2013 Running Goals

I’m a bit late sharing my running plans for 2013, but I honestly floundered for a few weeks about what I wanted to accomplish.  After the Honolulu Marathon (and being sure I never wanted to run a marathon again), I felt a bit like I’d gone off a cliff.  Aren’t marathons sort of the ultimate goal.  Okay, ultra-marathons are, but there are several ultra marathoners in my running club and I know how they run and, well, no.  I cannot do that.  Don’t want to.

Ultimately, I decided to work mostly on speed, with a few fun distances thrown in there to challenge me.  Here’s how it shaped up:

Overall Goals:

• Be able to keep up with the “front of the pack” at running club.  They knocked out 5 miles in 36 minutes last night. I’m going to try to keep up on a 4-miler .
• Log an official sub-25 5K. I’ve already got this in the bag – just need to actually get it officially timed at a race.
• Enjoy running.  I’ve shared that I didn’t really enjoy the end of marathon training or the end of the actual marathon.  On reflection I think this resulted from training up for the race too quickly.  I’m going to go for a longer, slower burn the next time.

Races:

2/3/13     Women’s Tri-Fitness 5K – Kakaako (will try to get my official sub-25 here)

2/18/13    Great Aloha Run (8.14 miles)

3/9/13     Marine Corps Base Hawaii Beast Run (10K)

4/6/13     Cooper River Bridge Run (10K) – Charleston, SC

5/26/13    Hibiscus Half-Marathon (Tropical Triple Crown)

6/16/13    Wahine Run (maybe)

7/14/13     Coconut Chase 8  (Tropical Triple Crown)

8/4/13      Mango Days 5 K (Tropical Triple Crown)

Sept-Nov   Marathon Readiness Series Runs (20K, 25K TBD)

12/8/13    Honolulu Marathon

That’s 11 races for those of you following along at home.  I should probably find a 12th race just to round it out and expect to see a little 5K or 10K pop up here in Kailua in the Fall.  Here goes nothin’!