It's all about goal's

Within my first blog of the year I noted the following:
A couple of goals for January are to run 160 training miles, get the long run up to 16 miles and get under 35 Min's in Raheny 5 mile race.

Just a couple of lines towards the end of a blog, some might have noticed, some might not. That is irrelevant. What I was doing was writing them down as a reminder to me of what they were. Wisdom says if you write down/share your goal's you have a better chance of achieving them.

At the end of January it's time to reflect on them now and set new ones.

Training Miles:     183 approx
Long Run 16 Miles:  19th Jan
Raheny 5 Mile:      34:21

The above might not seem earth shattering to some while maybe it does to a few, but the main thing is it was all relevant to me. The miles was about consistency, something I struggle with at times. The long run distance was about building endurance again, starting from a low base. The Raheny 5 Mile goal was a test of speed & to a lesser extent endurance I suppose, maybe a way of gauging progress overall.

In coming up with new goals for February I don't plan to do a race so there will be goal around a race. This will be replaced by a more nutrition focused goal which I think is a big weakness of mine (or certainly could be improved on)

So with that the goals for this month are:

190 Miles
Long Run 20 Miles
Lose 8lbs

The miles is all about consistency again and represents 47.5 miles a week on average. The long run is again about building on endurance and one of the long runs this week will be 20 miles. The 8lbs is a 2lb loss a week. No radical diets or anything planned here. Just eating properly to supplement the training being carried out will hopefully lead to this loss.

So there you have it. They are my running related goals written down. Have you set yours? and recorded them somewhere?

Good Luck with them if you have.