Goal Alignment

I started my career in technology by working for a human capital management company. Translation: I worked for an HR software company that did performance reviews. Part of my job there was to learn about goal alignment, goal wizards, goal cascading, etc. The overall point was, the company has 5 objectives for the year and the tool helped you figure out how each employee could help achieve these objectives. The goals were broken down to responsibilities by department, then to the teams, then to the managers, then to each individual employee. Goals were cascaded & tracked with the our software. I honestly thought we were the lamest software group (technology content wise) and thought it was amazing we ever sold business, because come on, who needs this?

But it's true - you need to break it down sometimes to get to that big goal. After looking at the IM course and skimming over past women's performances in Lake Placid, my goal is to cross the finish line somewhere between 13 - 13:20 hours. Here's my breakdown:

Swim: 1 hr 15 min max

Bike: 6 hr 3o min max

Run: 5 hr max

Plus twenty minutes or so to complete transitions.

All areas listed above need specific training to meet those times (hopefully run will be 4:30, but we'll see, I'm forecasting 5 hours as of now). Strength training, speed work, hill work, open water training, double setting, core strengthening, stretching, proper nutrition .... these all need to be taken into consideration to meet the objective.

For the remainder of the summer I hope to focus on my weakest areas: consistency on the bike & core strength.