I’ve jumped the fence and am now writing this on a beautiful new MacBook Pro! Sheez, it’s different. It took me nearly 30 minutes to work out how to do a print screen (Command-Shift-3). Otherwise, I’m in love with it.

One of the first things I did was install Parallels so I could run XP. The screen shot shows me installing my second XP instance. I’ve set up one for work and another for my own personal home stuff. It runs quite nicely.

Am looking forward to getting to know it better. For the moment, I’ll have to contend with searching Google for every small thing I can’t figure out. Right click anyone?

My Myers-Briggs type is ENTJ with an out of the ordinary pressure-prompted facet. Aside from being amongst most of the world’s leading CEOs (who are mostly ENTJs), the pressure-prompted facet indicates that I usually only spur into motion at the last available minute. This is why my half-marathon in October goal is too far away to be a real motivator for me.So, I’ve set some interim goals and events to keep me on track:

• 13 May – Mother’s Day Classic (8km run)
• 17 June – Run to the G (10km run)
• 7 October – Melbourne Marathon (½ Marathon 21.1km)

Now, the Mother’s Day Classic run isn’t just for women. I double-checked that! I also need to find some events to keep me going from June to October.

I’m hoping these “external” pressures have the desired effect of keeping me on the right track. Let’s see how they pan out over the next month until May 13.
So, anyone wanna join me? The first two can also be walked so they should be good fun for all.

Have just finished my first week of solo training. No sarge yelling at me to keep going, no fit people running past me giving me encouragement and no punishments for not turning up.

This week really proved to me how hard it actually is to do this stuff alone. Getting up to get out there and train isn’t too much of an issue for me. It’s the pushing through the pain barrier that I struggle with.

On boot camp you you achieve some pretty great things. On your own, a simple 2km jog is so much harder. It says so much about the effect a team can have on your improvement.

I will need to find some ways of motivating myself to keep going whilst in the midst of the actual run/training. Grabbing private citizens on their morning stroll and forcing them to jog with you just isn’t working for me.

Here are a few things from Devine Sports I might try:

• Getting psyched to run solo
• Motivational tips for the long run
• Motivational secrets to get you over the hump

Oh yeah, I’ve changed the theme of the site. I was getting a little sick of the other one, although I don’t think this one really quite suits. Will stick with it for a little while though.