2006 Running Goals?

[Danagrrl]

I thought it might be fun to start a year-long thread with goals (daily/weekly/monthly, whatever) and post them here...they could be mileage, p.r., new territory, or anything. It may keep us "honest." (if THAT'S possible) [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[emartin10]

I think that's a great idea! I'll start it off if that's okay. I'm currently travelling Australia, so finding time to do anything but run is tough. So for the month of January, I want to plan on getting in at LEAST 3 runs per week, preferrably all around 10K per. Let's see how that works out...

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[kmwest]

Goals:

1) 1:23:anything at the Indy Mini (Half) Marathon in early May. My PR, from last year, is 1:25:32.
2) A sub-18:00 5k. PR is somewhere in the high 18s
3) Do a few trail runs
4) a sprint triathlon
5) do all this without killing my weight training. I'm going to be unemployed all summer, so I'll have time to exercise 2x daily.

[BamaDave]

Here are mine -- I posted these a few weeks ago on Runner's World Online:

1. Staying healthy and fit is always #1, having been very overweight and on high blood pressure medication in the past.

2. Keep some balance in my training - even though I have tipped my workouts more toward running and less toward weight training, I want to keep my strength up as much as possible while this marathon "season" continues.

3. At least equal my Rocket City Marathon time (or come close) at the Mercedes Marathon in Birmingham. Okay, really, I'm going to try to beat it! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

4. Try to get everything together to run Boston this year and maybe even attempt a PR there!

5. A sub-3 marathon.

6. 1/2-Marathon - I'll probably only run one of these this year - I'd like to knock at least two minutes off my current PR of 1:24:53.

7. 15K - We have two of these convenient to me, but one is the Sat. after Boston, so that one may be out. Both are very difficult courses. I'd like to crack 1 hour on the March 15K (Huff-n-Puff in Sheffield, AL), maybe even crack 59:00.

8. 10K - Definitely break 39:00, which I should have done in November at the Vulcan 10K in Birmingham. Get as close to 38:00 as I can. I'd like to get into the 37's.

9. 5K - These are my lowest priority races, and actually I have only run two since I started racing in Sept. 2004, and one of those immediately followed a 10K (45 minutes later!) so doesn't really count! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I definitely want to get the sub-19 5K and maybe sub 18:30, but I don't know how many attempts I will make.

[Jimbo]

1. Increase stamina (run a marathon - this would, of course, require me to run a half marathon first) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

2. Increase my 3km time.

[Danagrrl]

these are so impressive! in all reality, I haven't thought much beyond my "run faster" pledge (isn't that specific?) although, I did decide to shoot for 100 miles/month; that will actually get me 43 miles short of Disneyworld if I really ran it. That's my goal, and I'm stickin' to it! (Dave--I didn't know you play at RW forums too...same name?)

[Kevin T.]

I'm not a serious long distance runner, but i'm interested in overall fitness. I do almost exclusively sprint work when it comes to running, but one of my goals was always to run a 5:30 mile. I'd like to test that in the spring and see where I'm at and hopefully improve on it.

[BamaDave]

Hey Danagrrl, yes I have the same name on Runner's World. Are you on there???

[Rod]

Cleveland Marathon on May 21 (my 50th bday) and either the Detroit, NY or Rochester Marathon in the fall.