What dreams HAVE you accomplished??

Accomplished dreams:

Down under 200 lbs for the first time in 5 years.

Became a morning workout person.

Also stayed married  

Two Beautiful Daughters in the last 5 years.

Getting faster at running beyond my dreams. BQ'ing wasn't even on the dream radar, and now it is.

Completed IM Wisconsin, and had fun doing it.

My first dream (with reguards to this sport) was to DO a triathlon.  I wanted to do triathlons for over 10 years, but was always occupied with other passions.  It was never a lofty goal because I knew it could be done.  But just signing up for the first race (a local Olympic length) and training for it was a goal for me.

I didn't realize it at the time, but when my first HIM came and went, it was kind of a benchmark goal, halfway to my IM - my ultimate goal.

Now that those things are done (except the IM), I have been refinining my objectives, by putting time goals and PR's on the list.

Not exactly lofty or even "dreamworthy", but after achieveing goal #1 of completing a marathon I set out to accomplish goal #2 of running one under four hours. Took three years and seven attempts (and training cycles) to do it. I've run another (even faster) sub-four since then...

 BQ is still a dream...

All sports-related and not exactly dream-worthy, but: 

Complete a sprint triathlon - August 07

Complete a sprint triathlon in a respectable time - October 07

Do a straight-up running race - December 07 (10K)

Run a 10-Miler, and with specific goal time - April 08

All of these goals built off of each other. I did the first tri, then decided to do another, signed up for the 10K cuz I wanted to test my running ability, then decided to do the 10-Miler as a pre-marathon test. So the goals aren't exactly lofty, but I did them

You said dreams and not goals so I think my list is really short. These two accomplishments were something that until I did them, I never would have guessed would be possible for me. (As a really crappy runner)

1). Qualify for the Boston Marathon
2). Complete an Ironman

Some would say that I suffer from a fundemental lack of imagination, but I would counter that barely 2 years ago, I could not run to save my life. What made all of this possible is my group of marathoner friends and mentors who showed me how to run, showed me what was/is possible. The most important lesson that I learned from them:

"A lack of natural ability is not an obstacle. Hard Work and Consistent Training can get you wherever you want to go"

Just a bit of thanks to the group who I owe it all to in the end. 13 of them are in Corral #2, 6 of them in Corral #1 and one of them is in the Elite Corral at Boston next weekend.

It's hard to say, as before 3 years ago, I wasn't a runner at all. In fact I really didn't like it. I'd jog 3 miles or so every so often, but really didn't 'get it'.

So since my evolution into a runner/triathlon, I'd say my two big accomplishments were running my first marathon, injured, in 4:00. It's where I learned what it actually means to push hard. The second was my first half marathon (coincidentally 6 months after the marathon), where I ran a relaxed race (with no external pacing) and pulled a 1:41 out of my arse. That was the race I really got hooked and realized that I might actually be capable of running times the rest of us considered to be "crazy fast" and that a BQ could be a real possibility.

then theres the whole married to a wonderful wife and have a kid on the way yadda yadda yadda

Hey Bear, please check out the link to my friend's race report from Hudson-Mohawk Marathon last year. He is 58 years old and this was his 46th marathon and after a lot of hard work and dedication to training, he not only ran a BQ Time, but ran the best marathon of his life.

http://www.runningtimes.com/forum/showthread.php?p=103175#poststop

My only regret was that due to scheduling conflicts, I could not be there this year to run with him. Will have to wait for 2009 to thank him for all he has done for me. 

Okay here is my list:

Lost 40 pounds

Completed a triathlon and a duathlon

Finished a half marathon

Finished a 50 mile charity walk

Signed up for a HIM which will be my next accomplished feat in 99 days 

Am still considered crazy by everyone  

Woohoo! PR by 12 minutes? I would only have to take 8 off my PR, once I hit 55, that is. Thinking my better chance is, as he thought, to hit 60 and run a sub 4.

If I can ever run again without pain, that is.

This time last year my dream was to do a 5K.  I never understood why people enjoyed running and I thought if I run in a race that would be pretty awesome.

I completed my first 5K in May and wound up winning 3rd in my age group.  I left right after because I never even considered I had the potential to WIN something at a running race.  That plastic trophy is still in our living room.. ha!

Then my dream was to place 2nd in my age group.  I've done that twice now and am REALLY hoping one day I'll have a first place finish.  I also wanted to run in a race longer than a 5K and I did a 5 miler in December.  Now I have a lot of crazy racing dreams and lots of work to do to accomplish them

• Dropped my weight from 205 to 170, back to my college graduation weight 20 years ago
• Finished my first HIM
• Got my tax returns done early this year.

* Completed 2 marathons (one with my 77 year old father)

* Completed a HIM

* Came in 3rd in my AG for a 5k (At one point, I had convinced myself that I would NEVER run faster than a 10 min/mile avg pace!!)

* Lost 25 lbs and have kept it off

* Been a positive role model for my three children

* Watched my daughter complete her first kid's tri last May and she is signed up to do another!

* Convinced my husband to do tris with me and stayed married to him!

Many more to reach, but here are some:

-going back to school/getting degree after daughter being born

-my job is my dream job...making own hours, helping people, great pay

-my home is definitely my dream home, just bought it 1.5 mos ago

-my daughter.  I would picture or dream of the perfect little girl, and in my opinion (of course!) she is

-getting across the finish line last year for my first tri was a dream for a couple of yrs

Life right now is definitely what I have dreamed of and hoped for!