- trained for and ran a full marathon
- went to a music festival for 3 days (Pitchfork Music Fest in Chicago--it was awesome)
- overcame my paralyzing fear of water and learned to swim, with semi-good form
- went to arizona (sedona, prescott, phoenix)
- ran my first destination race (in Arizona)
- successfully navigated NYC public transit, and by myself
- joined a running group
- had a paid summer off teaching (it was a fellowship, so I still had to do writing)
- briefly wooed a hot cyclist (and it was as fabulous as it sounds)
- wrote 28 pages in 24 hours
- touched a famous french man (well, his legs. at a concert. ha.)
- co-op gardened (and failed, except for some tomatoes)
- went on my first ever completely blind date (friend set us up)
- watched The Office
- went to Virginia Beach
- applied for my first "real" jobs that will require my PhD
- participated in a hot pepper eating contest in a public venue (was totally owned by a guy wearing a jester hat)
- started a training/running blog
- got/ran in vibram fivefingers
- weighed in at approximately my high school weight
- rode my bike in downtown Chicago traffic (against my will)
- got my first ever speeding ticket (for going 31 mph, seriously)
- went to court and got out of my first ever speeding ticket
- went to Ladies 80s, thus finally participating in a popular Columbus cultural phenomenon
- spent substantial chunks of time alone with my brother
- ran 20 miles with no company or friend-support
- saw a chiropractor
- had a flight of bourbon with a cool new person I met in Louisville
- decided to finally own the fact that I simply hate sauteed fajita veggies
Things I HOPE I will do for the first time in 2011:
- call myself Dr! (*please can I graduate yet? omg....must write faster*)
- visit Los Angeles (this is happening for sure, in just over a week)
- run my second and third marathons (one spring, one fall)
- beat my existing marathon time
- establish some new kind of job situation--if not a permanent one, at least something I can tolerate for another year
- see the Rocky Mountains; do some other random traveling
- if I secure a better income, take up some kind of cool outdoorsy sport (rock climbing? kayaking?)
- be able to make a list of "brand new" things that is longer than the list I made for 2010
New Year's resolutions:
- going to stick with my speed training, even if that means only doing one set of intervals/wk rather than two, and maybe a tempo run or something (something has to be better than nothing...)
- trying to consistently write 4pg/day of single-spaced garbage--even if it's garbage, at least it's down on the page
- doing a better job of sticking with the whole foods supplements the chiro has me taking, and also juicing greens more regularly again (daily if possible)
This perfectly captures why I love reading your blog -- great list, in both breadth and depth! I especially love the speeding ticket story, the failed co-op gardening attempt, and of course the summer off teaching. I *almost* successfully navigated the subway in NYC when I was there, but got screwed at Bleeker St. Don't ever try and change there.
ReplyDeleteI would also like this to be the year that I get to call myself Dr. Writing 4pg/day of *anything* is a good place to start.
Happy new year, and I look forward to reading about this season's marathon training!
ps -- other blog?