Goals

My wonderful client Anne reminded me today that it's time to set some goals. With the season almost over it's the perfect time to re-evaluate things for next year. I am big on internal goals and external goals. Internal goals are those that you can control - how you train, what you do, things that you are 100 (at least 99)% responsible for. External goals are great too, but you can not control them. You can't control how other's have trained, where you will place and if you will qualify. So, I always encourage folks to have both.
Here goes:
For the rest of the year and the 2009 season: (knowing this will be revised 10 times as the year progresses!)
Internal Goals:
1. Integrate YOGA as an equal part of my training to swimming, biking and running & build strength.
2. Knock significant time off my half iron distance - train to RACE a half ironman, rather than to SURVIVE a half ironman.
3. Lower my body fat and maybe drop a few pounds - but only for the sake of being faster and stronger.
4. Find the positive and the joy in all the races I do, even when they don't turn out the way I planned.
5. I wanna go fast, I wanna go fast.

External Goals:
1. Get fast enough to race in the open division without embarrassing myself. (both and internal & external goals.
2. Focus on the half iron distance enough that a Clearwater qualifying slot isn't a ridiculous thought.
3. Bring home more hardware.

Goals

So I have decided on my goals for the season & beyond:
1) enjoy my training for Louisville & have balance between my training & homelife
2) have an amazingly fast bike split for Louisville, hopefully knock over an hour off my bike split from last year
3) improve my marathon split time by atleast 30 min, preferably around 45 min. to match my time at the abismal Disney marathon
4) place at one of the shorter races -- any race, any top 3 place would be GREAT!!
5) help Anna to have a more successful triathlon this year
6) LONG TERM in the next 5 years, spend a year getting serious about my training & try to qualify for either KONA or Clearwater. --I have about 31/2 to 4 hours to knock off my IM time or around 1 1/2 to knock off my 1/2 IM time to get to this.

A girl has to dream big!!!!