New Year's resolution: touch my toes

So, my resolution may be a bit on the side of hyperbole, but one of my main goals for this year (ie-this year's NYC Marathon) is to take a much more balanced approach to training. I want to take all aspects of it seriously, which I've broken down to mean building a base starting in March/April and consistently holding that through the start of official training in July, taking time to stretch properly so I don't end up with the random end-of-May and end-of-August injuries I somehow end up with, mixing more crosstraining (luckily I have that bike!), and finally starting to work on speed. I happen to hate exercising in the cold, and the beginning of the year is also my most busy time for work, so the first thing I decided to tackle is a bit of flexibility. Enter Bikram yoga. Originally started on a bit of a lark (thanks, Groupon), I actually got to enjoying hanging out in a 105 degree room for an hour and a half at a time and pushing myself until I felt like passing out. While I don't really have any comments on all of the supposed health benefits that you gain from Bikram (claims range from less stress to quicker metabolism through a whole range of random things), I will say that I saw definite progression in being able to hold the actual postures. It was pretty difficult to get through the first few classes, especially when all of the New Year's resolution crowd started coming. Classes with 70 people in the room made it difficult for my lanky self to fit without constantly smacking into people. The current plan is to pick back up with my second Groupon (3 months this time) after some of the New Year's crowd thins out. This will probably be in early March, when work has also calmed down enough to hold to some sort of schedule. Pretty excited. After that, warming temperatures mean it'll be time to turn some of these goals into action. Will sit down and write out more specifics soon, partially as a way to focus myself, and partially as a way to guilt myself into making sure I actually do what I say.