The 5 P's

Poor preparation precipitates poor performance.  After work I was going out for an hours run but when I got home various domestic arrangements (kids) meant the run had to be reduced to 30 minutes.  Flustered at all the last minute rejigging I didn't notice that my computer/watch that gives me all the measurements I need, had a flat battery.  So 200 yards into the run the screen was blank and as I was short of time I ran without any info.
It's like flying blind.  I have no idea whether or not it was a good run as I have nothing to measure.  This might not seem important but it was for me as on Friday I go off to a run training camp for 3 days and I wanted a benchmark to know how I was doing before I started.  My previous run had been the first in a week and was slow.  So I won't be making that mistake again as I now realise my new computer which has GPS needs juice on a regular basis.
So many things in life are better if we have feedback and this can only come from having milestones.  In business we call them targets which some people are put off by but if you break them down they do offer you a good measure of how you are performing.  So I'm off to bed slightly later than normal and have an extremely busy day tomorrow.  But before I go I'll charge my computer so no more silly errors.