The month of June is already well underway. What fitness goals do you have for the new month? And how did things go in May?
I’m joining Ange and Carmy for the Monthly Goals Linkup! Head over to their sites and see how everyone is doing with their goals! I’m also linking up with HoHo and Tricia for the Weekly Wrap!
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May Running Goal Recap
May was a really busy month! I ran two races and had a LOT of project-related busyness at work. Thankfully, I made it through to the other side and was able to run a little over 71 miles in May. So with so much going on, how did I do with my specific goals for the past month?
- Run a strong race at the Buffalo Half Marathon. Grade: A+. If you haven’t read my race recap, check it out! It was an amazing experience and I’m glad to say that I was proud of the outcome. I’m still riding the high over a week later!
- Dedicate more time to self-care. Grade: F. All of the things I hoped to get done during May didn’t happen. I did have several free weekends, but as always, my calendar filled up with various obligations. Not a good excuse!
- Go out to eat/get take out no more than 2x per week. Grade: C+. We definitely did a good job going out to eat less during the week, but I had too much fast food for lunch, which is something I only do when we’re low on groceries. Working on this goal will continue to take some time, but I’m optimistic!
June Running Goals
And now it’s time to get my act together for June. It has already started off with a bang with the Ragnar Relay in Pennsylvania and I have one more half marathon to go before training mode is over for a couple of months. In the meantime, focusing on cross-training, nutrition, and taking care of myself will be key this month – my goals are below!
- Take yoga and/or barre once a week. Since I am finally heading towards my running off-season this month, I really want to focus on staying flexible and strong by consistently taking yoga and barre classes. I also hope that these classes will keep any potential injuries from creeping back my way.
- Focus on cooking meals with the farm produce and meat shares. This month kicked off farm share season and the timing couldn’t be more perfect since my motivation to cook healthy meals has been at an all-time low. For the first time, we also signed up for the full meat share that will include poultry, beef, pork, and catfish! That means we have a lot of possibilities and I’m inspired to see what I can do.
- Dedicate more time to self-care. Since I did such a poor job of this last month, I’m really going to commit to self-care in June. Massage appointments, hair appointments, and simply relaxing IS happening!
How did you do in May? What is one of your health/fitness goals for June?
Oh, I can’t wait to hear about your Ragnar experience! When I don’t have groceries, my go-to for lunch is the Starbucks vegetable (?) salad – it’s got kale, brown rice and tons of neat veggies.
I’ve honestly never tried Starbucks’ salads…that sounds really tasty and good in a pinch!
I would love to look into doing a farm produce and meat shares. I’ll have to see if there are any available in my town.
You have some really great goals for June. I think practicing self care is SO hard because we can always find things that we “think” are more important to do/focus on.
Now that I’m back at work, the self care is just slipping away. I have to reorganize my priorities. I may need to cut back on blogging. Something’s got to give!
Isn’t hard to fit it all in. Running tends to take over your free time (esp if you work). One night last week, I had popcorn and wine for dinner LOL
I haven’t been doing well with self-care lately either. It seems to be the first to go when things get busy. It awesome that you hit your big racing goal for the month!
I’m glad you’re giving the self-care goal another try this month! It’s a hard one but definitely worth it 🙂
Sometimes it’s hard to remember to get that self care in there… I’ve got a feeling June is your month!
I get so mad at myself when I have to eat fast food because I didn’t pack my lunch, I know how you feel. I hope you get that self care done in June, I feel like when that is inline everything else just falls into place! Have a great week and thanks for linking up!
I need to do better with my meal prep, as I found myself eating out too much for lunch this month. I’m working on self care too!
I’m with you on more cooking and self-care! We’re also trying a meat share from a local farm – I’ll be curious to hear how you like it.
Looking forward to hearing about Ragnar!
You still have another HM! You are like the energizer bunny–you just keep going! (That’s a compliment!) Great goals for June!