Monday, September 6, 2010

getting my sh** together- time to set some goals

Okay, I have been meandering through the last several weeks trying to figure out what to do with myself and making up every excuse in the book to avoid committing to "exercising" or training for anything.  I kicked around doing a tri, but didn't seem uber motivated.

I should comment that I did do a 50 mile bike ride, http://www.venusdemiles.com/ about two weeks ago.  I am glad I did the ride as I learned a lot.  I learned that I am just not happy on my bike (specifically out on a road with cars whizzing by me at 60+MPH)  in comparison to other forms of exercise.  While I can bike fairly efficiently, I never, not even once, relaxed the way I do when I run or swim, or even more importantly, achieved the endorphin rush.  I can see myself still doing short distance and maybe even Olympic distance tri's, but I know the bike really is the big deterrent to doing a half or full http://www.ironman.com/.

I was a complete SLOTH over this Labor Day holiday, eating and drinking, eating and drinking, sleeping, eating more and more....ugh.  Today I spent the day reading http://www.facebook.com/ updates, http://www.runnersworld.com/ articles, and learning about the http://www.posetech.com/ running method.     One of the facebook updates came from http://www.lululemon.com/ and put out a challenge to go out and set some goals, and even better to take a picture of yourself with a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal).  And that is what prompted this post.  Following is the list of my goals for the next 12 months, well at least 6 months, I will see how far I get at the end of the post with identifying 12 months out.  I do plan to write up my BHAG and send it to Lululemon to see if they post it.

1.  Sept 30 : I complete all of my outlined daily training plans, which includes strength training, stretching, and resting.

2.  October 17: I have a personal best in the Denver Rock N Roll Half Marathon, http://denver.competitor.com/, with a time of 2:38:27.  I know this is not super fast, but it is improvement over both of the half marathon times I have put down this season.

3.  November 7: I lose 12 pounds from my starting weight from Sept 7, 2010.  This loss will also include a 2 percent reduction in body fat.

4.  December 30: I finish the year at 100% of quota - $750M while continuing to exercise a minimum of 4xtimes a week.

5. January 15:  I learn to snow shoe and have gone 5x times, twice with Riley.

6. February 14 (or thereabouts): I complete my first 5K snowshoe race, the Screaming Snowman, http://www.racingunderground.com/sssnowman.html with Riley.  

7.  Mid March (date TBD): I compete in the Boulder Spring Half Marathon, http://www.bouldermarathon.com/27.html and improve my time by finishing at 2:35 or faster.

8, 9, 10, not really sure, there will be another marathon in there, with the goal to finish at 5:25, taking 14 minutes off of my time in 2010.  I need to decide on a summer race, some place fun that I can bring the family so they can cheer me on and even see me finish!

Just the exercise of writing this post really makes me stop and think about what is possible and not, and again I remember that the only thing holding me back from anything is me.

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