goals for 2014

john mayo 10

Just thought id set up a thread for this. Feel free to enter whatever goals you want to achieve in 2014.

skittles8710

First Half Marathon in April - want to finish close to 2hours flat.
First Full in June - just want to finish
Lose a few kgs by June.
Be healthy and happy = D

john mayo 10

10k- sub 45 but will settle for sub 47.

sub 2hr half marathon in may.Would love a sub 1.50

sub 4hr full marathon in dublin.would be happy to complete it all the same.

Havent raced beyond 10k so its going to be an interesting year.Current 10k pb is 49.20

Teeley

A sub 1:32 half marathon and a sub 3:40 Berlin marathon would be nice!!
It started off well enough this morning with 9 miles done in the crappy weather!
Best of luck to all!

pointer28

10k - Sub 40
HM - Sub 1:30

belcarra

pointer28 wrote: »

10k - Sub 40
HM - Sub 1:30

Don't mind if I steal these myself?!

pointer28

belcarra wrote: »

Don't mind if I steal these myself?!

Were you at Wexford this year? I think you paced me to my first sub 1:45.

Ron DMC

5K - Sub 18
10k - Sub 40
HM - Sub 1:30
M - Sub 3:20
Connemara Ultra (1.5M) - Finish

vitani

Have no idea how conservative or optimistic these are but here goes:

5k - sub 23 (currently 24.57)
10k - sub 46 (currently 50.44)
HM - sub 1.45 (currently 1.58.16)
Marathon - sub 4 (but primarily to finish)

FrClintPower

Now been injured for 5 months so the list of goals for 2014 is -

1) Run again.
2) Not be injured.

belcarra

pointer28 wrote: »

Were you at Wexford this year? I think you paced me to my first sub 1:45.

Yip, that was me alright! Great going if you manage a 1:30 this year!

adrian522

1. Get over this injury and get back running.
2. Sub 50 10K -- currently 51:51
3. Sub 23 5k -- currently 23:38
4. Sub 2 Hour half marathon --Current PB is 2:02
5. Sub 4 Hour Marathon -- No PB

Cabaal

- Sub 6hour connemara ultra (knocking 30min off)
- run my first 100km
- get sub 1.30 half marathon at some stage... All going well

Bludub

10k - Sub 40
HM - Sub 1:30

belcarra wrote: »

Don't mind if I steal these myself?!

me too - got close in 2013 but no cigar

Murtinho

1) To run at least 1000km, hopefully 1200km, got 916km this year but didnt run in January due to a calf strain.

2) To run at least 3times/ week. I normally manage it during school terms but when the kids are on holidays i struggle.

3) To get a 10km under 1 hr, had been doing well on the 5k-10k plan but the recent school holidays and festivities put an end to it.

Hermione*

- run 4 - 5 times a week.
- start interval training
- run at least another two half marathons
- knock at least a minute off my three mile time

colin32

Aims for this year

10km sub 50mins, currently 52.09

To run 1st half marathon ideally around 2hrs

Depending how half marathon goes then to do a full marathon

Also signed up for tough mudder in October, just want to finish it. 10-12 miles of pain

ThePiedPiper

1. Sub 2:45 for the marathon
2. Top 3 in a county cross county race
3. Love running

gaz200

sub 3hr marathon manchester in april (current is 3.15)

RayCun

last year's goals

36.xx in the national 10k (Great Ireland Run)
Sub-80 in the national half (Rock and Roll Dublin?)
Sub 2.50 in the Dublin city marathon

Didn't run any of those races, didn't run a 10k or a marathon at all :rolleyes:
1.22 in Bohermeen was on the right track anyway.

Sub 60 in the Frank Duffy 10
Sub-80 half marathon (probably the Dublin half)
Sub 2.50 DCM

ecoli

Just had a look and thank christ I didn't put any goals up last year

This year

- Minimum 250 miles a month (No disappearing for a month here or there as I have done the past two years)
- Sub 2.36 in Rotterdam (initial goal was between 2.30 and 2.35 but if the clock reads 2.35.xx ill take it )
- 5 PBs
- Complete the Big 10 (not really a major target but with running the marathon this year I finally have the opportunity to give it a bash)
- 3000 miles for the year (just over 8 miles a day)

wobblemouth

5k - Sub 18:30 parkrun
10k - Sub 38.30
Half - Not Blowing Up (unlike 2013)
Marathon - Get new PB - Sub 3.07

Letyourselfgo

1. To just run and not go AWOL
2. Race more
3. Sub 20 5k

Krusty_Clown

1. 15:xx 5k
2. 33:xx 10k
3. 1:14 Half
4. Sub 2:35 marathon
5. Complete the big-10 challenge.

Not sure if I'll manage to tick any of them off, but it's good to think big.

nerraw1111

1. Do core/leg strengthening at least twice a week.
2. Run my first 50 mile in July.
3. Sub 18min 5km. This is annoying me at this stage. Reckon 17.30 is do-able.
4. Sub 2.50 marathon.
5. Not get lost in an IMRA race. Three times last year.

rovers_runner

Short term
1. Get back to a weight where improvements take care of themselves.
2. Manage a schedule of increased running / spending as much free time with wife and baby as possible.
2. Sub 43 10k -- currently 46
3. Sub 20 5k -- currently 22 (never trained for this distance alone)
4. Sub 1:35 half marathon -- currently 1:45

Longer term
5. Sub 3:30 Hour Marathon -- currently 3:54 (having been stuck in 4:3x for years)

morceli

1. Get the weight down need to drop about 3 stone.
2. 5k pb (20.35) at the moment but wouldn't run 24 now.
3. Stay injury free and run more races in 2014 2mile/10k (only one race in 2013).
4. Train with the club more often.
5. Run Dublin inter XC 2014.

snailsong

belcarra wrote: »

Don't mind if I steal these myself?!

I had those last year, pass them on when you're done.

Enjoy, we might never hit targets ending in zeros again.

(Except for the 3:00:00 of course).

TFBubendorfer

Only 1 goal this year, and only 1 shot at it.

- run 220 km in the 24 hrs to achieve the IAAF B standard and qualify for the Championships

pointer28

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Only 1 goal this year, and only 1 shot at it.

- run 220 km in the 24 hrs to achieve the IAAF B standard and qualify for the Championships

Sweet suffering succetash, or however the term goes.

That's just insane. I'd be happy with that as a nice handy MONTHLY total. As would most people I imagine.

Either way, absolute best of luck with it and I hope you qualify.

LaHaine

PB the bejaysus out of it. Starting with a 5k pb in dublin on St Patricks weekend. Culminating in the dublin marathon. After my last pathetic effort revenge id on the cards.

Approach training with more sense. Introduce tempo runs etc into my training.

Join a running club. It'd be great to have friends interested in running. Plus its always good to widen a circle of friends.

kit3

One main target for me - be consistent (and stay on my feet )

hopeful that this will eventually lead to a sub-2 half and a better crack at DCM.

Slow_Runner

5k sub 20 (pb 20:52)
10k sub 45 (pb 45:56)
HM - 1:40:xx (pb 1:44:26)
M - sub 4 (pb 4:37)

Run >1000 mile this year (964 miles in 2013:mad:)
Don't get injured (again) by doing strength training and sticking to it this time

rainbow kirby

My only running goal is to get back running consistently and pain-free. Have been pretty much chronically injured for around a year and a half at this stage and I'm fed up.

yaboya1

5k - Sub 19
5m - Sub 33
10k - Sub 40
10m - Sub 70
Half - Sub 1:30
Marathon - Sub 3:10

Should keep me busy :-)

Tec Diver

Tralee full in March - Will aim for sub 4.
Conn ultra in April - Aiming to finish
Either Portumna 50k or DAR in June - Aim to finish
Tralee 100 in August - Aim to finish
Powerscourt AR in September - Sub 5
Killarney AR in October - sub 5

Probably a few smaller ones along the way too.

eoglyn

I want to get back to running regularly - i have been way too inconsistent since i first started doing a bit 2010. With that in mind i went for my first jog in two months yesterday and on my nice and easy 7k, which was surprisingly manageable after christmas excesses, set the following targets for 2014:
- run at least 1000km
- target events and train for them specifically - at least one 5k, one 10k and a half
- Join local club in January and attend at least one of their three sessions per week - i have been threatening to do this forever

With the above in mind i have booked and paid for a 10k in exactly 6 weeks time - will be disappointed if i cannot achieve a sub-50

They are modest targets i know but i will be happy should i achieve them

LloydChristmas

- Join a club
- sub 20 5K
- sub 4 marathon
- sub 3.45 marathon (Berlin)

Stazza

Two years ago I started running again after a 26 year break - had a little return in 1999/2000. I've shed 85lbs and now weigh 9 stone. Had a cheeky little 10K race in November but went the wrong way twice and tweaked all sorts of tendons and muscles etc. But back at again after 4 weeks out and I'm looking forward to racing...

Goals for 2014:
5k - sub 15:35
10k - sub 32:25

Krusty_Clown

Stazza wrote: »

Two years ago I started running again after a 26 year break - had a little return in 1999/2000. I've shed 85lbs and now weigh 9 stone. Had a cheeky little 10K race in November but went the wrong way twice and tweaked all sorts of tendons and muscles etc. But back at again after 4 weeks out and I'm looking forward to racing...

Goals for 2014:
5k - sub 15:35
10k - sub 32:25

Good to see you back Stazza. You had planned a sub 2:30 in 2014. Still in the plan, or are you sticking to the shorter stuff? At that standard you'd be a good Irish master (close to 50, right?). M50 Irish 5k record is 16:30 (M45 is 15:22).

Stazza

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Good to see you back Stazza. You had planned a sub 2:30 in 2014. Still in the plan, or are you sticking to the shorter stuff? At that standard you'd be a good Irish master (close to 50, right?). M50 Irish 5k record is 16:30 (M45 is 15:22).

Thanks Krusty. I've binned the idea of the marathon - it's a long way to race. Although I can handle weekly mileage of 100+, I'm more suited to the 5k/10k.

I'll be 49 on 7th Jan! I might be wrong on this but I thought the M50 Irish 5k record was 15:15 - it's one of my goals for 2015.

I noticed you are following Magness' 5k schedule; I'm doing a mix of Kellogg/Magness/Horwill and some crazy Stazza ideas. Kellogg would go nuts if he knew somebody was/were combining his system with Horwill!

Krusty_Clown

Stazza wrote: »

I'll be 49 on 7th Jan! I might be wrong on this but I thought the M50 Irish 5k record was 15:15 - it's one of my goals for 2015.

Still plenty time to have a go at the M45 records so! I got the times from the Irish Masters Athletics website, which has the track record as 15:15, but the road record as 16:30. If you can do 15:15 on the track, I'm sure you can manage 16:30 on the road! M45 road record is 15:22 (Mick Traynor).

Stazza

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Still plenty time to have a go at the M45 records so! I got the times from the Irish Masters Athletics website, which has the track record as 15:15, but the road record as 16:30. If you can do 15:15 on the track, I'm sure you can manage 16:30 on the road! M45 road record is 15:22 (Mick Traynor).

Revised 2014 goal:
5000m - sub 15:15
5K - sub 15:22!

Thanks for that Krusty.

jebuz

5k - 16:xx
10k - 36:xx
Half - 79:xx
Marathon - 2:44:xx

Just back from 9 months travelling Asia and hungry for some miles again Signed up for rotterdam marathon in April and training plan begins next week, hopefully as a result from that training I'll nab a few PB's over the next few month

martyboy48

Continue to enjoy my running.
Join a club.
Stay injury free.
Improve diet(cut down on sugary junk).
Increase my mileage.
Increase quantity/quality of my runs.
Help others get into running and don't know where to start(had a few asking already)
Be more aggressive in some races, even if it means a blow out...

Don't know how to quantify the improvements in time for each distance, but
will be expecting plenty of PBs..

Want a big improvement in DCM'14

A long list but if I do what's in my control, the rest should follow...

SamforMayo

10km-Sub 48 (currently 49.40)
5Km- to be decided
HM-Sub 1hr 50 ( currently 1:54.)
Marathon should I decide to do one sub 3:55 (currently 3:58: )

This year I want to do more races, did very few last year, also to commit to core work 3 times a week instead of 5 times 1 week and none the next!

Inventive User Name

Had a bad case of overtraining around June 2013, messed me up completely for the rest of the year, only able to train properly again in the last few weeks. Goals are to get back to at least the same level I was at before, and a 16:30 5km..

mdlb

• 10k - sub 45min..(current is 46 although its been ages since I've raced 10k)
• Half marathon - sub 1hr 30... current is 1:32:30
• Marathon - New PB - Current is 3.30, just aiming to chip away at this
  
• Run 1000miles for the year, hit the crossbar last two years with mid 900's both times...
• Stay injury free

I would be happy with any one of the above though!!

slingerz

1. Get over this injury and get back running.
2. Sub 50 10K -- currently 56:35
3. Sub 23 5k -- currently 25:53
4. Sub 2:15 half marathon --Current PB is 2:27

RunRoryRun

1. Sub 7.30 mile - currently 7.43
2. Sub 50 10k - currently 53.29
3. Sub 24 5k - currently 25.32
4. Sub 2.00 half marathon - currently 2:11.xx
5. Sub 4.30 marathon - currently 4:59.xx

hillsiderunner

My first posting on boards.ie, I've been lurking on the Athletics subforum for a few months now and have been inspired by some of the dedicated runners here! I've been running on-and-off for about 10 years (always at the same pace), and in the last year I've decided to try and get a bit faster. My PBs are 1:54:15 for HM (Nov 2013), 53:05 for 10k (Apr 2012) and 23:58 for 5k (August 2013).

Goals for 2014:

1. Go to interval training most weeks.
2. sub 23min 5k.
3. sub 50min 10k (aiming for the Great Ireland 10k in April).
4. sub 1:45 HM (not sure when, will first aim to break 1:50 in April/May).