"Over the past few decades, I've increasingly come to value and rely on the Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) - or something like it. Sometimes that can mean trying to take on a race distance or project that I've never completed before. Other times, that was something near the edge of my capability where I wanted to find something more."
"Commitment In all honesty, this is the factor I missed most in my running this summer. Without a BHAG on my calendar, I floundered. Indeed, I let work and life more or less completely fill my schedule for the past three months. I know that having the 2024 Ultra Gobi 250 Mile as the BHAG on my schedule helped pull me away from my desk and into the outdoors much more often last summer."
Personal failure occurred over the summer due to absence of a Big Hairy Audacious Goal, causing floundering as work and life filled the schedule. The Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) functions as motivation to train harder, smarter, and in difficult conditions, and as commitment that pulls one away from desks and distractions. BHAGs provoke investigation of unfamiliar distances, terrain, climate, and performance, and enable experimentation with new approaches. Past experience shows a BHAG can deliver rewards before and after the event, providing ongoing dividends and reducing anxiety about unfinished tasks. One example is preparing for a 2024 Ultra Gobi 250 Mile.
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