Finishing my MBA and Setting New Goals

Last Thursday morning I finished my last test, for my last class of my MBA. It was a great feeling that got me all misty eyed after I got the notification that I passed. Years of hard work done, now I can focus on other things without being overwhelmed. My last test was a global economics course, I'd finished the capstone a couple of months ago. This class was a beast that took up a lot of time. But I passed. Now that I have extra time and am not going to be overwhelmed by adding in running to my schedule, I wanted to start this blog up yet again. I don't know how regular I will post, but it will be more often than every six months.

Right now I am three weeks out from the Turkey Trot St. Louis that will be happening in St. Charles Thanksgiving morning. It's a 5k I signed us up for. I haven't been putting in training specifically for it aside from starting to walk an extra mile a day, or run at least a mile. I am on day four of that right now. My goal at this 5k is to go faster than I did at my last 5k. The Taco the Town 5k was fun, I walked almost the entire thing. So beating that time should be easier if I run for more. Really it's a way to go to a race, have fun, and get a medal for our little guy. Next to my desk I have a medal rack mounted on my wall. He really loves that he has medals on it too, and that they aren't just mine.

With the walking an extra mile every day, the goal for that is 30 days to start with. Then on December 8th I'm going to start training for a 10k, which will be the Running from Yeti 10k on Valentines day next year. The training plan is for three runs a week and one body weight strength training day. I plan to add in the extra mile walk a day on the days I'm not running. It's a 10 week beginner training plan that I picked up from I runner I follow on YouTube. Before the year is over I'll decide on the other two races I've been thinking of, the Taco the Town 5k again in May and Love to Run St. Charles in June, it would at least be the 10k. But more details on those decisions about those races will come later.

As always, thanks for reading.

-Riley 

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