I have reached the long awaited end of P.E. 12. It was a fun journey, but it's time to say our good-byes, and reflect on my time with the class.
At the beginning of the term I had made set goals for myself to accomplish and in the time frame that I was involved in this course, I really did accomplish for myself some very confident results.
I expected myself to do 20 Push Ups, by the end of the course I was able to do 35.
I expected myself to do 40 Sit Ups, by the end of the course I was able to do 25, but my best was 34. It wasn't quite my expectations, but as I sit there and try to do 40 sit ups in 60 seconds, it's quite difficult to maintain that speed. So I am proud of my accomplishment.
I expected to do a 1'30" plank, which my first plank I was only able to hold myself up for a mere 30 seconds, by the end of the course I was able to accomplish a 1'25" plank. I fell short of my goal, but for a guy my size, I am perfectly happy of that feat.
Being able to run a kilometer without resting was a farfetched idea coming from my physical appearance, I regret to inform my blog that I never tried the feat. Although I did rollerblade up hill from 8th Street, to Griffiths Street and Edmonds which is about 4km all up hill without rest.
In the end you look at my goals and think, only 25% of my goals, but in the beginning, I improved in all my times, and scores. So when I look back at my experience in Physical Education 12, I truly had a great time, and perhaps in some more time, I will beat all 4 of my goals, and perhaps make some ambitious new goals!
It's always great to reach your goals. But, it's just as valuable not to reach them, although you may not be happy about not hitting your sit-ups or planks you realized that it takes some effort.
ReplyDeleteAnd even though you didn't run the km, it takes effort to rollerblade. But....you're using different muscle groups, they're both cardio though.
Well done Ryan.