Thursday Three
I am nothing without goals. I am constantly setting new goals for myself and am always dreaming of bigger things. I feel my best when I have something I am striving for, something I am set on achieving. Seriously? What’s life if you just stick to the same old routine? Pretty boring, if you ask me. You were asking me, right?
I thought it would be fun to share our top three fitness goals that we have secretly (or not-so-secretly) set for ourselves. Here are my current hopes:
*You probably guessed that I would say this little 1/2 marathon I’m training for. Well, you were right. Now, I don’t have huge hopes when it comes to the actual race. I would like to do more running than walking. I want to finish. And I want to finish under 3 hours, which would put me at a pace of approximately 13:30 or less. Certainly do-able! I would also like to not feel like crap afterward and be able to walk, so that I can have some fun with my teammates in San Diego when it’s all said and done!
*I would love to try fitness classes at my gym. I know, I know… many of you do this every day! Easy, right? But I’m scared. I’m a wuss. There, I said it. I have become shy and un-brave in my plus-sized body and am afraid that I will look like a total buffoon. If I would get the guts up to actually attend a class, I bet that I would probably enjoy it and have no problem going again. I just have to do it.
*I dream of an extended adventure/fitness excursion. This dream also includes lots of hiking in forests and mountains, whitewater rafting, camping… How exciting would that be? I mean, really! I should probably take my husband along, and it wouldn’t hurt to have some good friends along, too. You know, because I would need someone to save me from drowning when I fall overboard. Or get eaten by a bear.
What are your top fitness goals? I want to know.
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do you have a local community center that offers classes? ours is less intimidating than an actual gym. more average people who pay on a per class basis. less Barbie types that you wanna smack because they look perfect while working out.
my personal goals –
*set a new PR at my 5K on March 28th. I wanna come in around 31 minutes. 32:08 is my current PR (and my most recent 5K time) – I wanna shave a full minute off that.
*participate in my first sprint triathalon. I've found one scheduled for May 31st. Its the LM's birthday but his parents have already said to go ahead and sign up.
*finish my first marathon. i'm already signed up for disney next January.
why the beep am i not setting much smaller goals???
My goals include:
-starting to run again and finish a 5k (thanks to my new fibro treatment I think this could happen in the near future!)
-join the Y and take a new group class
-go on several hikes this spring/summer with Abby
I thought I'd share with my readers, too, instead of just in a comment: http://emeraldsunshine.org/2010/03/11/thursday-....
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Wow – never really put the pen to paper (so to speak) and wrote my goals down. And now that I have, I can see that I am on my way to making them a reality! Thanks for that!
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I'm coming on your adventure. IJS. Okay?
I actually go to the Y and there are peeps of all sizes (and a few Barbies). I'm just scared.
Big goals are good! Love it!
Awesome!!
Of course. You are totally invited.
Wow – The 'Hood is really making me think… LOL
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I almost forgot that I would love to take Karate classes too! :D
*LOVE* the idea of a adventure excursion! Although I find it kind of ironic that you're brave enough to take that on, but worried about facing the gym bunnies!
My personal goals (this is very fitting because I've just recently made a list with dates and everything)
1. Conquer a marathon. My first is scheduled for June 19th, and it's a power walking only marathon. Really takes the pressure off — there's no time limit, it's all about finishing. My second is Disney in January (Hi, Brooke!) and I'm hoping to run at least a portion of it.
2. Indoor rock climbing. I have a tremendous, paralyzing fear of heights. And I figure if I can conquer this weight thing (and I am!) and a marathon (and I will!), then that's the next *I can't* that I'll face!
3. Climbing the Bernese Alps. The summer I turn 40 (just over two years) I want to take a family vacation to Switzerland, where my family is originally from, and climb something serious. Not the Eiger, or anything. I'm not that die-hard. But something challenging that I'll have to train for and really EARN.
Hmmm, Lissa, July 2012, wanna climb a mountain with me?
We are an adventurous group!! I would love to a Sisterhood Adventure week sometime in the future! How amazing would that be if we could get together and do it!
I want to climb a mountain with you and Lissa!!!
Okay, I love all of your goals, and I know you achieve every.single.one of them! I'm still kicking around the Disney marathon. Seriously. I want to come and do it with y'all SO bad!!!! Who knows :)
You should definitely come! I'll pay for your hotel room if you pay for the flight! *warning: it will probably be a hostel*!
Come to Disney! Do the half, or the whole! I won't make it back to the states until AT LEAST 2013!!
My goals are pretty small right now….since I just started working overnight and working a “real 40 hr a week job” for the first time in 20 years I think I need to stick to realistic and do-able goals.
1) continue “formal” exercise of some type at least 4 days a week.
2) continue logging my miles from work
3) continue eating healthy food, not drinking lots of sodas while at work, and losing weight.
Let's go on a wilderness adventure! As long as I can get a shower every few days!
oh those are awesome goals and i especially love the last one! i would LOVE to do that!!! (hooker retreat?) i am the same way about gym classes. i can't tell you how to get over it except to say that you do really literally just walk in and maybe chit chat with the teacher right off the bat so she/he makes you feel comfortable. you can even make fun of yourself out loud like i do and proclaim your first-timer-ness and be one with it. they really are fun and each time you go, you'll still feel like people are watching you but they're not! they don't care. great list!
ok mine are:
1. st anthony's olympic distance triathlon
2. miami-man 1/2 IRON DISTANCE triathlon in NOVEMBER (ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod)
3. Full Disney Marathon next January.
4. (and probably most important) Do not get eaten by alligators and/or sharks.
oh those are awesome goals and i especially love the last one! i would LOVE to do that!!! (hooker retreat?) i am the same way about gym classes. i can't tell you how to get over it except to say that you do really literally just walk in and maybe chit chat with the teacher right off the bat so she/he makes you feel comfortable. you can even make fun of yourself out loud like i do and proclaim your first-timer-ness and be one with it. they really are fun and each time you go, you'll still feel like people are watching you but they're not! they don't care. great list!
ok mine are:
1. st anthony's olympic distance triathlon
2. miami-man 1/2 IRON DISTANCE triathlon in NOVEMBER (ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod)
3. Full Disney Marathon next January.
4. (and probably most important) Do not get eaten by alligators and/or sharks.