Tai Chi

My place of employment has generously arranged for Tai Chi classes every Thursday at lunchtime and personal training after work on Tuesday for those that wish to attend.

Today I did my second Tai Chi class and I really enjoyed it. This week I could feel myself pushing my 'qi' down :) Because I knew what to expect, I could focus more on my breathing and relaxing rather than stressing about what we had to do next and how long we had to hold poses. I came out of the class feeling fresh and relaxed but not in a 'I'm-sleepy-and-ready-for-a-rest' kinda way.

My achilles feels antagonised, though. I've been a bit lax with my stretching and strengthening over the long weekend because I spent all day and night working on the house renovations. Back to it tomorrow, though. Only four or five weeks to go until I an contemplate running again.

Contemplating

I've been contemplating... running goals for 2010. Could it be the year of the Marathon?

I'm tentatively thinking about doing Run for the Kids in March, the Great Ocean Road half marathon again in May and following it up with the Gold Coast Marathon in July.

But I'm scared of writing it down. Because I've been disappointed so many times before when my body's let me down and I haven't been able to meet my goals.

Still, it's better to have a 'tentative' goal than none at all, right?