With the resounding success of the previous month's challenge, I thought it would be a neat idea to take a month break from team-oriented goals, in exchange for personal ones. It is very easy to get yourself into a comfortable training schedule, and I personally have found that setting out to do something in particular can help push you to do more. For each individual, the end goal varies. Thus, the March Personal Challenge.
Ideally, what I would like to see happen is that each willing individual would set a goal that they would like to achieve for themselves. Be it to lose x amount of weight, run x distance, spend x amount of time on cardio, go out to dinner x amount of times, complete a registered road race, and so on. I want people to post their goals in the comments of this thread, and then each week post an update of where they are in achieving this goal. If possible, a little write-up talking about how you are doing would be cool, too! After the comments are made, I will update the post to illustrate the individuals' progress that they are making.
So, I'll start!
Jon's Goal: Break the 200 lb barrier, and get into the 190's. Additionally, I want to run 10 miles with a pace under 9 minutes per mile.
That is all! I am truly interested to see what people want to strive for this month. Let's get it done!
Adrienne’s Goal: I want to run 80km during the month of March. Additionally, I will be running a 5k out in the outside world (not in a gym) at least twice a week in training for my April race. ALSO, I would like to go this entire month without gaining weight on a Weigh-in Wednesday. Cheers!
I have two goals, both related to my cardio “top end” and getting to the next level:
One is to bring my personal best 5K time down from 33:01 to 30:00 or less.
The other is to stay on my feet and survive an entire 1 hour boxing class at my gym. At my first outing last week, I had to quit after 35 minutes.
Fantastic idea!
I have three goals:
1) To not eat any fried food (not likely, but nice thought!)
2) To keep a 7:50 average pace for my 10 mile race on March 18th
3) To bring down my general running pace to 8:30
My goals:
I would like to get up and about (either outside or at the gym) four days per week for the month of March.
I want to improve on my 5k time . . . not really shooting for any specific time, I just want it to be lower than my current PR.
I want to go on a 10k with Jono.
Okay, so as the elder member of this crew, my goals are a little different. So I hope you all learn from me (which you are all on the right track). When I go for my annual check up I DO NOT want to have to start blood pressure medicine or take cholesterol lowering medication, because before I reached a certain age I never had to worry about either of these. To achieve this goal, I will try to workout at least three times per week, and drop at least five of the nasty pounds that have crept back after my stellar weight loss of two years ago, with another goal of working back up to my first mile outside ( I know you’re all laughing, but remember back to an earlier blog, that talked about that first mile being the hardest!
Way to go Mother.
I will put down two goals:
1. Do two consecutive pull ups.
2. Run 5 mi. without knee pain. (Which really means do my PT exercises 3 times a week)
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