Specific, measureable, achievable, realistic, timely. Meatloaf suggested that 2 out of 3 aint bad, so I guess 4 out of 5 aint bad.... Well, it may have been good enough for him, but I've been putting off updating this blog recently, because the prospect of not achieving my original target of 12,000km is rather stressful. Riding 250km every week would indeed be an achievable goal, but the reality is that motivation has been low and family life has taken priority recently. Whether 12,000km is realistic now seems painfully debatable.
Hold onto your hat Kev and weep at my excuses. I’ve always been an early bird and one of the first to arrive at work in the morning; since Dad passed away (during which period I ‘lost’ 2-weeks of cycling...how inconsiderate), the heart-warming morning cuddles with the Wife and Kids have proven too much to sacrifice for the purposes of increased corporate revenue and profitability - life has fundamentally changed. Even riding a bike, which feels as natural to me as walking, has to some extent lost its appeal.
Tanya is 36 weeks pregnant – what with Olivia (5) and Harris (2) she needs me around. We had 2 amazing weeks holiday in July, during which time I rode all of 74km (all be them 74 fun km on my new mountain bike).
Including offroad km's to date, cumulative distance (2932.7 + (278.8 offroad)) = 3211.5km.
This year has turned out not been a good one to set ambitious goals of any sort (my Professional goals are faring no better). I will plod along with what I’m doing and try to get as many km’s under me as possible; instead of resenting the first love of my life, simply by setting myself an arbitrary, unrealistic goal, I need to start enjoying it again - who knows, maybe things will pick up and Meatloaf will be silenced....
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