Good morning everyone! Hope your day is going fantastically so far. It’s a frigid frost covered morning here in Ga. which means it’s a good time to talk goals. So, let’s talk goals. When I was working out at orange they gave us cards to fill out. “In 2017 I will…..” If memory serves they gave them to us at the New Year and mailed them to us in April. I was pretty pumped about this, and promptly came home and typed up a list, cut it out and taped it to my card. Of course when I turned it in the next day, there were some chuckles. Perhaps this will explain why….
I’m all about trackable progress, so this was pretty exciting for me. I still remember right after turning in my card being on the rower and one of my coaches standing behind me in the lobby watching my watts and time. She knew my aspirations, and was right there waiting to help me get there. In any event, I set myself some pretty lofty goals that year. I’m not even sure how many of them I hit. That’s how life is sometimes. Sometimes our goals get derailed or temporarily pushed back. Sometimes, we bite off me that we can chew. Other times, we are able to knock them out, reset and keep pushing. Wherever you are with your goals, keep pushing toward them, and know some will come quickly and some will not. Sometimes you’ll achieve things that weren’t even on your radar. The most important thing about setting goal is that they are SMART goals. Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. Yes, this is straight out of the NASM text book. Now some of my goals (most all) were just thrown up on that little card, with no real plan to obtain them. After all I worked out right? So it would just happen. Eh, not so much. When you’re setting your goals keep the SMART principle in mind. Be specific. I want to run my first 5k. Great, when? How will you achieve that? Ummm…by running and working out? Ok, good start, how many days a week? Great, what will you do? Is a 5k attainable? Yup, sure is! Is losing 30lbs by the company Christmas party next week? Nope. So don’t set yourself up for failure, it’ll getcha nothin but let down! See what I did there? Think your goals through. When I started running races, I’d set myself two time goals. One would be something I was pretty sure I could easily attain, and another would be something way out of the park. Like my 24min 5k goal. Let’s keep in mind (for those of you who skipped the about me tab) I was the kid they pulled off the track in high school during the mile run because class was over. Also, worth mentioning, I was a pretty competitive softball player growing up. I did not however put much effort into running the bases. With that my nickname became swift wind (any she-ra fans out there) Swifty for short. Sooooo a 24min 5k is pretty much insanity at it’s finest when it comes to this girl. Except its not. Wouldn’t you know I came so close to hitting that time last sat? Way closer than I’d have ever thought possible, and to boot I was only 12 seconds behind my husband (who’s really a natural born athlete) with only one person in between us! As if these things weren’t enough, I took home the masters award. This was never a goal or even on my radar, it was just an impossibility in the ol’ noggin. So moral of the story, set many goals, keep at it, and believe in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself find someone who will do it for you. It may take longer than you think, but you’ll get there! #noexcuses #makeithappen These are my favorite hashtags! The no excuses is my most favorite because every time I start to type it, it tries to make it #noninjas which just cracks me up! So what are your goals? Who will be holding your accountable? Drop me a line and let me know. I’d love to be a part of it.
Never even on my radar 
Now I’m gunnin for him!