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Today is the first day of the new year.  I am happy to report I accomplished the four things I set out to do last year.  My four goals were 1) Lose 30 lbs, 2) Run a half marathon, 3) Complete my masters degree, and 4) Become a dad.  Accomplishing these goals has given me a great amount of satisfaction along with the desire to achieve some new goals for 2013.  Some people don't believe in New Year's resolutions, but I do.  Life without goals is in my opinion sorry state of existence.

Here are the goals for 2013.

1) Lose more weight.  I have yet to determine an amount but right now would like to lose as much as I can in a healthy and sane manner.  For the most part I have kept off the weight I have lost due to life-style change.  I am sure that if I continue to do what I have been doing so far, the weight will continue to come off and my overall level of fitness will continue to improve.

2) Run a trail marathon or 50k trail ultra marathon.  I am not a road guy.  I had a lot of fun training for and running two half marathons last year.  However I was reminded of something as I hit the trails during the spring and summer.  I always liked cross country more than track, and I see road running and trail running kind of the same way.  I also believe trail running is easier on the body because it requires four different proficiencies: climbing, descending, running, and hiking.  If everything works out well, I am going to shoot for a race sometime in the October-November window of next year.

3) Improve my income.  Tina is officially a stay at home mom.  We believe this is the best thing for our family.  I have some ideas of things I can do to make more money and will investigate those ideas during the year.

So there you have it, three goals for the New Year.  Tomorrow I am going to run 5 miles to work on goals 1 and 2.

Happy Trails in 2013.

At the end of each year, Salomon makes a thank you video.  I found this to be inspirational.