{"id":765,"date":"2010-11-26T13:18:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=765"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:22:46","slug":"things-achieved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/things-achieved\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Things Achieved<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve not been very happy with myself this month. Focusing on the rides, I&#8217;m going to be very lucky if I hit 50 miles in the <a title=\"Nov100 Challenge Spreadsheet\" href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/ccc?key=0ApTiHlxlMDy3dEN1cGctaG11cC15WEFRbm1PUExiN0E&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;pli=1#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\">November 100<\/a> challenge, which doesn&#8217;t make me proud.<\/p>\n<p>However, a quick look at the <a title=\"My &quot;Personal Goal Setting&quot; blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/2010\/goal-setting\/\" target=\"_blank\">goals<\/a> I set way back in January has made me feel much better.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With your help, I&#8217;ve raised over \u00a3500 for <a title=\"Springhill Hospice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.springhill.org.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Springhill Hospice<\/a>, a wonderful and necessary place where they looked after my Mum until she left them, and us, in December last year.<\/li>\n<li>I completed the <a title=\"My Manchester to Blackpool post.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/2010\/kiss-me-quick-ride-me-slowly-july150-started\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester to Blackpool<\/a> ride, the first time for me in 9 years and a major step in becoming the fitter bloke I want to be.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve ridden over 600 miles this year, something which I absolutely know I would never have done without this blog and the support that so many people have given me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, now I feel better.<\/p>\n<p>The community which I&#8217;ve joined whilst writing this blog has been a massive source of motivation for me. \u00a0Cajoling, mickey-taking and gentle but firm pokes in the (<em>virtual<\/em>) ribs have been extremely necessary. \u00a0I&#8217;m not self-motivated enough to get the shed door open on these cold nights and without you lot it simply wouldn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>So I just wanted to say thanks. \u00a0You&#8217;ve helped me a lot. \u00a0Give yourselves a pat on the back. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>My Final 2010 Goal<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve not put this into the little box on the right, so I&#8217;m putting it here. \u00a0I reckon I can force myself to clock up a total of 700 miles in 2010, so I&#8217;m publishing that to force myself to try.<\/p>\n<p>God, I hope I do it now.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>So&#8230; 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