One thing that the coaches at BCS Fitness encourage is to beat whatever we did in a previous workout. They've been saying this since I started going again last fall, but it took a while before I realized that I could apply that to my running as well as my workouts. So my first goal is to beat my previous time in the races that I'm doing this year. I'm not saying I have to beat that time by anything huge - if I come in one minute faster, then I've achieved that goal.
Another goal is to beat my previous time while doing a 500 meter rower test. I did one rower test for time in November and then didn't get another one done until just now. November's time was 2:17; February's time was 2:13. Yes I beat the first test but not by much. I can't remember if I did the first one before or after a workout, but I did the latest one before and it was hard...maybe I wasn't warmed up for it. Or maybe that's all the improvement I've made - I'll do another one in March and see how that goes.
So basically it's all about beating myself this year - I'm not competing against any other runners, or anyone in my workout group. I just want to see if I can make improvements. Not a specific number or time, but just an improvement in general. I don't want to set myself up for disappointment if I make "run this race 5 minutes faster than last year" because if I only run it 3 minutes faster, that would mean a failure even though it's actually an improvement - and yes, that is how my brain works, sad but true.
My last goal is to feel and look happy whenever I cross the finish line - this was a good start:
Missions 10,000 minus a couple thousand.
With those goals set, I can tell you that I did beat my time in the Texas 10 Series race - by about one minute, LOL. Hey - that's all I wanted, and I did it. Gold star for me. As I didn't run the entire 10K for the Missions 10,000 race, I don't have an exact comparison, but when Diane and I do our official Missions 10,000 run in our town, I'll try to beat the time, just for fun.
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