These last 18 months have been shite, for a number of reasons, and I have dealt with it badly and ended up a bag of shit if I am being honest. I weigh more than I ever have, my blood pressure is shocking, I feel mentally and physically knackered. Next year I am going to sort my shit out, properly. I normally keep most stuff close to my chest but I am putting my goals here as a cathartic sharing of what I need to do.
I start a new job in the new year and that is going to give me the boost I need.
Get down below 100kgs
BP back to ānormalā
Stop eating bad food all the time.
No booze: 1st Jan to my 40th at end of June
Cycle to station / work every day! No excuses
Get back into the habit of regular training. Not going to plan how much, just to make sure to start with I am clocking in a regular set of sessions.
Finish (start would be an er, start) an Ironman
Finish first Ultra
I will report on progress in 3/6/9 months in, if I have failed you may mock me relentlessly!
What is everyone else aiming to achieve next year?
Keep my accountancy skills as up to date as possible In case a miracle happens. But I will be focusing more on basics not the advanced stuff.
Keep learning to draw.
Learn some more maths.
Keep my French learning going.
Leave the wider world to predict and sort itself, no one ever gives me credit for my two decades long work in this regard. Not totally true, some Freemasons put me on a pedestal and several things happened to me in Masonic Situation that other masons disbelieve as they are so out there, but there is plenty of hard physical evidence. As a Masonic reject being called brother (by masons who knew full well I was an outsider) globally, in person, in writing and on the internet, is arguably the highest measure of respect I have ever received. That was what a decade ago now?
See how Boris turns out as PM. I see in the news that after only 2 weeks he has already effectively ditched one manifesto promise (on living wageā¦that will impress his new voters no end). Could get fun.
Yep, but I like to set myself challenging targets. The second and third oneās are clearly outcome goals, but number 1 is more of a process goal to achieve those. If I can get to 275w FTP, then that should enable me to go 20+ watts harder on the bike at IM, which should hopefully be worth a decent amount of time (alongside some equipment improvements). And Iād be optimistic of running better than the 3:25 I did last year now. And I āonlyā have 22 minutes to find from Copenhagen.
The top 10 is very much the variable goal, as it largely depends on who turns up. It wont happen in Vitoria in reality (which is when Iād aim for the fast time) and will only be realistic at Wales based on results from prior years. But itās a possibility if I deliver on the progression of item number 1.
This yearās goals mostly met.
Earn enough ITRA points for UTMB
Complete first ultra
Complete 100km ultra
Bramley 20 miler sub 3hrs
Start MTBing
Next Year - (no tris planned)
Get accepted for CCC (unlikely)
Finish CCC (even more unlikely)
Sub 4 marathon
Attempt 100 miles at Endure 24
More XC riding
More surfaris with Little One
I should probably choose something Iāve not done before. Iām running out of free weekends during the season to do it though. Almost everything I wanted to do clashes with family stuff.
After puking my guts out in a bush in Zurich, itās all about finishing Copenhagen. A sub 4 marathon would be nice and would mean Iād got my bike pacing right. So 2020ās about being consistent and enjoying my training.
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