{"id":42,"date":"2010-09-05T14:03:13","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T14:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anastasiacheetham.ca\/experiment-of-one\/?p=42"},"modified":"2010-09-29T23:53:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T23:53:34","slug":"setting-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/anastasiacheetham.ca\/experiment-of-one\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"Setting Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Studies have shown that the more specific your goals<\/a>, the better. I’ve mentioned that I’m going to be running in a marathon<\/a> next month. I’ve decided to set myself a specific, measurable goal for that event:<\/p>\n

I want to complete my 5k in under 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

There, I said it out loud, and you heard me. Now that you know about it, I feel even more<\/em> motivated to accomplish it (because I just know<\/em> you’re watching me, waiting to see how I do). \"startingThat’s another thing: apparently, it helps to tell other people about your goals – keeps you on track, keeps you honest. (That’s actually a big motivation behind this blog.)<\/p>\n

So, what’s my plan? Well, last week I ran 5k in 37 minutes: that’s 7:24 per kilometer. To run 5k in 30 minutes, I’d have to run 6:00 per kilometer. I have roughly six weeks till the race, which means I need to reduce my pace by 14 seconds per kilometer every week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Week<\/th>\nGoal Pace<\/th>\nGoal Time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n7:10<\/td>\n35:50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n6:56<\/td>\n34:40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n6:42<\/td>\n33:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n6:28<\/td>\n32:20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n6:14<\/td>\n31:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n6:00<\/td>\n30:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

How am I going to accomplish this herculean feat? Fartlek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, how will you measure your goals?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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