Cheers to the fittest year yet

Hello 2016. I have declared you the fittest and fastest year yet for me. I have never been more motivated than I am now since having Scarlett 4 months ago. 2015 was a unique year for me with fitness:

-I spent January- September pregnant. I ran a few races: Carmel 10k and Mini Marathon but they were both slothy and my slowest times.



 
-I spent September and October figuring out how to be a mom and went crazy without working out. We took LOTS of walks these months and got NOT A LOT of sleep.



- November and December I got back into my fitness game. Running, lifting and other cardio.  Still feeling the pregnant body deep down but slowly rebuilding my muscles. Spent a lot of time in our home gym squeezing in workouts whenever I could. Some with Jake, some with JJ, some solo.



The past 2 weeks I started Crossfit. Man- why have I never done it until now? By far the best and hardest workouts I've ever done and I love it. I love learning all the Olympic lifts and really pushing myself.

I was hesitant to post the photos below but Jake said I should... The first one was the day I got cleared to workout (8 weeks post baby) and the second was 6 weeks later. Hardwork does work! Can't wait to see where I am in a few months.


BEFORE

AFTER

I've got some big fitness goals for 2016...let me share them. I brought these goals up on New Years day and Jake said some of them should to be measurable and I should look at them daily so I divided them up into two categories:

Non-Measurable:
  • 2016 will be my fittest and fastest year yet

Measurable:
  • Do a spring race- either Carmel or Hoosier Half in Bloomington
  • PR at the Mini Marathon (faster than 1:52) 
  • Do 10 pull ups unassisted 
  • Squat 215x5 (I squatted 215 in high school and I'm only at 145 now)@
  • Do the Tri-Indy duathlon in August
  • Do a fall race besides HOC
  • Continue Crossfit
  • Jake and I also want to move our home gym into the garage and get more weights so we can get extra wild during our workouts
  • Buy new workout shoes. This has gotten shoved to the bottom of the priority list
 

 

 

That's all. Cheers to 2016 being a fit year! I am also looking forward to spring stroller runs and running JJ. On a final note- how cute are my kids?
 
 

 
Happy New Year!!


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