Ep. 144: Don't Let "Realistic" Goals Stop You From Dreaming
Run, Selfie, Repeat
Kelly Roberts
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
One of the emails I get ALL THE TIME goes a little something like this, "I really want to run (insert time or distance goal) this year but I don't think it's (insert "realistic", "doable", or "in the cards for me"). I'm only a (insert self-limiting adjectives here) and I just don't know if it's worth my time." OR this one, "I really want to break 2 hours in the half but I've tried a few times and always finished seconds short. I'm heartbroken and now I'm running so much slower than I was a few months ago. I don't know what to do." Something like that.
It doesn't matter if you aren't athletic and are thinking about running your first 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon or if you're chasing a seemingly impossible time or distance goal, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF. Not you. Not me.
And the way I see it, any goal is a realistic goal if you're ready to work for it. Maybe it'll take years to make happen. Maybe it'll take months. Just don't let "realistic" stop you from chasing your dream goal.
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| 0:00.0 | I was going to sing Taylor Swift's, are you ready for it? But literally, as I took an inhale to do it, I don't remember any of the words. |
| 0:11.0 | I want to robber. |
| 0:14.0 | Are you ready? |
| 0:15.0 | D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D- |
| 0:17.0 | Okay, never mind. |
| 0:18.0 | Never mind. I'm sorry, pretend that didn't happen. |
| 0:20.0 | What a way to come back. |
| 0:22.0 | Hi everybody. I'm back. Did you miss me? |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to the Run Selvy repeat. |
| 0:30.0 | Oh my God. Oh man. I really... |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to the Run Selfy Repeat podcast. |
| 0:40.0 | Where we talk about life with a sight of running. |
| 0:43.0 | It's a very professional podcast. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh, that was awful. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Kelly Roberts, a professional singer. |
| 0:50.0 | Some would call me a musical genius. No, I'm kidding. Yeah, hi, I took a break. I'm so sorry to disappear for two months. If you're listening to this like eight months in the future, you're like what? But if you are someone who listens to the podcast when it's first release, |
| 1:10.8 | de. I stepped away for two months because two reasons. |
| 1:17.0 | One, I launched a little movement called the Badass Lady Gang, which is a free fitness, free run crew by women, for women movement. |
| 1:25.1 | We're in like 50, 55, 55 cities around the world, which is just, you know, I always knew this was going to happen and I always knew it was going to be a lot of work and you know I was right it's a lot of work and it's amazing to see so many women meeting in real life and like having these communities grow and it's a place that isn't |
| 1:44.0 | you know I'll do a completely different episode on the bonus leading but just like a quick |
| 1:47.4 | pitch it's a free fitness movement so you show up you are never outside of |
| 1:51.9 | yelling distance from each other and and it's all running, |
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