Goals for 2016?

tang1 · 17-12-2015 11:21pm #1

Start this off, 2015 has been a good years running for me because I didn't succomb to injury for first time ran 1,000 miles in the calendar year ran an unexpected PB over 10k. 2016 goals as follows:

1. Run Rotterdam marathon in April.
2. Stay injury free once more.
3. Run 1,500 miles.
4. Everything else is a bonus.

What about the rest of yiz?

IvoryTower · 18-12-2015 12:01am

1. Do a few 400m races in the indoors
2. Run my first 800m race
3. 56sec 400m by the end of summer

Duanington · 18-12-2015 10:47am

5k - sub 17
10k - sub 37
1\2 - 1.20.x
marathon - to run Berlin in a time that leaves nothing out on the course

Others:
to get in a couple more XC races
Try a track race

Firedance · 18-12-2015 11:06am

1. stay injury free
2. half - 2:05 initially to 1:59:xx by year end.
3. Marathon - run Rotterdam
4. 10k - 49:xx
5. more XC races

RayCun · 18-12-2015 11:16am

get teams in for the Road relays and have a cross country squad in the autumn
run most of the graded meets
stay fit through all of that, enough to make the XC teams

paulers06 · 18-12-2015 11:33am

1. Stay Injury free
2. Run Rotterdam
3. Run Berlin
4. Qualify for Boston!

lenihankevin · 18-12-2015 11:36am

Run my first 5k race
Run my first 10k race
Just started running 6 weeks ago..really looking forward to 2016.

Sandwell · 18-12-2015 11:44am

Sub-17 5k
Sub-36 10k
Sub-60 10 mile
Sub 1:20 half-marathon
Finish top 10 in a couple of IMRA races

Luighne · 18-12-2015 11:55am

I've missed 5 months of 2015 with injury, not all running related injuries but none the less frustrating. Trying to avoid injury and keep on improving slowly will be my main goal for 2016. Race wise DCM will be top of my pedestal. I will also be trying for the following over the year.

5km 19:30
10km 39:59
Half marathon sub 1:30
Dublin marathon

Ososlo · 18-12-2015 12:08pm

Continue to love my running and continue not to get injured. That alone is enough. However, ….

Run 3,000 + miles for the year

Run Connemara ultra at a decent pace – don’t have a clue what time to aim for. 9:30 min/miles maybe

Run secret bucket-list ultra race, and not die during or after it

, and be proud of result

Run DCM if still alive. God I dunno what I’d hope for here but well under 4 hours. Let’s say 3:45ish and try not to laugh too loudly :pac:

Bring down times of all shorter distances from 5k to half. No specific targets – just improve them all as much as I’m capable of, off no specific training. Sub 23 5k would be very nice

Have my first Boardsie running date…… maybe

but who?

shels4ever · 18-12-2015 12:12pm

Run 5 days a week.
Stay injury free
Maybe run a race.

MisterDrak · 18-12-2015 12:28pm

5K - Under 18:40m
10K - Back under 39m
Half - Back under 1:28

Get to run in the National Road Relays in April (on a B or C team )...

Dodge · 18-12-2015 12:47pm

1) Run my first 5k
2) make at least one parkrun a month

I hope to finish my couch to 5k programme on new year's eve!

CONSI · 18-12-2015 12:50pm

Hopefully run Limerick Marathon...done a few 10k's but know its a big step to a full marathon...keep injury free and a bit of luck and who knows

aquinn · 18-12-2015 12:56pm

Ososlo wrote:

Have my first Boardsie running dateâ€¦â€¦ maybe but who?

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

hillsiderunner · 18-12-2015 1:57pm

Only two goals for 2016:

don't get injured.
>= 1250miles

I did not hit a single one of my 2015 goals

and it's mostly down to injury I think .. lost 3-4 months with the problems starting from June onwards. To be honest I think if I managed these two goals, a lot of PBs would follow.

(of course will be hoping to have the mileage a good bit over that, but even 1250 will be a decent record , so I'll plan conservatively **for now**)

Cona · 18-12-2015 4:07pm

I think people should just take for granted that 'not getting injured' is on every ones list. No need to keep calling it out

Goals:
18.2x 5k
64.xx 10 Mile
1.24.xx Half
3.10 Marathon

rainbow kirby · 18-12-2015 4:09pm

Get back running within a reasonable timeframe after the baby arrives and slowly build up distance. Am deferring a London Marathon ballot spot to 2017 so would like to be able to run around a 15-20km LSR comfortably by this time next year.

TFBubendorfer · 18-12-2015 4:41pm

2016 goals:

1. a sub-3 marathon (bonus goal: under 2:55:08)
2. 220 km in a 24 hrs race (bonus goal: over 225.3)
3. finish Spartathlon under 33:29:04 (bonus goal: under 32 hrs)

DogSlySmile · 18-12-2015 5:18pm

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

2016 goals:

1. a sub-3 marathon (bonus goal: under 2:55:08)
2. 220 km in a 24 hrs race (bonus goal: over 225.3)
3. finish Spartathlon under 33:29:04 (bonus goal: under 32 hrs)

best of luck with achieveng the goals, TFB. But should the numbers not be the other way around? Ie., you goal mara time is 2:55:08 (random time, btw) and secondary goal is sub 3.

Or what is your thinking here?

TFBubendorfer · 18-12-2015 5:25pm

DogSlySmile wrote: »

best of luck with achieveng the goals, TFB. But should the numbers not be the other way around? Ie., you goal mara time is 2:55:08 (random time, btw) and secondary goal is sub 3.

Or what is your thinking here?

The thinking was that I'm happy with a sub-3 marathon because the marathon is not my main focus, and if I run a new PB then that's the bonus.

Similar for the 24 hrs (though that IS my focus), goal is 220 as that would guarantee a place in the 2017 championships and if I get a new PB that's a bonus.

TFBubendorfer · 18-12-2015 5:29pm

DogSlySmile wrote: »

you goal mara time is 2:55:08 (random time, btw)

Actually, that should have said 2:55:07. It's a random time to anyone else but to me that is my present marathon PB.

pconn062 · 18-12-2015 5:35pm

Fix my goddamn Achilles.

Myles Splitz · 18-12-2015 5:44pm

Main goals
- Sub 33.30 10k
- Sub 2.40 marathon

Secondary Goals
- 5 PB's
- Two team championship medals
- +3000 miles
- Complete 10 round numbers challenge

neilc · 19-12-2015 12:26am

Run a marathon PB in Boston, current PB will be 3 years old by then! Somewhere between 2:59:59 and 3:10:27

TRR_the_turd · 19-12-2015 12:34am

To try and maintain current levels of awesomeness!

Inventive User Name · 19-12-2015 12:43am

Recover from calf tear
Not get injured
Sub 16:40 5km
Improve sub 800m speed
Deadlift double body weight

pconn062 · 19-12-2015 12:55am

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

To try and maintain current levels of awesomeness!

You're failing so far! :pac:

adrian522 · 19-12-2015 1:11am

Time goals always seem a bit random, just picking random numbers slightly faster than current PB's, try to be ambitious but not too ambitious.

Pretty much write off the second half of last year so a good chunk of this year will be getting fitness back.

General plan in terms of goal races will be something like...

March: Ballycotton
April: K-club or GIR 10K
May: 5K (Maybe Tallaght)
June: Possibly Dunshaguhlin
July: Maybe Mullingar 10 Mile, Maybe not.
August: Tullamore Half
Sept: Lucan 5 Mil Maybe, Berlin hopfully.

November: Stook 10 Mile
December: Jungle Bells

Goals, injury free etc.

1. 2000 Miles
2. Pbs @ 5K, 5 Mile, 10K, 10 Mile, Half, Full
3. Toe the line for a track race at some point
4. Some Random Numbers

5K - 19:30
5 Mile - 33:00
10K - 40:30
10 Mile - 72:00
Half - 95:00
Full - 3:20

thewolf_ie · 19-12-2015 10:15am

This year I will highly likely smash the below.

Sub 2:03 800 (2:08)
Sub 4:15 1500 (4:20)
Sub 16 5k (16:50)
Sub 33 10k (35:30)
Sub 1:15 half (?)

Few national team medals!

tipping · 19-12-2015 11:00am

1. Improve PBs at all distances
5k < 18:45 (19:15)
10k< 40 (41:40)
5M < 31 (32:30)
10M <68 (80:30)
1/2 < 1:30 (1:33:30)

2. Train better/smarter and keep up the S&C enabling me to run >1500 miles

Goals for 2016?

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