Wow. This month seriously flew by. And no complaints here, I am officially now on my second day of summer vacation. The last 3-4 weeks have really just been in anticipation of this. And here we are.

So, I set a few goals at the beginning of June. A little about me: I love goal-setting and I love lists. However, I am not likely to ever accomplish more than 50% of the things on the list. (In fact, I usually lose the list shortly after making it). I do not feel like a failure when this happens – I may even take it too lightly. I merely look at these goals and lists as a target (much like my marathon training) and hope to aim close enough.

With that, here’s how I did. The actual goals I set in June are in black – my end of month notes are in color.

• On the Run (and in the gym)
  • Build base back to 20-25 miles/week. This will help big time before starting up marathon training in July. I’ll give myself a successful rating on this one. I was at or close to 20 miles/week most of the time. Good enough for me.
  • Kettlebell workout 6x this month. It’s an easy enough at-home workout that I can do after getting home from a runmute. I’ve just been too lazy to do it recently. I was waaaay off target on this one, unfortunately. I say unfortunately because I think this is the easiest of all my goals. I have a kettlebell and my routine takes only about 15 minutes. When I do it, it’s after a run and fits in nicely. I’ll add this goal for July.
  • Hit the yoga – hard. I feel like I say this all the time, but I’m constantly amazed by how inflexible I am. Really. It becomes more and more important for me to be flexible, but it seems that every day I get a little less so. In June, I’ll commit to 6 yoga classes. I’d like to do it at home, but I need many modifications (and lots of encouragement). Yeah, not so much on this one either… but mostly because I was still in school and the schedule didn’t work. But yes, July for sure. I already have my studio pass.
  • Do a chin-up. I have the bar at home. And now I have the plan. I’m usingthis. I’ll give myself credit for this one, although it’s the most pathetic chin up you’ve probably ever seen. Mark it!
  • One dvd ab workout/week (I’m looking at you, Physique 57 Arms and Abs) Nope. Fail. I did it once and I realized about 5 minutes in that my playground ball seemed smooshy because it had a gaping 3″ hole in it. I did the rest of the workout without a ball (don’t recommend). Didn’t replace the ball. I probably won’t go back to this goal until fall/winter because I have a Core Fusion package I’ll be using until the end of the summer.
• In the Kitchen
  • June = Salad month. M and I dubbed one week in May salad week and it was awesome. With so much good stuff going on at the farmer’s market and the CSA starting soon, this June I’ll be eating different salads 5days/week. I’ll let you know what different salads we come up with. So this pretty much worked. I wouldn’t say 5 days/week, but certainly much more often that usual. I’ll keep this goal around. I’ll also look to expand my salad menu a bit. (I always go to the same 3-4 salads).

So my official assessment of June? Pretty good. I was about 50/50 for my goals which is just fine by me. Luckily in July I’ll have more time and energy to address these purely selfish tasks (yes, summer vacation!) and might even go beyond 50/50. Maybe, we’ll see.

So? Here’s the plan for July:

• Running/Fitness
  • Marathon Training
    • Kick off marathon training with enthusiasm.
    • Stick to my running plan 80% of the month (no completely skipped workouts, but maybe modify a few by distance of time, as needed).
    • Foam roll and ice baths more often, especially after long runs.
    • One massage
  • Other Fitness
    • Swim for cross-training with some level of consistency
    • Weight-train at least once/week
    • Yoga it up once/week
• Kitchen/Eats
  • More salad. And more variety within my salad.
  • Get more creative with cool eats on hot days (read: I hate cooking in the summer).

There you have it. June worked just fine, and July holds some excitement – no more work! Marathon training begins! What does July hold for you? Also, are you like me with “goals,” or are you a bit more “type A” with them?