Tag Archives: goal setting
Half Way There
Last year proved to be a pretty good year for me: I finished two Olympic distance triathlons and pushed myself through my first 50k ultra trail running race. At the beginning of this year I decided to forgo triathlons and really focus on distance running and slimming down a bit to improve my overall speed. […]
Reflections and Recollections
Every morning when I open up facebook I eagerly look to discover what tidbits from my past facebook will pull up. If you are unfamiliar with it, facebook offers a feature that will sift through your posts from years past and show you what you were posting about on that day two, three or more […]
Working the Plan
I know I have not directly stated my 2015 goals yet, I had a few things I was trying to clear up in my schedule before committing them to my blog. Initially I had planned to cash in a free race entry for a race out in Portland, but recent job instability has led me […]
2014 By the Numbers
In my last two posts I summerized my 2014 athletics season. I deliberately omitted numbers and charts til this post as I wanted one post to just focus on what I achieved numbers wise. One of the biggest trends of this year resulted in my focus transitioning from triathlon performance to ultra running distances. At […]
Tortoise And the Hare 50k Race Recap
Two years ago I ran my first 5k, following that with my first half marathon a year later. As I entered this year I decided I wanted to go big to end my second full year of running. Thus my biggest goal for this year involved pushing my limits by running my first race with […]
Ultramarathoner!!!!
On Saturday November the 15th I finished my first race longer than a half marathon, the Tortoise and the Hare 50K. My time of 11:38:53 was one of the slowest of the days, but I overcame everything my body and the course threw at me and completed my first 50k race. In a few days […]
Counting Down…
Two years ago I ran my first 5k road race. I followed that achievement with several triathlons and a half marathon a year later. As I have mentioned before, my goal for this year proved bigger than previous years, I wanted to jump up to a 50k trail race, skipping the marathon distance, embracing tough […]
Reflections of Being a Tortoise in a World of Hares
I am sure you have read or heard the story of the Tortoise and the Hare at some point in you life. In quick summary its a story about a race between a tortoise and a Hare where the tortoise wins the race because the Hare continuously goofs off while the tortoise plods along at […]
New Milestone… 1000 Miles of Running In a Year
Just a little less than two years ago I ran my first 5k, the Monster Dash 5k, in downtown Atlanta. Prior to this first 5k I was a complete couch potato heavily invested in a sedentary, slothful lifestyle. I was overweight (as high as 365 at one point) and so out of shape, walking to […]
Middle Season Retrospective
The end of August marks the end of the second 3rd of my yearlong progression. For a reason I cannot remember I decided to split this year into thirds instead of quarters and use that metric to analyse and plan and regroup for the next. Triathlon Goals: The beginning of this quarter , beginning in […]
Chatter Gets Fit 