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

BeepBeep67 · 19-12-2015 4:06pm

Make some better food choices, do a little more strength work, lay down another solid base year - 2017 is the main focus.

Notwork Error · 19-12-2015 5:51pm

adrian522 wrote: »

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

I actually read a great post on letsrun the other day about about goal setting. It said a good goal should make your hands sweat when you think about it but not be so far out there that they seem inpossible. It's more about motivating you to do the work towards those goals than actually hitting them.

My targets for 2016:

Marathon: 2:54
3000m Steeple: 10:59
3000m: 9:59
Mile: 4:54
10k: 36:59
400m: 59
5k: 17:29
Score on all XC teams

We'll see what happens. Hopefully, 2016 will be the year of a ton of a PBs.

RacoonQueen · 19-12-2015 7:17pm

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

To try and maintain current levels of awesomeness!

That bar is low, can't be too hard!

Myles Splitz wrote: »

Main goals
- Sub 2.40 marathon

Rotterdam?

RUNNING GOALS...WOOHOOOO

- Stay healthy
- Run spring marathon as a springboard
- PB in Berlin
- PB across pretty much all distances - based on my 10 mile and 4 mile times from the last time I raced in 2013, my 5k, 10k and half marathon times were all pretty soft (and 5 mile)

I'm going to spend some time between spring marathon and Berlin doing some triathlons so might not fit all race distances in but sure we'll see.
I'm typically terrible at running in warm/humid weather (even Irish summers aren't great for me) so the Berlin goal may be tough. Much better at Autumn/Winter/early Spring running when I tend to start getting fit, strong and fast so a decent marathon whack might have to wait till spring 2017

CR 7 · 19-12-2015 8:09pm

Sandwell wrote: »

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

Fairly similar to my own goals;

Primary Goals
Sub 17 5k
2000 miles
Sub 60 10 mile
Sub 1:20 half-marathon
Race a marathon (Will be my first, and would be nice to break 3 hours at the same time)

And some secondary/nice-to-have goals
Win a race (By racing, not just by default)
Run a few IMRA races
Go to the National Beer Mile Championships

thewolf_ie wrote: »

This year I will highly likely smash the below.

Maybe you're being too conservative so?;)

Murph_D · 20-12-2015 1:59am

My goal is to continue to play the long game.

Boston: 3:22:xx and the NY qualifier
Failing that, 1:35:xx at Dublin HM for same.
10m - 69:xx
10k - 42:xx
5m: 33:xx
5k: 20:30
1m: 5:59

Other: help club to M50 medal somewhere (anywhere). 2k+ miles. Another pacing gig. Race DCM again.

annapr · 20-12-2015 10:31am

First goal is to get back to consistent running.

Then, wish list for 2016:
5k: sub-24 (current 24:16)
5mi: sub 40 (from 41:18).... probably not at Raheny but maybe Terenure
10K: sub 50 (from 51:18)
HM: sub 1:50, maybe even a NY Qualifier of 1:49 (from 1:55 this year)

If I was to do DCM again, would be looking for 3:59:xx, but won't do it unless I can put the time in to train properly.

Lots of parkruns, with parkrun tourism thrown in... Bere Island is especially appealing.

Keep on running!

ArtieFufkin · 20-12-2015 11:06am

My goals:

Run and finish at least two 100 milers.

Run a 24hr race.

Have a few training runs in some amazing locations maybe Dubai, maybe Sydney.

Run 4hrs 30 mins in the Connemara ultra!

Go sub 2.45 in the DCM.

Remain injury free.

Battery Kinzie · 20-12-2015 6:01pm

Only started running half way through this year so looking forward to getting a full year together and setting some goals.

Sub 20 minute 5k
Sub 40 minute 10k
1.3x.xx half marathon
Run 1000k (maybe 1000 miles depending how its going)

FIFA2004 · 20-12-2015 6:01pm

Still be running this time next year!
5km in under 30mins
Run 10km regularly, try for under 60min
Run in one or more of the race series events
Maybe....... Do a half marathon, or at least be in a position to try early in 2017!

Singer · 20-12-2015 6:59pm

2016 goals in rough order of importance:

Keep running!
Join a club.
Complete a half-marathon and/or marathon without blowing up

Spirogyra · 20-12-2015 7:10pm

Connemarathon half marathon, Limerick half or full,attend more club sessions,develop a flat stomach ☺

Back in Black · 20-12-2015 9:30pm

2016 Goals:

1 mile : 4:5x
3000mtrs : 9:5x
5km: 17:2x
10k: 37:2x
10mile: 63:xx
1/2 Marathon: 84:xx

Dubgal72 · 20-12-2015 10:18pm

2016 Goals

(In no particular order)

- maintain strength and conditioning gym routine; once a week generally and twice a week in early base building phase and post-season rest period

- I have a fair collection of county medals from the last 12 months and a middling collection of provincial. The national column however, is looking a bit sad and empty. I'd like to right this with team and individual medals so:

We have an outside team chance at the national masters xc in January
We also have a good chance at the national masters road relays in April
And the main goal is a national medal at the masters 1500. It was won in 4:56 (I think) this year but my goal is to run 4:50 (current 5:11)

- I'd also like to qualify for the Masters International XC from the Open in October. I was 4 places off, this year's selection. Hopefully can gain those four places, and some, by next October:cool:

That's it really for 2016. Any time goals are spread out over 2016-17. I'm not sure it's feasible to aim for PBs in all distances in one twelve month period but I'll be shooting for as many as possible on the Main Thing 10 Round Numbers Table in 2016

Best of everything to everyone with theirs!

Krusty_Clown · 20-12-2015 11:48pm

Hard to follow the above list of aggressive targets, but this year, it's go hard or go home time, so I'm laying it all on the line. Some unfulfilled targets from last year, some a little more realistic, some based on improvements this year:

400m 59.xx seconds
1 Mile: Sub 4:40
3k: 9:10
5k: Sub 15:40
10k: Sub 32:30
10 Mile: < 53:30
1/2M: Sub 71:30
Marathon: 2:29:59

They're not all comparative targets, but I guess I'm getting an idea of where my strengths lie, and what distances I'll be training for next year (10k, 1/2M, Marathon). Little doubt I'll fail miserably at most of these, but if I make a couple of them, I'll be happy. One other slightly unusual goal: run less that I did this year. I've hit my max - the goal next year, is to do more with less. My base is as as good as it's ever gonna get, so time to focus more on the quality in the new year and less on the general maintenance. All or nothing.

aquinn · 21-12-2015 11:16am

Get to ideal weight and keep it off for more than two days.
Use meno plan to race Cork Marathon.
Other races will be Lord Mayors Challenge, Raheny, K club, Terenure, full race series and do DCM for fun/maybe pace if not too green. Will race if Cork doesn't go well.
10k - Sub 45
HM - Sub 1:40
Stay consistently running.

Maximus Alexander · 21-12-2015 11:34am

1. Sub 21 5k (Currently at 23:something).
2. Debut in the longer distances (5m, 10k, 10m, HM).
3. Complete the Dublin Race Series.
4. Run more than 1609.34 km.

aero2k · 21-12-2015 11:58am

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

To try and maintain current levels of awesomeness!

Are you not supposed to pick goals that are achievable??

lenny palmer · 21-12-2015 2:37pm

I had a good year this year and hope to carry it forward for next year. I did mostly 5 and 10k's this year witch resulted in pb's at both distances and 5 mile also. So for next year I hope to improve these times again and also go longer for the first time. Looking to go to 10mile and HM. So something like this

5k now 20.59 under 20
5mile now 36.47 under 34
10k now 45.55 under 43
Be as competitive as I can be for 10mile and HM . Will have to pick goal times closer to race dates

scheister · 21-12-2015 2:55pm

Goals for 2016

run sub 20 5km
run sub 3:30 marathon
get my 25 volunteer and 50 runner tshirt for parkrun
complete 1st marathon outside dublin

Timmaay · 21-12-2015 5:18pm

Didn't break any of last yrs goals ha, so go again, sub 2/4/9/16 for 8/15/3k/5k.

Goals for 2016?

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