I'll give you some examples of effective goals, straight from Lance Armstrong. He emailed his list about a week ago, and though he says he has three goals for 2008, I told him only two of them count so far:
1. Run the Boston Marathon in 2:45:00 on April 21, 2008.
2. Run the New York City Marathon in 2:30:00 on November 2, 2008.
3. Complete an ultra-endurance cycling event.
Obviously, it's the third one that doesn't count yet because he hasn't decided on a specific event. I'll let you know when Lance decides exactly what he wants to do. In the meantime, I'm putting together a plan to get him prepared for Boston. Because of the way Lance responds to training, and the complexities of his travel schedule, I've proposed a training camp in March. We both know that taking him out of his everyday schedule for a couple of days is the only way to really focus his attention on the details necessary for him to run a 2:45 marathon in Boston. I also want to hook him up with one of the other top athletes CTS works with; someone who can push him on his training runs. Fortunately, his conditioning is very good right now, and with two NYC Marathons in his legs, he's ready to handle a more intensive running training program.
Those are mine, not Lance's. Dang, he's stealing from me again
I wish I could have those as goals, but I think I'd be in wheelchair for much of next year...
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He did RAGBRAI a few years ago, right after he retired. He does these things with an entourage bigger than the President travels with.
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Hey Eric, are you doing the Bolder Boulder this year?
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Oh yeah. It'll be my first time doing it too, believe it or not...
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
It'll be interesting to see if he does go to that IM. I've been hearing those rumors since he retired (must be something in the rumor mill among spin instructors ). But since Lance is notorious for excruciatingly detailed planning in advance of events he wants to take seriously and since Carmichael has already outlined those events for this year, I doubt we'll see him at Kona this year. Unless he's trying to surprise everyone.
It would be interesting to see him go back to the sport he won as a junior. But, frankly, I think he's scared of Eric (emartin10) kicking his ass.
^^Haha, I wish. The more I get into longer distances, the more I don't think my knees could handle and IM. I'm going to see how the HIM goes this summer, and make the call. If my knees are shot, then HIM is going to be as long as I'll go, and I'll probably start working on speed in the Oly distances. Plus, that'll give me a lot of time to have a life too!
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
Lance's 2008 Goals
). But since Lance is notorious for excruciatingly detailed planning in advance of events he wants to take seriously and since Carmichael has already outlined those events for this year, I doubt we'll see him at Kona this year. Unless he's trying to surprise everyone. 
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