run the world & other new year's resolutions

 

How indulgent and narcissistic is it of me to post gigantic photos of Theo sleeping in black and white? It's pretty awful. I kind of hate myself for it. If it helps at all (spoiler: it will only make it worse), they're only in black and white to disguise how bad the exposure was on them. Look at me using words like "exposure" to mean things other than "indecent!" So anyway...

2013 New Year's Resolutions (it's in caps. it must be serious. let's all be serious now.)

• run 365 miles (I now have "run this town" stuck in my head.)
• run a half marathon (i'm eying this race. running 5 miles straight is a physical impossibility - fact, so naturally i'm prepared for my life to end come 13.1!)
• two passport stamps (Mexico is locked and loaded for February. the world is my oyster that fits in the narrow margins of my checking account for the other!)
• hike 100 miles (Zander is reading this and groaning, LOUDLY, right now. Yippeee!)
• try a new fitness activity (read: an excuse to take a Bollywood class. as though anyone needs one.)
• try one new restaurant & recipe per month (drunken noodles in 12 variations is acceptable.)
• blog it all

I'll be tracking my rather lofty goal of running 365 miles and hiking 100 miles this year here on the blog. I'll hopefully have that set up here in the next week. Until then - I'll just tell you every day. So far, I've run 1.6 miles and hiked 0. I know, you're impressed. #run365

Tomorrow: how I turned Russian pancakes into crepes. Hey, I never said "resolution: eat less dessert." I'm not insane (completely)!

I'd love to hear about your resolutions. Do you believe in them? Why or why not? If not, do you set broad goals in other ways?