The New Road

New Fitness Goals

I'm sorta getting into this fitness goals thing. I think it's a good idea and getting the aquatic mile goal completed felt great. Super great, actually. So I'm going to set some more.

• Run a 10K sometime in August. Preferably for some good cause; breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, etc.
• Swim a sub one hour mile in August.
• Swim a mile and a half in September.
• Run/Swim/Bike a half course triathlon on or before my 39th birthday.
• Run/Swim/Bike a standard course triathlon on or before my 40th birthday. 

The primary goal remains to be alive and very healthy at Megan's 30th birthday. 

By the way, if you are thinking, "Oh, my God, a triathlon, he is nuts." Then you are probably thinking Iron Man. I did a half-triathlon about five years ago. They aren't that tough. It's a somewhat short swim, about 10k on the bike, and 5k on the ground. Now there is the SF triathlon which is 1.5 miles in the water (from Alcatraz to the pier) and that would be tough. So I'll have to see how I'm doing a couple years out. 

I don't see these as stretch goals. The 10K might be a little tough next month. But the rest of it's all within reach. And it has the advantage of keeping me honest with my workouts. I could probably do a 10K today, but I would feel like crap afterwards.

Suggestions for which events (e.g. breast cancer run, etc.) are welcome. Something in the Bay Area is obviously preferred, though I am open to stuff in Castro Valley, in Marin, or down in Monterey.