A New Year's Revolution

I refuse to make New Year's Resolutions for 2011. In the recent past, I've preferred to make changes to my life when I feel like it, often at random and with a degree of carefree abandon and utter whimsy, to avoid that drowning overtone of sarcasm that follows my telling someone that I'm going to do something semi-drastic. If people don't associate my life changes with a new year, I don't get the melodramatic garbage.

Here's a trip down memory lane to see what I planned for 2010 and what I ticked off my list:

• Completing the Contact Triwoman 3-9-3 event on Saturday 23 January 2010 at Narrow Neck. DONE! Plus five more triathlons in the three months after this one. Phew!

• Completing my fitness instructor qualification through NZIHF by 28 February 2010 (one month early). DONE! 

• Watching Ironman NZ at Taupo on 6 March 2010 and supporting my friend Sean who is competing again (dude, you rock. Seriously!). DONE! Yay Sean - 12hrs 45 - you rock!

• Completing my first half ironman (the Auckland Half) on 20 March 2010. I don't want to place, I just want to finish! This should have said 2011 - as in I'm now doing Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon on 14 August. Let's face it, I was totally half-baked last year.

• Attending FILEX in Sydney from 30 April to 2 May 2010. Then travelling down to Melbourne for a few days. The car blowing up on Christmas Eve 2009 put paid to this. If it doesn't clash with Dextro or Port Mac, I'll do this in 2011.

• Completing a certificate in sports training and development by 7 May 2010, through SIT. These clowns closed the course early so I couldn't do it. Ugh! However, I'm enrolled to complete my personal training qualification now.

• Achieving 20% body fat by 30 June 2010. This should have said 2011. LOL! Let's go for 30/06/2011.

• One top secret but very life-changing goal at 1pm on 3 July 2010. Shhhhh!!! Can't tell you, so please don't ask on here!! Email me and ask me that way instead! DONE! I moved to Melbourne, but five weeks early. However, I moved into my new house in Melbourne on 3 July 2010 and was left to sort the mess of boxes and bags at around 1pm. LOL!

• Watching Ironman Hawaii (and Lance Armstrong compete in it) on 9 October 2010, LIVE, in Kona, Hawaii!!! Not achieved. Lance didn't do Kona and I couldn't go as I was in Malaysia. Perhaps 2011?

So, what am I planning for 2011? Aside from Dextro and Yeppoon? 

Stay tuned.