I don’t remember all of my goals from last year, but I was able to meet the ones that stood out.

With my financial goals, I did better than expected.  I had a goal to not use my credit cards at all last year.  I thought this goal was going to be impossible, although I did break this promise to myself a couple times they were reasonable purchase.  I used my credit card only 3 times – to purchase a new computer, a car rental to go home, and a train ticket to go home.  I am extremely proud of myself for maintaining this goal.  This year I am trying to budget for travel expenses a little better so I can have a year of no credit card purchases.

I did well with my running goal of running goal from last year as well.  I set a goal of running at least 2 times per week; for a run to count it had to be at least 1 mile.  I only had 3 weeks this year of not meeting this goal.  Once in the spring, the week after I ran the marathon in the fall, and between Christmas and New Years.  I did set a goal in October to finish with 1,000 miles for the year which I was able to accomplish with a few miles to spare.  I didn’t do as well with running multiple races.  I did run 2 ½ marathons and a full marathon, I need to add some shorter races to my 2010 goals.  

The only other goal I had set was to read 12 books which I believe I completed.  I lost count sometime in the spring but from what I remember reading, I think I hit exactly 12.

With these goals completed and the new year beginning it’s time to build upon these goals and start some new. 

These are my goals for 2010:

Financial – Stick to my budget and continue my ban on using credit cards.  I have more detailed goals for this but won’t get into these here.

Running – I want to increase my miles, build up strength with another activity and complete more races.

-          Run at least 1,050 miles

-          Bike at least 500 miles

-          Run a 5K, 8k, 10K, ½ Marathon, & Full Marathon (I have some races picked out, more on this later)

-          Break 2 hours in the ½ (fell short of this goal by a 1:02 last year)

-          Learn to change a bike tire (bought a road bike last year but have no clue what to do to maintain it)

-          Do Yoga once a week

General Goals – Last year I only had 1 general goal of reading more this year I wanted to add a couple others.

-          Take a photo everyday

-          Volunteer at least once

-          Read 13 books

-          Try 52 new Recipes

-          Try 10 new restaurants