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January 01, 2008
I did it! (Almost all of it, at least)
Last year around this time, I resolved in 2007 to:
Complete a race longer than 5k.
Sleep outside at least four nights.
Improve my 5 kilometer running speed speed to 27 minutes.
Complete first-ever pull up.
Ski.
Hike the underground difficult Ape Cave trail again.
Read four books from the Modern Library's top 100 nonfiction list. Read two classic novels from each decade of the 20th century, not repeating any author.
Except for the pull-up, I did it all.
I ran a half marathon; camped in central Washington for two nights with Rian, along the Oregon Coast with my Hood-to-Coast relay team, and in the shadow of Mount Hood with Ben; ran 5 kilometers in 26:50 in November; read all the fiction I said I would; hiked the Ape Cave alone on a sunny day; skiied twice with Ben; and as of about five minutes to midnight on Jan. 1, 2008, I have now read four books from the Modern Library's list ("Six Easy Pieces," "Notes of a Native Son," "A Room of One's Own," "Aspects of the Novel").
I guess you could say I cheated on the nonfiction reading, because I gave myself an extra day to get it done, but as far as I'm concerned the accomplishment stands.
I set a ridiculous number of goals for myself in 2007, and I'm glad I did. I was challenged throughout the year. I feel physically and mentally stronger. And I made a point of doing things - hiking, camping, skiing, reading - that I love, but sometimes don't make time for.
I've got a new list of goals for 2008, which I'll post soon. Foremost, of course, is that dreaded pull up, which I still have not achieved.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at January 1, 2008 11:54 PM