5 Reason Specific Goals are Important

Goals are great. They're like dreams, in a more down-to-earth realistic version. Your goals can bring about the realization of your dreams. But just like dreams, if you don't specify on how you will accomplish your goal then it will gain the new title of wish or dream.

For instance, I dream of the day I will feel svelte and sexy in any type of summer attire. If I made it a goal to realize this dream come summertime, well I darn better come up with a system (or specific plans) that will get me to feeling svelte and sexy by summer. Otherwise, my dream will continue to be a wish I've had since high school (ouch, I hate to admit that length of time). But, don't worry about me because I love food and if my svelte and sexy summer dream ever trumped my love affair with food, well, it would have stopped being a dream by now. Besides, I would have never started on the triathlon path if I wasn't on the constant quest of exercising in order to eat more :) Anyways, here are 5 reasons specific goals are important for triathlon training:

5. You have an actual plan by which you can measure your progress and know that you're on track to be able to accomplish your goal, and you can feel like this the morning of:

I eat Tri's for breakfast!

4. Motivation is not lost when your training session is in weather like this:

And like this,

3. Self-control and Self-awareness are things you embody so that you can prevent this:

Over-indulging due to lack of a nutrition plan

Injury due to over-training

or 

2. You are mentally able to keep going even you feel like this:

Yes, there are certain hills on this island that make me feel like this on my bike.

1. The most important reason for making specific goals is so that we realize what we only dare to call a dream.

You got a dream, you got to protect it

People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you cant do it

You want something, go get it

Period.

- The Pursuit of Happyness