Sleepless Knight
Jedi Knight Seeking His Jedi Princess
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ATTQOTD Goals: I've thought about this the past few days and am trying to come up with goals that are more long term focused. I have immediate and short term goals, but I also want to set goals that require work after the immediate and short term goals are met. This will keep me going when during a time when there may not be anything to work towards.
Immediate Goal: Finish the 3 different WDW Virtual Marathon events I registered for. After life complications some stemming from the virus restrictions in California derailed my training, I reluctantly, but correctly decided to turn my virtual marathon idea into a multi day virtual marathon to reduce injury risk. In my case, the virtual races are providing the desired effect, namely kicking my motivation into a gear that involves actually doing something today instead of threatening to do something next week. Here are the rules I set for myself for the multi day virtual marathon.
1. 26.2 miles must be completed over the course of 6 consecutive days. The final day will be longer, thinking around 6-9 miles depending on where the days leading up to the final day land mileage wise.
2. Since I signed up for the virtual 5K, then at some point during the 4 days of what would have been marathon weekend, I must run at least 3.1 miles.
3. I also registered for the Castaway Cay virtual 5K, so next week even as I reduce the miles quite a bit, I must do 3.1 miles on one of those days.
Short Term Goal 1: Finish the 2021 virtual Princess 10K and Princess Half Marathon races. I registered for these races separately to give myself flexibility on when I complete each distance. If I decide to turn them into the 10K/Half Challenge, I can find another way to reward myself for the challenge. I still hope to do the half on the day the half was supposed to take place.
Short Term Goal 2: Finish the 2021 virtual Star Wars Rival Run + Kessel Run Challenge. As I registered for the challenge, I will do the 10K and Half distances on back to back days. When is still to be determined since the original race dates come at an inconvenient time and since it's virtual, I may choose a more convenient weekend.
Now comes the tricky part. There is nothing on the calendar after Star Wars. So I want to select goals that keep me going after that while realizing that I do not know what race options will be available by then especially since I live in California.
Immediate Goal: Finish the 3 different WDW Virtual Marathon events I registered for. After life complications some stemming from the virus restrictions in California derailed my training, I reluctantly, but correctly decided to turn my virtual marathon idea into a multi day virtual marathon to reduce injury risk. In my case, the virtual races are providing the desired effect, namely kicking my motivation into a gear that involves actually doing something today instead of threatening to do something next week. Here are the rules I set for myself for the multi day virtual marathon.
1. 26.2 miles must be completed over the course of 6 consecutive days. The final day will be longer, thinking around 6-9 miles depending on where the days leading up to the final day land mileage wise.
2. Since I signed up for the virtual 5K, then at some point during the 4 days of what would have been marathon weekend, I must run at least 3.1 miles.
3. I also registered for the Castaway Cay virtual 5K, so next week even as I reduce the miles quite a bit, I must do 3.1 miles on one of those days.
Short Term Goal 1: Finish the 2021 virtual Princess 10K and Princess Half Marathon races. I registered for these races separately to give myself flexibility on when I complete each distance. If I decide to turn them into the 10K/Half Challenge, I can find another way to reward myself for the challenge. I still hope to do the half on the day the half was supposed to take place.
Short Term Goal 2: Finish the 2021 virtual Star Wars Rival Run + Kessel Run Challenge. As I registered for the challenge, I will do the 10K and Half distances on back to back days. When is still to be determined since the original race dates come at an inconvenient time and since it's virtual, I may choose a more convenient weekend.
Now comes the tricky part. There is nothing on the calendar after Star Wars. So I want to select goals that keep me going after that while realizing that I do not know what race options will be available by then especially since I live in California.