3 posts tagged “goals”

While I missed the mark of 7 hours and 100 miles, I did a quite impressive 4h 6m and 66 miles. Not bad. I'm still thinking about April...

While at the gym at couple of days ago, I started thinking of a grueling-yet-attainable workou0t goal for the month.

Because that workout (and most others) was cardio, I figured the goal should be cardio based; here's what I came up with:

7 hours of cardio minimum for the month. In addition, 100 miles of total cardio.

How this can be accomplished;
SIMPLE!
* Based on past results, I can complete 2 elliptical miles at a near "sprint" pace in about 16 minutes; a more relaxed pace is a 10 minute mile, thus if I complete 3 total elliptical miles a week, that's 26 minutes (in one week).
* 8 miles can be accomplished in 30 minutes (give or take) on the stationary bike; if this is accomplished 3 times a week, that's 90 minutes and 24 miles (in one week)

A one week total is 116 minutes, and 27 miles; multiply that by 4 weeks, 464 (nearly 8 hours) and 108 miles.

Wish me luck!
Hangtime

**Edit**
Week end 3/8:
30 miles/90 minutes

Week end 3/15:
8 miles/30 minutes

Week End 3/22
14 miles/59 minutes

3/23 -3/31:
14 mi/66 min

With 2007, the grand year that it was, coming to an end, I'd like to focus on what I will accomplish next year. I know I know, everyone sets resolutions and most of them are broken before March, but these are easy ones and ones that I will strive to keep!

Life:

• Try to get in bed by at least 10:30 pm. I can survive off of 6 hours...but I don't want to just survive.
• Stay consistently organized --even Overboard will have to admit, I'm getting better...
• Get more involved with my community. I've been gushing to Overboard how much I enjoy where we live. I'd like to make it a long term home. Thus, I don't have an issue in contributing my time and interest in making it a better place.
• Meet more neighbors --goes hand in hand with community. Of 112 units in our community, I'm can honestly say I've only held reasonable conversation with 3 people not named Overboard...2 board members and the other serves on a committee with us.
  
• Continue to become a better teammate to Overboard. Our room reorganization and hosting efforts last weekend proved that we're an excellent team, I just want to continue to build on it. She put it best: "We got through this (arranging our living room) without either of us making the other feel like an idiot".
  

• Be at least somewhat consistent with working out: I'm not saying I'll be at the gym every day or even 3x a week...I guess all I can ask for from myself is 2x a week, every week.
• Be better prepared for my Nidan test than I was for my Shodan test. Not saying I wasn't adequately prepared, but I want to do better (note: If I am eligible to test for Nidan, it won't be until 2009, but all the preparation will be in 2008). I guess, this will be my next step in my black belt goal to push the others around me at my rank.
  
• Hands only push ups. At least 5. This is a push up without your feet touching the ground...mainly only breakdancers can do these.
• At least 5 pushups with Overboard on my back. I'm good for about 1.5 right now.