Your Goal to Meet Your Time
If you don’t know where you are going it’s time to get going and write it down. The running clinic started a month ago and it’s time to set a goal for the clinic. Your goal is what you want to achieve in your running. It may be to reach the start line in great shape, or run your first half marathon. You may want to meet a specific time or just improve a bit. Whatever your aspiration is, today, is a good time to think about it.
By thinking of your goal, you begin the process of meeting your goal. Choose a goal that you know you can achieve though it may not be easy. Write it down and think about it. What will you need to do to get there?
How fast will you need to train? We are providing you with a lot of help with a training schedule and discussion on pacing and training zones. But there is more that you need to do.
Being consistent in training is a major key to success. Your training should consider your physical capacity. Running three times per week is within most people’s capacity; volume can be added through cross-training. Also if you are training at the wrong paces week after week you can become stale. Remain fresh by following the zone training. Every three weeks we have a clinic tempo run to keep you sharp.
You can reinforce your training with other actions.
Adding weekly strength exercises, running drills and technique work can keep away small injuries. Running goals can be met by consistently doing supporting fundamentals that don't take much time.
Sometimes you will be challenged with a setback in your training such as a sore knee or a bad run. Not everything will flow the way you expect it to, and how you react can have a major impact.
Running is not the only way to improve your fitness. You can move through and around many obstacles by keeping focused on what you want to achieve.
Most goal setting coaches and mentors will tell you to meet your objective write it down and believe that you can do it. You may generally have goal in mind however; it’s the process of thinking about it and writing it down that makes it more powerful.
I have put together a template for you to write down your goal. If the mind is strong the body will follow. Write down you time on a piece of paper and put it on the fridge next to picture of you running. Every day you will remind yourself of you goal when you get snack. If you want me to review it for you please print it out and bring to Saturday’s work-out. Be specific as possible.