2 blog entries for 2011 is fairly pathetic. I mean, I know noone actually reads any of this stuff, but as an exercise in diary-ing it hasn't exactly stretched my typing muscles. I'm in contemplative mode, so this may not be the most entertaining read...
Interestingly, though 2011 felt like it was a year in which we/I headed off sidey-ways, reading the post from the start of the year proved that there was, in fact, consistency.
I did run a marathon in 2011 as well as a lot of other running races, and brought my pace down to the sort of times I was running 12 years ago. That was a big success point of the year and made me very happy. I did manage to get to bed at 10:30 by and large, and I cut my alcohol intake to a fraction. The eventual effect of these three actions was a surprising improvement in my mental health! Why surprising?!
With me concentrating my recreational time on running and cycling and us both spending more time on gainful employment, the farm has taken a back seat. I said this time last year that I did not want to spend a lot of time on it in 2011, that it should go back to being a hobby for Jane, if she wanted that hobby. Where we go with it next year is up for discussion at the moment.
We all made it back to the UK for Judy's wedding in October. It was interesting being back in the UK, in Scotland, on Arran - my first trip out of Canada since we moved. On Arran it was like we hadn't left really. Jane had worried that it would unsettle me, but no fear, there was nothing that made me very homesick and it was good to get back to NS again. Albeit thousands of dollars lighter, with a cracked rib and bad road rash on my hip from a cycling fall on the wedding day.
Work-wise things were very lean in the last quarter, worryingly lean, especially no longer having the money buffer that the UK trip used up. One web project went poorly and then there seemed to be no more coming through. At the end of the year though, I won the contract to carry out a feasibility study into creating an 'Innovation Centre' in Caledonia, and will be teaching another IT course in the New Year, together with a couple of web projects means that we should haul back out of the trough.
So, 2012, what's the plan Stan?
Well, I have some racing goals; I'd like to run under 20:00 for 5k, 1:30 for a half-marathon, and possibly under 3:30 for another full marathon. However, I also want to try another triathlon which I haven't done for 10 years or more. There's a half-ironman 70.3, long course tri in Bridgetown in August that I'm thinking to make my main season goal. I can't do any swim training until the ice is out, but thesufferfest.com makes indoor bike training bearable and I'm managing to run outdoors so far this winter.
I want to lose another few kilos, if I could get under 70kg it would be good. Keep concentrating on healthy living other than the training.
We decorated the kitchen and I made a new kitchen dining table, and I want to keep the house improvements going. I enjoyed the woodwork and would like to do more in 2012.
I always feel that I want to play more music, but never seem to make the opportunities. I want to sing! Maybe in 2012 I'll join a choir.
So, there you have the scoop. Not very exciting wursent it not.
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