Life
7P’s vs 5T’s
Jan 9th
So there are two methods in which to win by, and really the T’s could fit within the P’s. I learned about the 7P’s during college. It was always told to us when something we attempted to do, did not work out as hoped. We could then look back and go over why whatever it is I/we attempted to do did not work perfectly.
The T’s deal more specifically with racing than business. While you can equate both they are unique. To be the best you do need to have talent first and foremost, because no matter how much you train there is a certain level of fitness/speed to can achieve. It may only be 1-3% off a consistent 1st place finisher Macca, Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods. All of them have and would admit that while talent is important, training is even more so, because without that consistent effort and repetition, all the talent in the world will be wasted.
Proper
Preparation and
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance
It takes the 5 T‘s, in order of importance:
Talent
Training
Time
Timing
Treasure (money)
Goals for 2009
Jan 1st
So I have been thinking about goals in 2009, what I want to do, what I already have planned and where I want to be. Goals should be SMART. Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-based. So these are all for 2009, so check time off, achievable? check, realistic? check. My fitness and race are specific and measurable. The general goals, not so much. However as long as long asI stay consistent more than anything I will be happy.
General:
- Be a good father
- Stay healthy
- Stay fit
- Make more money
- Be consistent
- Read more
- Save more
Racing:
- Sub 5:00 HIM
- Sub 19:59 5k
- 1:30 half marathon
Fitness:
- Run 1000 Miles
- Bike 4000 Miles
- Swim 300,000 yards (170.4 miles)
It is a little under 1000miles from where I live in CT to where I grew up outside of Chicago, IL. I would like to run that distance over the course of the year, while bike enough to go cross country and then back some. The swim total is really just a double of what I did in 2008. I think as long as I stay healthy and fairly injury free and consistent these goals are obtainable. Working with my coach should help me achieve my race goals. I think I am a good father, everyone says that I am, so as long as I can continue that I will be good to go.
I enjoy my life and would like to continue doing so. Happy New Years!
Quote
Oct 18th
Not sure where this came from but, “There will be a day when you can no longer do this. TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY!” Similar to Carpe Diem!
What is In the Journey?
Sep 12th
If Katie Holmes can run a marathon, Why can’t anyone? I got to talking with a friend about racing and we both came to the conclusion that if you are not at a minimum sore and tired at the end of a race, you didnt race or compete. All you did was go out and merely go through the motions. People have different motivations for entering a race, in the end whatever the reason is, the fact still remains that it is a RACE, not a funny happy take your time event. Have you ever watched someone truly compete?
So what if you ran a marathon or completed a triathlon. Now what? Are you all done? Back to your regularly scheduled programming? If you did one that’s great. Did you truly race it? or did you merely complete it? Do not get me wrong the level one person races at can be vastly different from another person, but to go out there and merely finish? So what. Almost anyone can go out there and do a 5 or 6 hour marathon, how are you now a better person?
What did you learn about yourself? For those that go out there to truly race, you learn nothing. You are out there, you are in pain with a single focus. Finishing. You may know that you will not win, but you still want to place at least one position better than the person next to you.
Those who enjoy racing, enjoy pain. Maybe it is how they prove to themselves that they are worthy, better, more fit, or alive. Maybe they have a desire to push their bodies to the absolute limit, it could be they truly enjoy the pain and use racing as a form of destruction.
How is training different? While most people understand that there are days when you go out easier, those days are simply there to allow yourself to go harder the next. Working out / training should not be easy.
When you see a bodybuilder or powerlifter in the gym and they are squatting 675lbs, and it looks easy, it is not. Like endurance athletes they train to exhaustion, breaking everything down to rebuild bigger, and stronger.
Racing and training to race, I truly believe is different than simply being happy while active. I love being active, and enjoy most outdoor activities.
So go out there, race, enjoy the pain.
2008
Jan 1st
Happy New Year. I started off with a 5mile run, followed by a jump into the ocean at Groton Long Point. It was an awesome time, weather even cleared up a few minutes into the run. People were drinking, to ‘stay warm.’ People were dressed up all crazy. I know how to prepare for next years. I think it was a good way to start off the new year.