are missing. I really want to take the time to go through and fix this.
- Be proactive about staying healthy – running-wise. This year I had some little things here and there that bothered me and I basically ignored them. Not smart and I know better. This year, I’m going to be proactive about resting when needed and about talking to a doctor if pain doesn’t go away. Pain-free running for 2015!
- Track my miles. I’ve never really committed to doing this, but this is the year! I’m going to use a combination of tracking devices but mainly I’ll use my Believe journal to track my workouts. I’m pretty excited about this – obviously, I like numbers.
- Try a tri. Yes, I’m putting a sprint tri on my list. I need a bike in order to make this happen, but it’s still going on the list.
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What’s on your list of goals for the new year? Also, check out MCM Mama Runs today for 5 more goals of mine. Yes, I had a lot, so she let me share over there 🙂
I LOVE that you want to practice up on your Spanish, Courtney! It’s a constant battle; thankfully, I get to practice with the interpreters at the hospital fairly regularly. Keep us posted on your progress! Hope you had a wonderful New Year’s Day (so jealous that you got to run with so many Flockmates this morning!) and that you have a wonderful weekend, too!
Tara @ Running ‘N’ Reading recently posted…Goals for 2015
Thanks Tara! I have a bunch of Spanish speaking friends so it’s time to utilize that 🙂
so funny, I was thinking about the track my miles thing too. After seeing so many year end wrap ups I was like, what kind of runner am I? I have NO clue how many miles I’ve run. LOL. I could figure it out with combo of looking at MapyMyRun and Garmin uploads. I’d still miss some though like treadmill miles and free for all runs. Hmm… 😉 Great goals lady – see you soon!!
Mar @ Mar on the Run recently posted…“Happy New Year” – Thinking Out Loud v6
Yeah, same! I have a general idea but many runs that were never recorded which stinks. Time to change that!
I love that you want to track your running miles this year. I’m so Geeky that I couldn’t imagine not tracking them. I just wish I’d kept my training logs from 1997-2003. I can’t believe I tossed them when we moved…
Happy New Year!
Debbie @ Deb Runs recently posted…2015 Running And Fitness Goals
Oh man, you tossed them? That stinks!! I can’t believe I’m just now making this a priority!! Happy New Year!
Tracking my miles is a must for me too! Since marathon training is over, I doubt I’ll have as many to track in 2015 but it is still nice to see the accomplishment! Best of luck to you with your goals!
Thanks – I just think it’ll be nice to have that record. How do you track your miles?
Love these! I’d love to try a tri, keep me posted on your plans. Ditto on tracking miles, hoping the journal keeps me accountable. Happy New Year, so glad i met you this year 🙂
Aw, likewise, friend! I’m excited to see what 2015 brings 🙂 Happy New Year!
FUN FUN FUN!!! I can’t wait to see how your year goes.
Cynthia @ You Signed Up For What?! recently posted…Find Your Passion: Fitness Goals Recap 2014
Thanks, friend 🙂
I would love to learn another language! I took German for years and can understand a lot of it, but can’t speak it so well. I often wish I was bilingual. I’ll do a sprint tri this year if you do! 🙂
Happy New Year, lady!!
Salt recently posted…Happy New Year!! Goals for 2015! {The Friday Five}
Yay for sprint tri! Let’s do it 🙂
Great goals! Here’s to pain free running in 2015!!
Sherry recently posted…Friday Five: Fitness Goals/Resolutions for 2015
Amen to that!
Improving your Spanish speaking abilities is an admirable goal. I wish I spoke proficiently. Whenever I converse with native speakers, I feel like a toddler! I’ve considered buying Rosetta Stone to brush up on my Spanish, but I don’t know how effective that would be. I think it takes a lot of conversational practice. At any rate, good luck! I look forward to hearing more about your process and progress!
I’m committed to tracking my miles this year, too. I also have the Believe journal and think it’s going to improve my record-keeping. I’m also going to try to faithfully log my miles with Daily Mile *and* try to remember to wear my Garmin with every run!
There are a lot of great on line programs for learning languages. I love tracking gym running mileage, seeing it always go UP is so much fun. Hope you have a wonderful 2015 !
Karen – Fit in France recently posted…Blog anniversary
Thanks Karen – I’m using the duolingo app right now. happy new year!
I’ve been using Duolingo to learn Spanish, too! I like it.
Tina@GottaRunNow recently posted…Found: Marathon Race Reports! 1/2/15
Awesome!
TRY A TRI! YESSSS! I love it, it’s so much fun, you’ll become an addict. Good luck and happy 2015!!
Stacey recently posted…Friday Five: Goals
Yay for a sprint triathlon, it will be fun and more blogs to read 😛 I started tracking my mileage in Mar/April, so will be interested to see what a full year looks like. Have a great weekend!!
Jennifer recently posted…Friday Five – 2015 Goals…Blog Design Edition
You, too!! I just need to pick a race!
Great goals! I should really go back and fix up some of my older posts. It sounds like it would take a lot of time but Im sure its worth it since i link to older posts all the time. And YES to injury free running in 2015!
Lisa @ RUnning Out Of Wine recently posted…The REAL Goals for 2015
Learning Spanish is an ongoing goal of mine. I work as a nurse practitioner, and in the past, the majority of patients I saw spoke spanish. i learned my Spanish from them. It’s a work in progress but it’s a blast and so gratifying to be able to communicate in another language!
Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home recently posted…Welcome 2015! Goals, plans, and stuff…
All great goals! I see a lot of people putting tri’s on their goal lists. It’s a great way to help ensure you crosstrain and stay injury free for sure! I would love to try one in theory but I HATE swimming and I actually don’t know how to swim if you can believe it. I hope I get to see you more this year too!
Sue @ This Mama Runs for Cupcakes recently posted…My Year of Running and Racing 2014
I was thinking of going back and doing a tri race this year. Haven’t done them in years. Which one are you looking at? happy new year!
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…Friday Five-Goals for 2015
Nice list of goals Courtney. I have been tracking my fitness workouts since I started running. It keeps me on track and I also keep track of how many miles I have run on each pair of running shoes (I rotate between 3 pair). Can’t wait to watch you try a TRI. That will never be on my list because I went over the handlebars on my bike as a kid and could never do the bike part of the Tri. Here’s to an awesome 2015 with no injuries for any of us!
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A sprint triathlon would be awesome! Look forward to following! Happy New Year!
Janelle @ Run With No Regrets recently posted…My New Year’s Resolutions for 2015
Happy new year! Here’s to an injury- and pain-free year for all of us! Very cool that you’re going to do a tri. I look forward to following you as you train for it!
Jennifer @ Running on Lentils recently posted…January 2015 Goals
I’ve always regretted that I let my second language go (I took years of Russian in high school and college). Sounds like you have a great 2015 ahead of you! I’m going to try to freshen up some of my old posts too! Your graphics are awesome!
Thank you – I sometimes cringe when I see my old images 🙂
I’m going to track my miles too this year! I have never done it before either. I love numbers too!
Thanks for hosting! Happy I can go back and reference these throughout the year.
Sara @ Lake Shore Runner recently posted…2015 Running, Personal Health & Blogging Goals #FridayFive
Yay for tracking
I just made the decision to buy a journal to track my mileage this year. I’ve seen so many people post about them, so I really think I need to make it one of my training tools.
My hubby is full Panamanian and I tried to learn more Spanish when we started dating. I ended up learning how to listen really well, but I have yet to feel comfortable carrying on a full conversation…… unless I have a little liquid courage. My mother in law only speaks Spanish but understands English, so whenever we talk together she speaks in Spanish and I answer/talk to her in English. I’m sure it’s funny to watch us converse.
Haley @ running with diapers recently posted…15 in 2015
Ooh… That’s great you’re going to do a tri this year! And I’m going to work on being better about looking my miles this year too :). Here’s to a great 2015!
Chaitali recently posted…How did I do with my 2014 goals?
Cheers!
I can only imagine how high your 2015 mileage total will be. The length of your runs always amazes me!
Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…Friday Five – January 2nd – Five Blogging Goals for 2015
Thanks! I’m excited to purposefully track this year!
A TRI!! HOW AWESOME! YOU’RE GUNNA KICK BUTT THIS YEAR 🙂
Nicole @ Fitful Focus recently posted…Five Things I’m Looking Forward To In 2015
Thanks lady 🙂
I’ve been wanting to travel to Argentina and Chile for ages now, but I also need to brush up on my Spanish. Last time I actively used it was in 2009.
Love your goals, and I think they’re all very manageable and smart. I’m also hoping to stay injury-free in 2015 and incorporate plenty of cross-training (like barre) to help with that.
Jess recently posted…Run the Bluegrass Training Week 3
Yes! Cross training makes such a difference 🙂
That is awesome about working on learning Spanish. I am a Spanish teacher and I am forever telling my students how important it will be for them to know another language! Hope you have a lot of success with it!
Melanie recently posted…2015: Fitness Goals and More!
Thank you – I’m really hopeful!
Cuando necesites a alguien para practicar tu español, aqui siempre estare <3
Helly recently posted…Friday Five Link Up!! 5 Goals for 2015
Oooh I kind of understood that!! Gracias!!
Great list of goals. Look forward to following along this year as you go for them. A tri is something I think I’ll eventually want to try, but I know this is not the year because I know I wont have the time to properly prepare. Maybe once the kiddos are a little older.
John @ run. geek. run(disney) recently posted…Five Goals for 2015 | Friday Five
I love that you’re wanting to tackle a tri! I imagine that would be excellent cross training for running, no? Looking forward to hearing how that goes!
Alicia recently posted…friday five: 2015 goals
You have some great goals for 2015! It always helps to write them down! I wrote out mine in my last blog post, as I know I can look back and keep on track as the year goes on. It will help keep me accountable to the goals I set! I am thinking about trying a sprint Spartan race…we will see!
Thanks for the link up!!
Angelena Marie recently posted…Goodbye 2014…Hello 2015!
Excellent goals! I did my first tri in May, and it was great–mostly. Train smart, and you will rock it! 🙂 Happy New Year!
Whitney @ French Fry Runner recently posted…Friday Five: Five Fitness Goals
Thank you – which race?
You are going to LOVE a Tri!!!!
Awesome goals! I am so excited to get back to racing tri’s this year, so addicting, I’m sure you’ll be hooked! I’m actually doing a beginners tri series on the blog this month so if you need help on anything let me know 🙂
Your Spanish goal is great as well! I should probably ad Spanish to my goals as well, since none of my in laws speak English. I will have to work on it 😉
Amber recently posted…Why Tri: A Beginners Series
Oh, very exciting about a TRI!
Coco recently posted…Five New Year Resolutions For Bloggers
I’ve been tracking my miles since my first marathon in 2008. 6600+ miles tracked (minus a few slacker months where I didn’t bother tracking).
Thanks for sharing your other goals on my blog while I drove a bazillion miles home.
MCM Mama recently posted…Five 2015 goals that are not mine
thanks for having me! and wow at your mileage!!
Some great goals for the new year! My hubby does full ironman triathlons. It’s a bit crazy. I can not imagine running a marathon after swimming and biking! I don’t swim, but I have done a few dualthons. My advice: do a lot of brick workouts! No matter how much you run off the bike in training during the race it’s a bit different. It’s just a different kind of fatigue than anything else. I’ve done 2 marathons before but was still so surprised how my legs felt on the run off of the bike.
I have a whole slew of goals this year, however I’m focusing on consistency to get me there. Reevaluating my progress often. Continuing to move forward!
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Nice goals! Trying a tri is something I’ve been thinking about doing, but it’s definitely tough now that I live in Alaska. Some of the tris here are done in a swimming pool because the rivers and lakes are so cold! I can’t wait to hear all about your journey!
Kristen recently posted…Friday Five and Race Recap: Northern Lights Resolution Run
There’s actually a couple here that do the swim in pools too! I can’t decide which option sounds better 🙂
Happy new year Courtney and those are great goals! I am addicted to tracking my mileage. I can’t NOT know how many miles I’ve ran lol I don’t think I’ll every go for a TRI. Go girl! I can’t wait to see how the year turns out for you!
Jess@Flying Feet recently posted…Friday Five: 5 Goals for 2015 and Unbroken Thoughts
I love that you want to learn more Spanish! Honestly, I still have hopes for learning French. My godmother is French Canadian. Growing up in Maine, French was a heavy influence! Tracking my miles by writing them in my journal is definitely something I want to do more this year!
Kara {MaineGirl2Runs} recently posted…Exciting Plans For 2015:Another Chapter To Write
Happy 2015! Awesome goals you’ve got planned for the year! Most of my goals this year are blog-related, some are similar to yours, there’s so much to do! I’d love to get back into Spanish too. My Spanish was so good years ago when I travelling but I’ve forgotten so much now. I really want to pick it back up, thanks for the reminder. My fitness goals are all pretty specific, mostly CrossFi-related. I’m looking forward to getting into the year, I feel like it’s gonna be a good one for everyone! All the best with you goals!
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Great goal! I have toyed with the idea of a tri. I’d love to do a sprint tri eventually. After I hit some running goals I might have time to tackle figuring out how to bike and swim (more than just barely!).
Great goals! I love tracking my mileage – just to see how I progress over time, really. It’s fun to see improvement. I’m just about to check off one of my big goals right off the bat, which is to complete my first full marathon. Best wishes for 2015 🙂
Heather Runs Thirteen Point One recently posted…friday five: 2015 fitness goals
I did my first tri last year (sprint distance) and it was AWESOME! Hope you love it!
Katie@Run Wild in Alaska recently posted…2015 Resolutions!
i’m excited! i just need a bike 🙂
Great goals Courtney! I’ve been working on my Spanish to keep up with my son 🙂 Love that you’re going after a Tri this year! Happy New Year!
Michelle @ Running with Attitude recently posted…First Coffee Date of 2015!
I wish I had never let it go!!
I love that you are trying a tri! I can’t wait to hear all about it. Tracking miles is one of the most rewarding things EVER! I always feel a new sense of accomplishment when I see the tally of miles at the end of each week/month/year. Best of luck hitting your goals!
Alaina @ The Simple PEach recently posted…RUNNING CHRONICLES: DECEMBER #3/JANUARY #1
Thank you – I’m super excited about the year!
Learning Spanish is such a fun and unique goal.
Abby @ BackAtSquareZero recently posted…Start The New Year Right
i’m enlisting all my friends who are fluent to help me!
As a triathlete, I am so excited for you to try a tri! Don’t be discouraged by not having a bike. For a sprint distance, you could easily use bike trainers at the gym and do cycling classes and then rent a bike for the actual event. The experience is definitely different, especially if you are a little rusty at biking, but it is an easier route (and less commitment unless you want to buy a bike).
Good luck in the new year! I can’t wait to hear about all these new things.
oh, that’s a really good point. thanks for mentioning that, i hadn’t thought about that. i’m very excited to give it a shot – i think i’ll like it!