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About 3 weeks ago Tim asked me to fill out a GAS or Goal Achievement Strategy.  I looked at my GAS today and realized that my MAIN goal has not changed.  The thing that has changed though is that I am finally taking steps to achieve my goal.

The question is what was my goal.  Well its a hot subject in the “Forest fit” class as its the (TRIATHLON).
Now this has been a goal of mine for years but I never felt that I had time and as I never wrote it down or told anyone, it remained a goal……. A never-ending one.

Though after writing it down and realizing what I needed to do, it became more realistic.

Well where am I now, I have done the easy bits, bought a bike helmet, got my bike checked out and bought a new swimming hat and goggles.

Now the other bit, well I have cycled a bit but the weather has not been too helpful, running has not been very often excluding sprinting in forest fit and playing a bit of squash.

However swimming has started, I swam my first 1000 meters on Wednesday and was very proud of myself.  It was 5 x 200 meters with a minute break between each one.  Next week I hope to go again and then 2 x the week following with next week being 5 x 250 meters.

So with me finally talking about my goals, now I have found a lot of other people who would also like to achieve the same goals. This makes it a lot easier to believe that I will do it.

So thanks to me just writing it down in the Goal Achievement Strategy or GAS, I am really going to achieve my goal.

First the TRIATHLON then the IRONMAN,,,,, well lets just complete this one first

Leon

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Ok, so the girls started talking and got the brilliant idea of doing the 2009 Echternach Triathlon. So they started discussing the different ways of how to best train for it and that’s when my competitive streak kicked in and  I started thinking: Hey, this could be fun, I am In!!!!

I like biking…The swimming isn’t to bad and the running…well, not great but I have two legs that can run if i make them, How hard can this be…:)

Then I realised that I have to swim 1.5Km which doesn’t sound that far but when you only know breast stroke…that could be a rather long distance…

Then I realised that to be able to do biking….40km, You will acctually need a bike!!!

Then I realised that I will acctually have to RUN 10km….Arrrgghhh:) I hate Running. Every time i run further than 2km, it feels like i am about to die….

That’s when the next thought crossed my mind: Let’s NOT do this, sorted, Maybe this isn’t such a good idea after all. That’s when the girls decided to make me the One to push them and make them train hard and i started thinking i can’t give in already, these girls are counting on me and better yet, This is a challenge, and I love challenges and i have been looking for the next challenge in life! Here it is!

So guess what, I wrote down on my ever growing Goals list: 2009 Triathlon and now all I have to do is start planning the training for it.Lot’s of swimming, maybe even try to learn proper swimming…Lot’s of running, starting off with intervalls…

First things first though…Hubby, I want a bike for christmas!

Jess:)

IF anyone has any good ideas for training for a Triathlon please come forward and tell me your secrets:)

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Just for you guys here in Luxembourg, this years Fakel Laf takes place on the 7th November at 18:30(Friday evening)

It looks like we have a fairly decent group of people from ForestFit coming to do the event.

Entry is FREE via online inscriptions at http://fakellaf.fla.lu/

This is a fun event designed to get folk out on a chilly November evening.

Tim

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The early mornings are now getting a little dark and September will be the last 7am ForestFit group for this year.

However we are still going to run a ForestFit group but this time twice a week inside at 18:15 in the evening in Clausen, then on Saturday morning still getting out to Bambesch to get our outside training fix.

Only 12 places available because of the limited space at our indoor venue. register over at http://www.forestfit.com as there is only about 7 spots left.

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Open for registrations, but only 6 places remain for the 7am group. This will probably be the last 7am group we run purely outside this year due to lack of light early morning. Get your place now at ForestFit.com

We also have our 09:30 group running again starting the 15th September. Register over at ForestFit.com

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I didn’t want to do this, but in a moment of weakness I folded and agreed to set this up.

My summer break has just been disturbed by many of you guys desperate to join ForestFit during August.

So Jess and I have decided to run a Hardcore session twice a week in the evening on Monday and Wednesday.

Warning this is not for the faint hearted… you’ll be working hard, really hard.

Get over to ForestFit Hardcore to register today. It is a limited time offer, only 10 places available, and we start NEXT MONDAY!

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I am officially the biggest Kid out there, so I went and got Myself, Sorry I mean My Kids of course, a Trampoline! And Man is it good Fun. I just love it. So there I am bouncing away in rain and sunshine whilst the kids are getting impatient waiting for their turn- Mum, is it 5 min yet….. - Nearly, just 1 more minute…..Oh, sorry just 1 more, I promise….

Anyway,as Fun as it is..it actually have some other great Benefits. I found this article about this wonderful thing and it made me Love it even more.

Apparently, there are a few Superstars, like Heidi Klum who does this for exercise…Just bouncing the pounds away. So I kept reading. Not only is it a great way to burn fat and calories ( 5 min bouncing is apparently equal to 20 min on the treadmill…how cool is that:)) It can also help improve your over all health.

1 It’s a low impact workout so its nice to your joints and according to this article it can even prevent the onset of osteoarthritis by strengthening your bones and muscles.

2 According to the article NASA has found that G-force jumping creates help to stimulate the fluid transportation, (the lymphatic system), giving you the same benefits as a detoxing massage.

3 The jumping also stimulates the internal organs which can help digestion and help to ease bloating and trapped wind (maybe only jump on your on if you have a dodgy tummy then:))

4 According to research from University of Konstanze in Germany, you learn new motor skills when you are on the trampoline, which tires your brain out, which gives you a better nights sleep, which means you’ll wake up full of Energy the next day ready for more bouncing!

Now if this is not enough Positives to go and get a Trampoline I don’t know what is. But while you are at it, You should probably get a separate one for the kids…Cause otherwise they might never get the chance to have some Fun:)

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Starting a week later than the 7am groups, we are running a 09:30 group again, once all the schools are back in session.

To register for this popular group get over to http://www.forestfit.com/forestfit-0930.html

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So I have opened September ForestFit already. The main reason for doing it this early is because I am away for half of August and the first week in September so I want to get this rolling now to avoid to much computer time during my “holiday”

So to save my sanity and keep my wife from nagging me to get off the damn internet, I am asking you guys to sign up for ForestFit September nice and early

We start on September 9th at 07:00. and continue for 4 weeks.

We are going to try a slightly different approach with 2 groups of 15 people and split the experience/fitness levels a little to cater better for the slightly less fit members…

We already have 10 people signed up from the existing groups so only 20 places left at this point. July sold out in ONE WEEK! So I urge you to register online today to secure your place.

Go to http://www.forestfit.com to sign up right now!

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ForestFit June was a sell out, 20 folk are currently being trained 3 times a week by GetFit.lu

Here is what some of them are saying:

“Today’s session was great, I can already feel my body - I think the next thing I’ll be doing today is going through my drawers trying to find that muscle cream “

“Although enjoying just everything, Forest (left) is also my favourite. Am always a bit scared of everything other than the Playground LOL, but Forest (left) gets my adrenaline (and challenging myself to get out of my comfort zone ) “

“This morning was fun, it doesn’t seems as hard when there are games and races involved although its still a good workout My arms will be sore tomorrow though! “

“I can feel myself getting stronger each week and with that comes an increased confidence to keep pushing myself, resulting in increased satisfaction, so all in all a win-win situation. While I am by no means the fastest/strongest person in the group, I still feel like each time I have pushed myself further than what I thought myself capable of - I have never once gone home thinking “that was easy”. Which goes to show how well you have designed these workouts, since there are obviously different levels of competence within a group that have to be taken into account.”

July is now open for registration over at http://www.forestfit.com

Reserve your place today!

Tim
ForestFit

PS. We are not doing an August group, so this is your last chance before we break for the Summer!

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