Goals: Motivation for Success

In my opinion, goals are necessary for any athlete to continue to strive for greatness.  This is true for anyone in any field.  As an athlete, if I don't have a goal to meet I find it difficult to focus my energy and attack my workouts.  With a goal, I give myself a deadline to meet and a definitive reason for achieving my fitness goals.  This is why I run races.  They give me a reason to keep training other than overall fitness and health reasons.

With all that said, I figure I should share some of my goals with everyone just to hold myself accountable.  This year will be my first Half-Marathon.  It's the Rock'n'Roll Half Marathon.  I am very happy to be running this race.  Unfortunately I was unable to register for the Chicago Marathon this year because I missed the deadline.  However, one of my goals is to run the Chicago Marathon in 2013.  If the dates work out right, I would be running my first Marathon on my 30th Birthday.  To me that's pretty cool.  Another goal that I have is to complete the IRONMAN Triathlon.  This is a lofty goal, I know.  Most people train for years to complete an IRONMAN.  I am hoping to compete by 2014.  By then, I feel I will be able to get into the physical shape I need to compete and finish, but all so save the money for for the race as well as the equipment necessary.  A decent Triathlon bike costs upwards of $800 so the bike alone is an investment.  I hope you all will continue to read my posts and support me in my fitness journey.

Ron