No, not COMPETITION goals. Let’s talk about competing athletic goals.
Like goals of going really fast verus going really far. For me, that means goals of a sub 2:15 olympic triathlon or 100 mile trail race. Two things that I can’t logistically accomplish in the same year, but both are things completely TERRIFY me and I REALLY want to do both of them someday soon. But where to start? I’ve got no clue.
Last season, I tried to go sub 2:30 and qualify for age group nationls nationals. I did that and managed to go 2:25 and still feel like I have a ton of untapped potential to unleash on the olympic distance. I think I can cut another 10 minutes off my PR if I really focus on it and give it the energy and focus that it deserves.
On the other hand, I’ve kind of gotten obsessed with the Hardrock 100 trail race and REALLY want to do some crazy rocky mountain endurance adventure. Obsessed as in watching this video over and over.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Obviously, this would be a multi-year journey since I have to build up my endurance enough to not only handle 100 miles of climbing through crazy elevation changes, but to qualify by doing another 100 mile trail race just to get in.
So what does 2012 bring? Go fast or go long? I have no idea…. Time will tell, but I’ll have to just pick one. For now…
