New Year, New Start

Well looking back on this past year, I have had several firsts. I completed two half marathons in the same year and had a personal record in both. I have also started weight lifting on my own. Something I never thought that I would do simply for the fact that I didn't think that I had the knowledge to do it on my own. Thanks to my dear friend Amanda and several hours of researching online I have been successfully weight lifting for about 2 months. Noticing a change in my body and although I have gained weight due to gaining muscle, I look and feel skinnier.
For the first time, I can say that I have kept a New Year's resolution. Last year I had a resolution to not drink any coke or coke related products for the entire year. It is now Jan. 4 and I have not drank a coke in 369 days!! I am quite proud of that. 
So this year I decided to set my standards more on the fitness side. Not that quitting cokes is not for my health but I wanted to set my goals on the physical aspect of fitness. So thanks to a friend that I follow on Facebook (Run Nerds Rock) I have decided that I would try to run at least one mile a day no matter how I am feeling for the entire year.  He has gone over 2 years running at least a mile every day. Which is my plan and so far I have succeeded.
I have run 4 days in a row with a total of almost 11 miles so I am excited to see how many miles I will rack up to with my half marathon training. I will blog on that in a minute.
I hope that you will join me on my journey this year of my running streak and half marathon training. If you yourself have a goal that you will like to share please do so. I would love to join you on yours as well and encourage/support you along the way.
Below is the first run of the new year and of my running streak. It felt so good to be back to running after taking a break.