Sometimes I wonder if my goals are completely crazy. Like applying for graduate school - I mean I know someone will take me, but well I don't want to just go anywhere... nor is that the right mindset.
But that isn't the point, is the dreaming about the future more important than the achieving of said goals?
I love running - I want to qualify for Boston someday. I know that in theory that is an achievable goal. If I stay healthy and keep training I know that a 4:30 race is feasible for the fall and if I want to run a BQ time before I'm 35, I need to run a 3:40 max which I will acknowledge is a hell of a lot faster than I go these days. But it's not unrealistic, build up the base and then speed up the base miles, repeat and repeat.
Now the issue is while I would love to run a BQ I am so stupidly fascinated with the IronMan which is if you are checking a "marathon distance" in each discipline. Which I acknowledge is something that I don't think I could even consider doing until later in my life when I had a job that was flexible to support 2 hours minimum of daily training.
But I guess the question is as I said before is the dreaming enough of an accomplishment? I know that in asking that out loud I'm trying to quell the doubt about this paper and all that - on that note off to do some reading.
Ironman? Impressive goal. When you get there, look for me. I'll be the one with the really annoying airhorn, losing my voice and rooting for you.
ReplyDeleteIronman is a long long way down the road, like in my 40's when I fear I'm dead to the world and I need to challenge myself or something like that.
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