A new year

I am happy that a new year has arrived. But, to be clear, I had nothing against the previous year. 2009 brought many good things. I learned a lot in 2009. I got better in many things in 2009. I read a lot of good books, ran a lot of good miles, hit a lot of good golf shots, prayed a lot of good prayers and received a lot of good answers to those prayers. So, I'll say, perhaps in a more positive way, I liked 2009 and while excited for the coming year, do not regret for a moment, the moments lived in 2009.

Checking back on the goals set at the beginning of last year, I did accomplish some of them. I ran a half marathon (wanted to run two) but postponed the full for a very good reason (my daughter asked me to run a marathon with her this year). We are halfway through the training and will run in an early spring 26.2.

My golf game was good. I broke 40 a couple of times in league. I didn't have a sub 80 round last year but came close several times. My handicap went below double digits for the first time ever. After a mediocre/bad first day and first 7 holes of the second day, I came back and took 4th in my flight in the GCAC (cool turn around).

My goals for this year, in a few important categories:
love - take wife on date every week, something fun every week, have fun with her every day, moment
gospel - serve better and more proactively in each calling (measurable goals are in place - just not here)
reading - read Book of Mormon all the way through (again), read 12+ novels this year (1/2 classic or non fiction)
running - run and finish the marathon with my daughter (her 1st marathon and her goal is to finish), run a 1/2 or two (Columbus and one other), prepare for winter marathon (Jan - Feb 2011)
golf - have fun - always, break 80 or 40 (league) 25% of the time I play, practice 52 times this year (half putting and half short game), play well in GCACC (85 or better at Champions, 83 or better at Mentel)
weight/fitness - lose extra girth to the tune of the 12 I wanted to lose last year (a little less Thornton, a little more visible abs . . .)

Happy New Year and have a good one. KipK