2013 is upon us...if the Mayans were wrong that is

So 2012 is just about over. What a year it has been. I set out the year to get healthier. I definitely have laid a good foundation for that. The holidays have added a few lbs to my girly physique, but once these crazy stupid retail hours are done my training will get back to normal. I started this year weighing just north of 360 pounds and as I type I am floating in the low 270's. I got down to 260 in October, but the hours and the food have taken their toll. I ran a few triathlons and started JiuJitsu. I had a bunch of teeth removed and I had a little proactive surgery on my...well urethral area. Nice. But my cholesterol and blood sugar and liver enzymes are super healthy. I also can say for the first time since I was about 13 that not a single nicotine product was put in my body for the entire year. 19 months for that one. I am feeling like a great foundation has been laid and in 2013 it will be stronger.

I have always started the year with hair brained ideas and goals. Write a book. Learn a language. Get a million dollars. Learn an instrument. All silly things that used to be fueled with alcohol filled New Year's Eve parties. Now I actually say down and made a list of things that I wanted to accomplish. I wanted 5 things, I wound up with 13.

1. I want to ride 2000 miles on my bike. I did about 800 last year and did that starting in March and really ending in September before my surgery.
2. 6 sprint triathlons. I have them scheduled up and ready.
3. 2 Olympic triathlons. I hope to be ready by the Clear Lake in mid August and the Houston at the end of September.
4. Weigh under 240 pounds. I have roughly 35 to go and that will be awesome.
5. Run 250 miles. I hate running. This will be very hard.
6. Read 2 books to becoming a better leader. I need that.
7. Read 2 books to becoming a better sales person. I don't need that.
8. Visit this blog and share twice a week. I do it in spurts. I want to get a little more regular.
9. Obtain 3 stripes in JiuJitsu. I know I am on the verge of the first one. I want this bad.
10. Return to church. Born catholic. Raised catholic. Schooled catholic. Confirmed catholic. I dearly want this back in my life. I don't know how I will measure this.
11. Tough Mudder. This is bizarre.
12. MS150 to Austin. A nice 184 mile bike ride in April.
13. Read the bible. Never done it. Gonna try.

I figure that if the Mayans don't ruin it on Friday that these 13 things will keep me super duper busy. Kennedy is going to run a kids tri in may. And I almost have Ashley convinced to do one in August. We will see.

Ian