Time to refocus!
by Charles Seegel @ The long road to IronmanNow that IMC is right around the corner, it is time to get refocused on my short term and long term goals!
Obviously, my ultimate goal here is to finish Canada in 16:59:59 or less
To get there, I have set a number of shorter term goals to get me there.
1) Complete the Louie Tri in 2 weeks in a better time then I did at Treasure Island this year. The big challenge with this is to survive jumping into the bay and avoiding the ice bergs (there aren't really ice bergs in the bay, but it does feel like it).
2) Lose at least 5 lbs by the end of January - this will be a repeating theme as I really feel that losing weight will be the easiest way to achieve my main goal of making the time cuts at Canada.
3) Lose 10 lbs by the end of Febuary
4) Raise $4000 by the beginning of March
5) Compete in our "Wildflower training weekend" which is basically us doing the long course but without the actual race going on. I just hope to complete it at any pace this go around - good prep for the real thing 6 weeks later where i will kick butt.
6) Lose 15 lbs by the end of March - I will skip the rest for now, but just say 5 lbs a month and a total of 40 lbs by the end of August (race day). Very manageable.
7) Complete Wildflower in 8:30 (It's a tough course, otherwise I would shoot for 8 hours even)
8) Reach my fundraising goal by early July so I don't have to worry about it down the home stretch.
9) Contemplating doing the Vineman 70.3 at the end of July as a last minute opportunity to polish my race prep.
10) Feel ready and comfortable on race day.
11) Generate world peace and end hatred and poverty - about as reasonable as most of my other goals :-)
Obviously, my ultimate goal here is to finish Canada in 16:59:59 or less
To get there, I have set a number of shorter term goals to get me there.
1) Complete the Louie Tri in 2 weeks in a better time then I did at Treasure Island this year. The big challenge with this is to survive jumping into the bay and avoiding the ice bergs (there aren't really ice bergs in the bay, but it does feel like it).
2) Lose at least 5 lbs by the end of January - this will be a repeating theme as I really feel that losing weight will be the easiest way to achieve my main goal of making the time cuts at Canada.
3) Lose 10 lbs by the end of Febuary
4) Raise $4000 by the beginning of March
5) Compete in our "Wildflower training weekend" which is basically us doing the long course but without the actual race going on. I just hope to complete it at any pace this go around - good prep for the real thing 6 weeks later where i will kick butt.
6) Lose 15 lbs by the end of March - I will skip the rest for now, but just say 5 lbs a month and a total of 40 lbs by the end of August (race day). Very manageable.
7) Complete Wildflower in 8:30 (It's a tough course, otherwise I would shoot for 8 hours even)
8) Reach my fundraising goal by early July so I don't have to worry about it down the home stretch.
9) Contemplating doing the Vineman 70.3 at the end of July as a last minute opportunity to polish my race prep.
10) Feel ready and comfortable on race day.
11) Generate world peace and end hatred and poverty - about as reasonable as most of my other goals :-)
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Time to refocus!
by Charles @ The long road to Ironman
Now that IMC is right around the corner, it is time to get refocused on my short term and long term goals!
Obviously, my ultimate goal here is to finish Canada in 16:59:59 or less
To get there, I have set a number of shorter term goals to get me there.
1) Complete the Louie Tri in 2 weeks in a better time then I did at Treasure Island this year. The big challenge with this is to survive jumping into the bay and avoiding the ice bergs (there aren't really ice bergs in the bay, but it does feel like it).
2) Lose at least 5 lbs by the end of January - this will be a repeating theme as I really feel that losing weight will be the easiest way to achieve my main goal of making the time cuts at Canada.
3) Lose 10 lbs by the end of Febuary
4) Raise $4000 by the beginning of March
5) Compete in our "Wildflower training weekend" which is basically us doing the long course but without the actual race going on. I just hope to complete it at any pace this go around - good prep for the real thing 6 weeks later where i will kick butt.
6) Lose 15 lbs by the end of March - I will skip the rest for now, but just say 5 lbs a month and a total of 40 lbs by the end of August (race day). Very manageable.
7) Complete Wildflower in 8:30 (It's a tough course, otherwise I would shoot for 8 hours even)
8) Reach my fundraising goal by early July so I don't have to worry about it down the home stretch.
9) Contemplating doing the Vineman 70.3 at the end of July as a last minute opportunity to polish my race prep.
10) Feel ready and comfortable on race day.
11) Generate world peace and end hatred and poverty - about as reasonable as most of my other goals :-)
Obviously, my ultimate goal here is to finish Canada in 16:59:59 or less
To get there, I have set a number of shorter term goals to get me there.
1) Complete the Louie Tri in 2 weeks in a better time then I did at Treasure Island this year. The big challenge with this is to survive jumping into the bay and avoiding the ice bergs (there aren't really ice bergs in the bay, but it does feel like it).
2) Lose at least 5 lbs by the end of January - this will be a repeating theme as I really feel that losing weight will be the easiest way to achieve my main goal of making the time cuts at Canada.
3) Lose 10 lbs by the end of Febuary
4) Raise $4000 by the beginning of March
5) Compete in our "Wildflower training weekend" which is basically us doing the long course but without the actual race going on. I just hope to complete it at any pace this go around - good prep for the real thing 6 weeks later where i will kick butt.
6) Lose 15 lbs by the end of March - I will skip the rest for now, but just say 5 lbs a month and a total of 40 lbs by the end of August (race day). Very manageable.
7) Complete Wildflower in 8:30 (It's a tough course, otherwise I would shoot for 8 hours even)
8) Reach my fundraising goal by early July so I don't have to worry about it down the home stretch.
9) Contemplating doing the Vineman 70.3 at the end of July as a last minute opportunity to polish my race prep.
10) Feel ready and comfortable on race day.
11) Generate world peace and end hatred and poverty - about as reasonable as most of my other goals :-)