Goals

Anything written like it is addressed to someone is written to my new kick ass friend Devon who is helping me put all of this together. You can read about her here or here:
http://dpstraining.blogspot.com/
http://dch262.blogspot.com/

I aimed at setting measurable goals. Rainier is the stretch goal (this year anyway). See anything that needs tweaking?

I don't feel the need to set a goal like "work out until I feel strong" because that will happen on its own if I work on the more measurable ones.

I am 5 foot, 10 1/2 inches.

General weight goals:
Short term - get to 25 bmi, from 207 to 175lbs (35 pounds may sound like a lot - but it will be trivial by doing the stuff below - I was 180 or 185 a year ago)
Long term - get it to 22 bmi. My research shows that skinnier than that doesn't give enough health benefit to be worth working for. I have not been at 22 BMI since mid college.


End of April:
Fitness
- Be able to ride back and forth from work 2x in a week with no more than a single day of rest in between.
- Pushups Pyramids to 5 (currently 3ish)
Sleep - get it within 30 minutes of 10pm to 5am, 6 nights a week. (hardest goal - takes 3 weeks of HARD before easy)
Food - TBD (to be determined)
Weight: Lose 2lbs a week minimum after muscle increase spike goes away

by Seafair Half Triathlon: (date?)
Fitness
- Biking - two round trips to work on two consecutive days.
- Capable of running all the way around green lake even when I feel super shitty.
- Pushups Pyramids to 7
- Abs - TBD
- Swimming - swimming schmimming - this is the part I'm naturally strong and skilled at, focus on running and biking goals instead.
Sleep - within 15 minutes of 10-5, 6 night a week.
Food - unknown
Weight: Keep losing 2lbs a week until 175lbs, then 1lb a week.

by time I Climb Rainier:
Figure out if it is too late to sign up this year.
Up and down Si in benchmark time (I forget how long, I think 2 hours?)
Training needed - TBD
Gear needed - TBD (crampons, axe, anything else???)
Food - TBD

Writing this out would have been impossible for me 5 years ago.