Fit-to-Fat-to-Fit Blog: Big goals

I perform better with a deadline. I achieve more when I have too much to do. I accomplish great things when I have an impossible goal set for me. I respond to a challenge.  I use “I” frequently to start a sentence.

I like big goals. And big goals seem to like me.

Otherwise I flounder.  I procrastinate. I do just enough to get by.  Success is driven by me trying to achieve the impossible.  The taskmaster of a written goal keeps me between the buoys.

Shoot for the sun. Aim for the Moon. Reach for the stars. Rise above the clouds. Set an audacious goal. And then break it into smaller, reasonable goals.

Fitness goals I’ve had in the past: A century ride on a bike. Riding all around the state of Vermont on a bike. The Peachtree Road Race (10K). A half marathon. A whole marathon. Losing 45 lbs.

I achieved them all.

Now it is time to set yet another big goal.  I need to raise my training to, as my friend Paul LaCoste says, the next level.

This morning, I ran a quick 4.16 miles and burned 676 calories. I sailed over hills like they weren’t there. My legs and joints felt amazingly well. My heart rate stayed in the 150’s.