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It’s an annual tradition: people set their New Year Goals. In most cases the goals are dashed off with only a few moments of thought. Rarely do they last more than a few weeks into the new year. This year let’s do it right. Let’s develop some good goals, and write them down, make a plan, and accomplish some real goals that we can look back next year and take some pride in what we have accomplished.
I’m going to do it. Come along with me?
2014 Goal – RUN MY FIRST MARATHON
In Part I I talked about developing long-term goals. One of mine I placed on the refrigerator was running The Comrades Marathon. To do that I have to run at least a marathon with an appropriate time in order to qualify. Since I have not run a marathon, I set a medium term goal in Part II of running in the Maraton de Guayaquil in October, 2014. Along the way I would also complete a half marathon around July.
RUN MY FIRST MARATHON?
Yeah, but I have just gotten out of a knee brace and crutches due to a knee injury. I am just cleared for light walking, so I have a serious transition period to work through. So I need some short-term goals – the first three months, heck even the first month, to get me to the starting line.
I like to work my goals backwards so I know how to get to where I want to go. First the main races:
October 5 – Marathon
July 7 – Half Marathon
So for each I really need 12 or more weeks to get ready for each, considering I am going from a very low fitness level due to injury. So to add to what I already had:
October 5 – Marathon
July 8- October 5 (13 weeks – perfect for a 1-2 week recovery and 11-12 week build up for the marathon).
July 7 – Half Marathon
April 7-July 7 (12 weeks build up for half marathon).
Off Season Transition
1 January – April 6 – transition from 15 minutes of walking (now) to 1 hour runs. (13 weeks)
Looking over this, it looks eminently do-able. In fact it looks like I have a fair amount of extra time in case I have any setbacks, especially in the first 3+ months.
I’ll add a few more goals along with this plan. I find that I am much better when I have daily activities. While rest days are important to let the body recover, I need to go daily to keep the exercise habit going. Off days I will still go out and do some exercise, but it will be fairly short and easy on those days. What I will do, will depend on my fitness level at the time – walking, biking, slow jogging or easy running.
I also coach a Fit Club at my school, where we do all sorts of activities including running, yoga, kickboxing, INSANITY and other programs. At the start I will be only supervising, since the activities will be beyond me until we go on a school break in March. However once we return to full activities in April my goal is to be fully and physically involved in the Fit Club activities.
So at least some of my goals for 2014:
- Run my first marathon (Maraton de Guayaquil)
- Run a Half Marathon (Medio Maraton de Guayaquil)
- Run (or walk) every day.
- In April take full part in Fit Club activities.
I’ll put out all of my 2014 goals a bit later when they are all done.
What about you? What are your New Year Goals?
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