New Year Resolution - 2010

My New Year resolution is to be fit and able to run a full marathon by Dec’10.

Aerobic Heart Rate Zone
Therefore I shall adjust my jogs so that my heart rate is between 123 to 161bpm
The formula for Heart Rates:-
• 65% intensity: (220 − (age = 40)) * 0.65 → 117 bpm
• 85% intensity: (220 − (age = 40)) * 0.85 → 153 bpm

Resting Heart Rate
Next, my resting heart rate target shall be between 66 to 70bpm
Information of normal resting heart rates:
• Newborn infants: 100 - 160 beats per minute
• Children 1 to 10 years: 70 - 120 beats per minute
• Children over 10 and adults (including seniors): 60 - 100 beats per minute
• Well-trained athletes: 40 - 60 beats per minute

Auld Lang Syne

I have looked around and found the correct “Auld Lang Syne’ lyrics and pronunciations.

The original song was written by Robert Burns in 1974 and published in 1976 after his death.

‘Auld Lang Syne’ means ‘Old Long Ago’ or ‘The Good Old Days’

The Lyrics, Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns,

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

We twa hae run aboot the braes
And pou'd the gowans fine;
we've wander'd mony a weary foot
Sin' auld lang syne

We two hae paidled i' the burn,
Frae mornin' sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne

And here's a hand, my trusty friend,
And gie's a hand o' thine;
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

The pronounciations

Auld Lang Syne sung by Dougie MacLean (a Scottish singer, instrumentalist and composer)