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Most of us start the new year with goals.. I'm no different. 2009, for me, began with the following goals... seeing as how we'll be changing to December's page of the calendar later this week, I figured it was time to see how I stacked up this year.

• Lower Body Fat % -- the good news is that it hasn't gone up... will be working on this in 2010 too
• Continue with weight training -- still am, and 3 weeks into the 100 push up challenge!
• Sprint Tri  need to keep up with swimming!!! -- I did it! My very first Try-a-Tri and later a Sprint! Surprisingly, swimming was my best discipline and I joined a masters swim team :)
• Cycling trip in Quebec -- didn't happen, late spring sudden move and an out-of-town funeral put a dent in the finances. Did my first metric century ride in Sept though, and will look at doing the Quebec trip next year.
• 2500km total for the year  includes biking, swimming, running -- almost there! 2202.2km for the year so far, with 1 month, 1 day to go. Considering all I've been through this year, including another round of stress fractures, time off taken for my uncle's and ex's passing, I'm very pleased with how close I am to this goal. Imagine that my body... with my own physical strength and desire, has taken me further this year than from my house to Orlando, Florida (2138km away), where Terron and I will be heading in 55 sleeps, so we can both experience Disney World for the first time!
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• Hit 30k distance in a race -- Check! Ran the 30k Around the Bay in March. I'll be doing it again in 2010, but this time as a 2-person relay... Go Team Anamoly! Looking forward to meeting Mel and fingers crossed that Damian will be coming back... hint hint.
• Train smart, not necessarily more -- after having stress fractures, again, it was highly recommended by my sports doc to run less, 3 days/week max. No back to back running days. I'm actually doing less than that right now! I'm following a base training plan for triathlon. 2x run, 2x swim, 2x bike per week for at least the next few weeks, after which there will be a few bricks thrown in. More on this 'less is more' approach in an upcoming post.
• Try to manage heart rate -- while I stopped training solely by heart rate when I joined the triathlon clinic, the above mentioned training plan has me training with a purpose. I'm absolutely going by what's on the schedule, even the heart rate recommendations. So when it says go easy, I'm going easy. If it calls for only a 20min light spin on the bike, I'm not doing more.
• Weight goal -- not reached, weight went up about 10 pounds. I'll pretend to buy into the 'it's muscle weight' but will work on this again next year as well.

Terron has karate on Thursday, you can still participate in Cans for Comments here!