GOALS for 2013: Become an Iron(wo)man in Frankfurt. Sub-4:00 marathon. Keep blogging. Get my little training group to races happy, healthy, and ready (that is right now, me, [personal profile] temve, and 2 friends just getting into triathlon)
Well, I managed the first! Didn't even try for the second (failed utterly to even register for a fall marathon and seriously underestimated how much Ironman would take out of me physically. I'm still trying to figure out how to blog regularly - i failed spectacularly at actually publishing my 3000 word ironman race report which is still languishing in my hard drive... ...and Tem was injured for about 1/2 the season although our friend S finished her first two triathlons. And I acquired another two training group members, who are swimming with me every wednesday now.
So all in all: out of 4 goals, I did one to completion, DNS'd one, and sort of bumbled though the other two. Did I succeed at 2013? Fuck yeah! Ironman, baby! (also, Sprint tri, oly tri, 10K and 1/2 marathon PRs) Clearly, I just need to write better goals!
Goals for 2014: 1) BQ at Mainz in May. Which is a crazy goal. Like the kind you don't usually admit to anyone. Because for the 2015 Boston Marathon I'll still be in the 40-44 age group. Also, I still haven't determined whether or not Mainz is a BQ race or not. So really, this goal is: Run like I mean it and see what happens. I'm super excited to be training for a stand-alone marathon again! 2) BQ at Frankfurt in October. Which would count for 2016 and I'd be an age group up so a BQ would only be 7 minutes faster than my Frankfurt PR which seems a bit more doable. 3) Run up a mountain in September. I'm downgrading this one, it seriously might not happen this year, maybe next year. Mostly I've started planning our vacations and honestly spending a week in the Greek islands sounds like more fun than sacrificing our fall holiday so I can do something incredibly stupid. 4) Wiesbaden 70.3 the Rematch. I was sick last time. It kicked my ass. I want another shot at it. If I do this one, then I absolutely can't run the Jungfrau in September. There is not enough time between the two races for me to prepare for both. But then I do get to do #2 on the list. 5) Have lots of good down time with Tem this year and make sure that training plans do not constantly trump the rest of our life...
OK, that was long...any opinions on running up an alp vs. doing a very hilly 70.3 are welcome. I am very torn between the two...
Based on your 10K and half PRs, you should be able to run a ~3:55 marathon; with the time you've got to train before May I don't see that you can't improve your fitness enough to get below 3:50, at least. Sub-3:45 might be a stretch, but like I said, lots of time to train. But certainly you will BQ for 2016 if you'll be 45, unless you have a very bad day.
If Mainz is a certified course (you'd have to check the German organization analogous to the USATF) then it's acceptable for the BQ.
I'll be at Boston 2015, if that's any incentive :-)
Both Mainz and Frankfurt are certified, but sadly I'm only going to still be 44 in April of 2015 :-( I got a bit confused along the way because of the triathlon tendency to count your age as how old you are at the end of the year instead of the actual day of the race. BUT if I do Frankfurt in October, then I can qualify there for 2016 :-) and I'm going to spend the spring being a runner who occasionally swims rather than a triathlete so you never know. A miracle might occur in May but I'm not counting on it. 3:55 is reasonable and a respectable goal for now :-) I'm trying to convince Temve to run the 1/2 in Mainz so that we can run the first half together then I just keep going...
Boston 2016. Not unreasonable. That's my motto for the year :-)
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GOALS for 2013:
Become an Iron(wo)man in Frankfurt.
Sub-4:00 marathon.
Keep blogging.
Get my little training group to races happy, healthy, and ready (that is right now, me, [personal profile] temve, and 2 friends just getting into triathlon)
Well, I managed the first! Didn't even try for the second (failed utterly to even register for a fall marathon and seriously underestimated how much Ironman would take out of me physically.
I'm still trying to figure out how to blog regularly - i failed spectacularly at actually publishing my 3000 word ironman race report which is still languishing in my hard drive...
...and Tem was injured for about 1/2 the season although our friend S finished her first two triathlons. And I acquired another two training group members, who are swimming with me every wednesday now.
So all in all: out of 4 goals, I did one to completion, DNS'd one, and sort of bumbled though the other two. Did I succeed at 2013? Fuck yeah! Ironman, baby! (also, Sprint tri, oly tri, 10K and 1/2 marathon PRs) Clearly, I just need to write better goals!
Goals for 2014:
1) BQ at Mainz in May. Which is a crazy goal. Like the kind you don't usually admit to anyone. Because for the 2015 Boston Marathon I'll still be in the 40-44 age group. Also, I still haven't determined whether or not Mainz is a BQ race or not. So really, this goal is: Run like I mean it and see what happens. I'm super excited to be training for a stand-alone marathon again!
2) BQ at Frankfurt in October. Which would count for 2016 and I'd be an age group up so a BQ would only be 7 minutes faster than my Frankfurt PR which seems a bit more doable.
3) Run up a mountain in September. I'm downgrading this one, it seriously might not happen this year, maybe next year. Mostly I've started planning our vacations and honestly spending a week in the Greek islands sounds like more fun than sacrificing our fall holiday so I can do something incredibly stupid.
4) Wiesbaden 70.3 the Rematch. I was sick last time. It kicked my ass. I want another shot at it. If I do this one, then I absolutely can't run the Jungfrau in September. There is not enough time between the two races for me to prepare for both. But then I do get to do #2 on the list.
5) Have lots of good down time with Tem this year and make sure that training plans do not constantly trump the rest of our life...
OK, that was long...any opinions on running up an alp vs. doing a very hilly 70.3 are welcome. I am very torn between the two...
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Such awesome goals - looking forward to the race reports :)
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If Mainz is a certified course (you'd have to check the German organization analogous to the USATF) then it's acceptable for the BQ.
I'll be at Boston 2015, if that's any incentive :-)
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Boston 2016. Not unreasonable. That's my motto for the year :-)