My goals for 2008 updated.

Well,

I got into the NYC Triathlon

I was probably one of the first 100 or so people. I signed up at 12:01 AM. They sent me a dri-fit tee from Accelerade, which is one of my favorite performance drinks.

Now for the Marathon, I have to do some very cold running for the next five weeks. I need four races to guarantee a place in the NYC Marathon.

Today I ran the God Loves, we deliver race in Central park, with a respectable, but not outstanding 8:56 per mile run. I can't shake this cough for the last month, so I'm not going to have any PR's anytime soon. 8000 runners and Joan Rivers playing emcee, making fun of Katie Holmes I believe like this.
"Katie Holmes is in the crowd to run this race"
"She's with a chinese baby and a midget"



In the next three weeks I have to run a 15K, 10K, and a 4 miler. With that, I will have two out of three goals acquired.

The NYC Half will be an open lottery. If I don't get in, I will have to substitute a local half marathon to replace the marquee race.

40 and fit is now my goal for 2008

I had been basically slowing down these last couple of weeks since the Triathlon. I have been working out maybe three times a week, and nothing really heavy involved.

What I do not want to happen is to lose the gains that I've made. But, to be honest, it's a tough thing to keep yourself motivated when all you want to to is "stay in shape". The holidays, work, family, can easily derail you.

For me, I think I found my set of goals for 2008. Now that I've been officially bitten by the Tri bug, I knew one of my goals was to do the NYC Triathlon. So much so, I found a cable recap of the event on SNY TV and watched it. Brenda groaned when she saw what was on, but I didn't care.

But what else? Well, I am a member of NY Roadrunners. and I've always wanted to do the Marathon, so there is goal number 2. And since I had a great time at the NYC Half Marathon why not put that on the list as well? I am starting to see a pattern.

So in short, there's my goals, but I don't want to schlub my way through each event. I want to do well. So the best effort includes best preparation, I decided to set the bar of each event as follows:

NYC TRI: 2:40
NYC Half Marathon: 1:50
NYC Marathon: 3:50

I will be doing other events like some of the local runs and maybe a few other Tri's, but those are my "must do" events. And to hit those times I need to really get in gear and get in shape for them.

Too much for my 40th year of existence? I know that the midlife crisis is when a guy is supposed to go out and get hair plugs, a sports car, and a new set of threads, but in those respective categories I have too much hair (back especially) I already have the sports car, but I could use some new clothes. So hopefully all this working out will allow me to get some new duds for work and home.

More on how I plan to do this in an upcoming post.