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Rugby goals

These rugby goals are to be set and achieved rather than scored. There`s not a lot to it and yet you make so much possible.

First goal is to stay the course

When I was younger I had terrible problems with my chest.

Cold weather in the North of England made it difficult to breath at times - but when it was sports afternnon at school....
...even if it was freezing...
...you were expected to play.

I loved rugby and it was hard enough doing that in the middle of winter...
...but when the ground was frozen and it was too hard for rugby...
....well... we just switched to Cross Country!!!

All I did was manage to get round the course.

Learning to set goals

Then came the day of the House Cross Country race.

I remember it as freezing cold, snow on the ground.

The course was along the straight and level to the round-about...
,,,a long down hill stretch down the ring-road...
...through the mud and puddles in the woods...
...back up the far side of the hill on slushy country roads...
...and a final stretch along the flat.

It must have been a good day chest-wise.

I managed to do quite well down the long downhill ring-road stretch.

Then we were going through the woods.

We were all tired by then so the pace slowed....

But then I thought... I`m not that tired... I`ll put on a little spurt and get past those two....and I did.

Then I did it again. ... then I did it again

Then we got onto the uphill country roads and it was hard...

But not that hard. We had all slowed a bit because we expected it to be hard.

But I tried again... I`ll put on a little spurt and get past that group...
...and I did... and I kept on doing it, passing a small group each time!

Well.... when we got to the flat at the end I was pretty tired and although I tried to do it again those runners held me off.

But what a difference! What an amazing lesson!

What I think I learned is that...
...when things are tough or appear to be tough...
...and you put in a little extra...
... the rewards are huge compared with other times.

Setting rugby goals

After such an experience you start setting goals for yourself.

Running further.

Whenever I was going anywhere, I set myself a goal of getting to, say, a distant lamp post.

When I got there I said "Keep going, you can make it to the gate".

When I got to the gate I said "Keep going, do 6 more steps"

You can see what I mean. You become really fit!

Maybe you knew how to do this anyway...

...but if you didn`t - you know...

..you can achieve a huge amount when you set goals.

You`re here - so make sure you include some rugby goals!

And when you achieve them... set some more!

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