I set goals for this month that I think I can actually achieve.
1. Run 20 times
2. read 3 books
3. Launch Athena Rose
4. Run 20 miles
5. Post 5 times on my blog
6. Reach 100 followers on Athena Rose Instagram
7. Add $50 to emergency fund
8. Walk 7,000 steps daily
9. No watching tv
August Goals Recap
Another disappointing month for me.
1. Run 25 miles- only ran 5 miles
2. Launch Athena Rose- this didn’t happen
3. Read 5 books- I read 1 or 2 books only
4. Post 5 posts on my blog- Posted 3 posts
5. Post 2 youtube videos- did not post any videos on Youtube
6. Make $800 with side hustle- the only goal I accomplished, made $800+ with Instacart
7. Write at least 100 pages for my novel – not sure what happened, but I didn’t write a single page!
Only reached one goal out of seven. I’m hoping September goes much better!
My First Half Marathon as a Mom
I am two months away from running my first half marathon as a mom. I have been training the last few weeks, though not consistently. To make it more challenging, not only will I be running 13.1 miles, I will be running 13.1 miles while pushing my baby in her stroller.
I have done one 5k while pushing her in the stroller. It wasn’t challenging. The one thing I didn’t like was being stuck in the back with all the walkers. So far I have gone for a 5 mile run with Selena. The last mile was the hardest. Since I will be running with Selena, I don’t have a time goal in mind. I just want to finish.
It has been much harder for me to get a run in now that I have a baby. My choices are to either run with the baby or run very early in the morning. Since I am not running as often, my runs are usually very slow. I am happy that I am back to running though. This is one thing I missed. I think I went about four months without running, which is the longest break I’ve had since I took up running back in 2016.
Last year I ran the Long Beach Half Marathon at 6 months pregnant. This year I will be running it while pushing a 9 month old baby in her stroller. I am looking forward to that challenge.
August Goals
Here are my goals for the month of August!
1. Run 25 miles
2. Launch Athena Rose
3. Read 5 books
4. Post 5 posts on my blog
5. Post 2 youtube videos
6. Make $800 with side hustle
7. Write at least 100 pages for my novel
July Goals Recap
Last month I only set a few goals, but didn’t reach most of them. I did get very close though. Here’s how I did on my goals last month.
1. No Spend July – I had 21 no spend days which is good, but disappointing because my goal was to have 31 no spend days.
2. Run 30 miles- I did not reach this goal either, I only ran 18 miles, but I did much better than June, when I only ran 3 miles
3. Add $50 to emergency fund- I did this one!
4. Make $700 with my side hustle- accomplished this one, made a little over $700 with Instacart last month
5. Launch Athena Rose website – didn’t do this one, but I am getting this website ready to launch it this month
6. Post 10 posts on my blog – only posted 2 posts
7. Post 2 videos on youtube – posted only 1
90s California Runner Mom 