December check-in

[ilanarama]

Hey! How did it get to be December already?

How goes your running? And, since 2013 is coming up: did you meet your 2012 goals, if you had any? Do you have any 2013 running goals?

ETA: for those of you who need something to jog your memory, last year's goals thread is here!

Comments

[thalia]

My only goal for 2012 was to get back into running shape, and I'm definitely making progress, although it would be nice if this @$#!%@ weight would start to come off. In October I ran six miles for the first time since probably 2000-ish, which felt great.

Next year my first goal is to work up to seven miles, and to keep improving my pace, which is still kind of pathetic. I wouldn't mind doing a 10K in the spring, just for something to work towards. And I'm thinking about doing the Chicago half in October, except that would mean not doing as much bicycling as usual in the summer. We'll see.

[ilanarama]

Yay for making progress! I will share with you my weight-loss secret: get the stomach virus that's going around! Um, not the most fun way to lose weight, though.

As you can probably guess, my advice for improving your pace is basically to run more mpw. That's great you've run six miles! Run it more often! Yay!

[thalia]

Yeah, thanks for the tip, but I think I'll try to avoid your weight-loss plan. [g] I think I need to get really strict with my diet for a while, but, honestly, I don't wanna.

[ell]

You can totally still do a lot of biking and also run a half. temve and I are proof of that! If you don't want to do the half super fast, you can totally do a lot of cross training that will help get you to the finish line - sort of a triathlon approach. Check some of the Half Ironman plans and see how much running they would have you doing - if you're doing as much or more biking than they recommend and as much running, then logically, you should be able to finish the half without having biked 56 miles before it...
Also, yay for running!

[thalia]

The problem is time, plus I refuse to give up strength training. Right now my running pace is just plain slow. If I can get down to 10-minute miles training for a half might seem more manageable, but that's not going to happen right away.

But we'll see how it goes. I might put my bike on a trainer after Christmas, but I'm happy to stick with running over the winter. In the spring I'll decide whether I want to put in the time for the half.