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Threshold #1 | Dreaming big

It is 2023 and with that brings new goals, challenges and a new date.

I am not one for New Years resolutions - short term goals lead to a peak in behaviours likely to crash. Long term goals are steadier and if the goal is actually a behaviour change or change in life circumstance it’ll fundamentally impact your life for the long term.

No flash in the pan goals.

So how am I dreaming big in 2023

What is the point of goals?

Goals are personal and work for individuals but I’ve always been driven by dreams. Dreams which are so big can lead to a series of behaviour changes that can drive decision making.

In 2022 I had the dream of completing an Ironman. For some people this may simply be a goal - maybe because they have a background running, cycling or swimming. For me Ironman was a dream because it was a symbolic event which was uncertain if I could even achieve. I had no background running, cycling or swimming.

Dreams are slightly void of reality, yet have one toe planted in a truth. So for me 2022’s goal was to summon my fitness and determination, which I had and turn it to Ironman.

I don’t have 2023 goals, I have a long-tail dream to see what I’m capable of - am I able to compete against the best age groupers in 70.3 races. This spans well beyond 2023 and doesn’t have an end point. It could be 2025+, so I better get started training hard and look forward to the journey.

How do I stay focussed

I stay focussed through having big dreams and not letting them slip my mind.

I follow the world’s top athletes and the leading people in their respective industries and remember they are human, I am human, therefore I can achieve what they achieved.

For me it really is that simple.

Basing dreams in reality

I think it is really important to base dreams in reality. This does not mean discarding dreams as impossible or thinking you’re not capable.

What I mean by basing dreams in reality is ensuring you have the right mindset, resources and skill set available to know the dreams can be achieved - all that is required is the 10,000+ hours of hard work.

If you only have the hard work - which is hard to have in the first place, so bravo to you - but you’re not willing to invest your time or have the willingness to learn new skills, the dreams may not be achievable.

You have to put your money where your mouth is and go all in to achieve the dreams you have.

I’m going all in.

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V02 swim session: 2km build

Warm up:

• 100m kick

• 100m pull

• 50m fast

• 50m fast

Main set:

• 10x 200m @ 1:30-1:40 pace

Recovery

• 4x 50m @ 1m50-2min pace

As always thanks for tuning in. You can follow all my training on Strava.

Big year ahead - I hope your training is off to a flying start.

Rob