New year fitness goals

I love a new year and the opportunity to set myself some goals.  Last year was a big one from a fitness perspective.  Becoming an instructor was a long held dream which finally came to fruition.  I was proud to create my class and witness my own confidence grow the more I taught.

This year, my goals are focused very much on my day job (I recently left a permanent job after nearly eight years at the same company and have set up as a freelancer).  Of course I have a couple of fitness related aims however and will record them here so that I can re-visit this blog towards the end of 2017 to see how I got on.

Here are my resolutions:

• Continue to try new classes and explore new fitness disciplines (I tried pump, kettlebells and spinning for the first time recently and am keen to keep on challenging my body in different ways)
• Smash my half marathon personal best (1:58)

I have always loved running and spent my twenties competing in marathons and half marathons.  Here's me competing in my third London Marathon:

I'm aware however of the importance of mixing up my exercise, especially working with weights which (up until now) I've been woefully lazy about.  I'm hoping very much that my renewed commitment to trying different things (including my weekly dance fitness class which works considerably more muscles than running) will give me the strength I need to smash my half marathon time and do myself proud this year.

Good luck with your 2017 goals, fitness and otherwise.