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SMART Training Goals for October

I’m a marketer. I have a MS degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University (Let’s Go… Mountaineers!!), and I’m an adjunct marketing professor for a local college where I teach marketing. One of the big things in marketing is setting goals, but in order to be effective, goals must be S.M.A.R.T.

I try to keep this in mind with any goal I set whether it is business related or personal. I especially want effective goals for my running. I work way too hard to set myself up for failure, so setting SMART goals for my training is as important to me as all the other goals I set in my career and personal life.

So, here are my goals for October …

Run over 100 total miles in the month (I ran 70 in September, but only ran 13 days… I can do better than that!)
Complete P90X training at least 4 days per week
Run one 5k race at sub-30 minutes
Continue to maintain weight at healthy 130-135 pounds
Restrict myself to no more than 3 cups of coffee per day by October 15th
Have fun!! Take at least 6 pictures of the colorful leaves during training runs this month and write a blog post about them (My favorite goal!)

I think that will do it for this month. Those look like SMART goals to me. I’m constantly setting and re-setting my goals to keep myself motivated. I set short-term as well as long-term goals. The goals I’ve outlining in this post are for the short-term. In December, I’ll set some long-term goals for 2014. I even have a 5-year goal for myself in regards to running … complete a 50-mile ultramarathon for my 50th birthday. Not sure how SMART that goal really is… Sounds a little crazy to me. What do you think??