Update on my goals…..

I set these goals WAY back in the preseason tasks & then I stretched them 4 days into the 12WBT to make them a little more challenging.  Here they are again- with an indication of how I went (in red!)

1 month goal

• Increase fitness until I can run for 20 minutes without stopping (I can currently run for 8 minutes at 8km/hr, 3-5% incline on treadmill) DONE
• To run outside at least once per week. –New goal – Once a week do a bike ride immediately followed by a run - biathlon style DONE
• Lose 4kgs (that’s 500g per week & will bring me into the 70’s) DONE
• Do 20 push ups on knees (I can only do 10 now) – Fitness test proved I can actually do 28 so new goal – 40 DONE
• NEW Goal – To bring 1km time trial result down by 39s to under 6 minutes My week 4 time trial was 6.10, but I am sure it will be better next week
• To hold a proper plank position for 1 minute – I did this at the gym on Wednesday so new goal – 2 minutes I can do 1.30 without losing form, but I am still struggling with 2 mins
• To make eating healthy a NORMAL activity, every meal. DONE

 3 month goals

• Lose an additional 8 kgs (on top of the 3 I will lose in the first month). This will bring me into the 60’s – for the first time in 3 years since I stopped training. I have lost 6.7kgs to date – so still have 6.8kgs to go to get to goal weight
• Increase fitness until I can run 5kms in 30 mins. I can now run for 30minutes (which is an achievement in itself!) now I have to work on speed
• Run the Blue Lake Fun Run on the 21st of November – 6km of hills Registered & waiting to run
• Do 50 push ups on knees, and 10 on toes I did this last week – Happy Days!
• To hold a proper plank position for 2 minutes. – moved up to 1 month goals, so new 3 month goal will be to hold a  side plank for 1 minute (each side) This is a work in progress!
• To purchase a bikini that makes me look smoken’ hot!

I haven’t changed my 3 month goals, they are a work in progress and I have 5 weeks to complete them.

Triathlon Goals

I have mentioned in my earlier blog that I have raced in 2 triathlons in the past 3 weeks – the Pinkies triathlon in Sydney on the 31^st of October, and last Sunday at the Gatti Series in Adelaide.

A new goal which I am putting out there today is that I want to reduce the time it takes me to complete the “Tin-Man” triathlons in the Gatti Series (300m swim, 16.8k ride, 3k run).

My finishing time on the weekend was 1hour 20minutes 43seconds.  I had set myself 1hour 30mins to finish the course, so I was ecstatic to come in well under that personal target – however now the challenge begins!

The goals for the next 5 races are:

5^th December – 1hr 15mins

9^th January – 1hr 10mins

26^th January – 1hr 15mins (there is a longer swim & run leg on this day)

20^th February – 1hr 5mins

27^th March – under 1 hour