27 Days Remaining

One of my friends, Kurt, has been really good at helping me strategize to reach my 3 miles in 18 minutes goal. And I must say, it's really hard for me to take many opinions on how I should accomplish my own goal. My tendency is to want to do it my way! Isn't that true for most of us, most of the time, on most things?

But I think I've done very well at staying open to the ideas of those holding me accountable. If I wasn't what good would it be for them to confront me?

Anyways, so Kurt figured out that with seven timed workouts left, I would need to drop the total time from yesterday (24:24) by 1 minute each time.  This would put me on course for success - which is an AWESOME accountability move.  It's one thing to say, "You can do it Kevin. I believe in you." Or even, "Hey, did you run this morning?  You should..." But Kurt took it to the next level and asked, "What can we tangibly do to help you accomplish this goal of yours?" Level 3 Accountability - I like that.

So here is a schedule for my timed runs. Notice the timed run the week of Sept 10th (the end of the 30-day goal) is left blank - depending on how I feel, I might rest my body for the big run, or I might just run the timed run then.

Date  Total  Mile  2 Laps  1 Lap  1/2 Lap  100m
8-17  23:24  7:48  3:54    1:57   58.5s    29s
8-20  22:24  7:28  3:44    1:52   56s      28s
8-24  21:24  7:08  3:34    1:47   53.5s    26s
8-27  20:24  6:48  3:24    1:42   51s      25s
8-31  19:24  6:28  3:14    1:37   48.5s    24s
9-03  18:24  6:08  3:04    1:32   46s      23s
9-07  
9-10  18:00  6:00  3:00    1:30   45s      22s

This really helps me realize what exactly I need to do to accomplish this goal, which I believe is super-critical if you're serious about your goals - get serious about a schedule to meet that goal.

I wanted to take Kate to the Nutcracker by the Boston Ballet, but she said she would rather us go to a really good ballet company in Chicago. So today I started looking around for the best ballet company in Chicago. I found a couple sources that told me the Joffrey Ballet Company was pretty amazing and they are doing the Nutcracker December 10th through the 26th.

If you know of any better ballet company and/or a sweet hotel to stay at in Chicago, let me know!

Peace.