2015 Goals

Windorah

So I hope this hasn't been started already but in the last few days I have been looking forward to the 2015 season and deciding on my goals for the year.

My goals:
10km: sub 40
Hm: sub 90
Marathon: sub 3.30
Ironman 70.3: complete still standing!!

Fingers crossed I won't be hanging my head in shame and embarrassment this time next year when I have to quote this post!

RayCun

Windorah wrote: »

Fingers crossed I won't be hanging my head in shame and embarrassment this time next year when I have to quote this post!

No shame in setting tough goals and not hitting all of them.
The shame is including that yoke in your list :eek:

just one for me
5k - 17:15

rainbow kirby

Don't get injured! Injury free 2014 has been absolutely fabulous.

After that...

HM sub-1:55
Finish a half-ironman
Run another marathon
Get my weight down to 63-64kg-ish before my wedding day in May

Lougheee

Keeping my goals simple in 2015:

Focus on 800m/1500m all summer long

Win more medals with my club

Give a 400m a lash

Stay away from road races

Touch my toes

Enjoy it

An_Reathai

5k : 17:15

10k : 36:30

10 miles : 61:30

HM: 1:23:00

Give XC a proper lash

yaboya1

5k: 16:xx

5m: 28:xx

10k: 35:xx

10m: 58:xx

HM: 1:17:xx

Marathon: 2:4x:xx


Might as well be ambitious

ultraman1

2014....married
2015....hopefully stay married

Duanington

5k: Sub 17.30

10k: 37.xx

Half: 1.20.xx

...maybe a marathon too !

slingerz

My goals are very simple really


Recover from injury and stay injury free
Get regular structured training completed

If the above happens then
5km: sub 25
5 mile: sub 40
10km: sub 50
Hm: sub 2.15

HM only if i've gotten over the injury and the training has gone well. Otherwise it will stay at the shorter distances predominantly 5K to 10K distances

Timmaay

800: sub2
1500: sub4
3k: sub9
15: sub16

All nice and round.

Calvin Johnson

5k: 17:5x
5m: 29:5x
10k: 37:xx
HM: 1:22:xx
Marathon: 2:59:xx

Inventive User Name

1) 5km - 16:25

2) To come in the top 3 in a race. I've only run 4 races and came 5th twice, so it would be cool to make that next step up.

3) Maintain a healthy weight while increasing mileage. I'm fairly light as it is and I've been prone to dropping weight in the past (unintentionally).

ASIMON0V

ultraman1 wrote: »

2014....married
2015....hopefully stay married

it might be worth having a B goal.

ECOLII

2015 targets:

Some of the times are aggressive but if I get close I am moving in the right direction

Non-Time Targets
- 6 PB's
- 1st team scorer in atleast 2 road races/Championship races
- 3000 miles
- Average 250 mpm
- Atleast race once a month (consistency)

Times
800m: sub 2.04
1500m : sub 4.12
3000m: sub 9
3000m S/C: sub 10.15
5000m: Sub 15.45
10,000m: Sub 33
HM: sub 75

Tigerandahalf

400m 68sec
800m 140sec
1 mile <5.30 mins
5km < 18 mins
5 m < 30 mins
10km < 38 mins
10 mile < 65 mins
Half Mara < 85 mins

I might as well try the first 3 but I will just time them myself.
My main goal is just to keep at the running and enjoy it. If I do that hopefully the times will come.
I haven't included a marathon time as I want to concentrate on the times for smaller distances for the first half of the year and re-evaluate then.

Netwerk Errer

Looking for big improvement next year.

Mile- 4:xx
3k- 9:xx
5k- 17:2x
10k- 36:xx
Over 2000 miles for the year.

Being ambitious but if I get the last one in, I think I'll have a good shot at the others.

pconn062

Only two important ones for me!

1500m: sub 4:15
5k: sub 16:30

Have a few other time goals in the 800m, 400m and mile but those two will do me nicely!

Have a few non-time goals as well including putting increasing importance on flexibility and putting in a proper stint of base training (starting next week!).

jebuz

Ok, time to commit...

5k: 15:45
10k: 32:30
5m: 26:00
10m: 54:30
1/2: 72:30
Marathon: 2:35:00

No I haven't mixed these up with my 2016 goals and yes I have to hit each on the exact second above...or maybe below.

Also:

- Run 3000+ miles
- Have a go at the 10 round numbers (i.e run some shorter track races)
- 5 x top 3 finishes

Aw man, mine are so slow compared to yours!!

10km <50
Warriors Run 1:45
Half Marathon <2:00
Complete my first Marathon without dying.
Complete my second one a bit faster than my first one.
Get Skinny!

Krusty_Clown

Right.... Here we go again.... Another spin of the wheel....

5k: sub 15:30
10k: sub 32:30
10 mile: sub 54:30
1/2: 1:13
Marathon sub 2:32:30
10 round numbers........ again................

Looks like I'll hit around 3,970 miles for this year, so next year, maybe I'll plumb for 4k miles.

*Edit* surprisingly similar to Jebuz' numbers!

Ruu

Second attempt at the 100 mile. Need that belt buckle. Only a few months away now.

Jmcmen

yaboya1 wrote: »

5k: 16:xx

5m: 28:xx

10k: 35:xx

10m: 58:xx

HM: 1:17:xx

Marathon: 2:4x:xx


Might as well be ambitious

+1 on all of the above bar the HM which a 1:19:xx would be amazing, Good luck with it

kit3

1. Be consistent
2. Complete the 1,000 mile challenge (at least !)
3. Complete Donadea 50K before it is dark or UM1 removes me from the course :eek:
4. Sub 2 HM
5. Back with Marathon target later in the year

cremeegg

id like to go sub 40 mins for 10k. I started running 3 months ago and posted 42.30 2 weeks ago. I have lots of belly still to lose so i think i can achieve it. have to really sort out my diet. have being making changes recently but lots still to do. like to lose half, or 3/4 of a stone more.

I think a sub 40 10k is much more of an enjoyable goal then 3.30 marathon or that. marathon is big auld commitment and those long runs are tough. plus im not sure if am a running enthusiast yet. i played team sports most of my life so i struggle with the isolation of it at moment or running with one person is also toughish. i might get to like it if i get fitter or maybe i should get headphones\radio.

Have really enjoyed this forum last few months. thanks for all the info.

tipping

Run more consistently not taking a few weeks off here and there for no reason.
Work somewhere with access to a shower so I can run at lunch and take the pressure off my evenings.
Actually do my LSRs every weekend and run then with someone to alleviate the boredom.

5k: Sub 20 (About 2m30s improvement required)
10k: Sub 40 (About 6m improvement required)
HM: Complete it without walking the the last 2k feeling like death....

yaboya1

cremeegg wrote: »

id like to go sub 40 mins for 10k. I started running 3 months ago and posted 42.30 2 weeks ago. I have lots of belly still to lose so i think i can achieve it. have to really sort out my diet.

I think you're certain to go sub 40 if you managed to run 42:30 already, having only taken up running three months ago. Seems like a pretty soft target tbh, especially if you've got 'lots of belly to lose' as you claim

thirstywork2

Get to the bottom of my injury and get back running pain free.
Shift the two stone I put on and if possible run a fast half marathon sub 72.

P_Fitz

here's mine, I've put my pb's for this year in the brackets to give you an idea of my standard

5k 18:00 (18:20 on a net downhill course)
5m 30:30 haven't done one yet
10k 38:00 (39:01, I should have done better for that race)
10m 1:04:00 (1:05:14)
HM 1:25:00 haven't done one yet

I just noticed they're almost identical to tigerandahalf

Ososlo

Goals for 2015

Maintain an average weekly mileage of 60ish miles all year round

Get on the Fair Maiden's Women's Round Table for the 800m (sub 3 mins)

A 5k time of 22:xx

A half marathon of 1:4x

The easiest target for me to achieve will be the first one! The rest will be big challenges!

corny

In no particular order

1. Go sub-40 10k
2. 3.30 marathon
3. Run a mile race (with no alcohol involved;))
4. Stay injury free
5. Indulge in some lower mileage and shorter races over the summer.
6. Enjoy all of the above.

thewolf_ie

pconn062 wrote: »

Only two important ones for me!

1500m: sub 4:15
5k: sub 16:30

Have a few other time goals in the 800m, 400m and mile but those two will do me nicely!

Have a few non-time goals as well including putting increasing importance on flexibility and putting in a proper stint of base training (starting next week!).

Want a training partner?

hillsiderunner

Most important is to keep the injuries under control and be consistent (25 miles+ each week) with my running. And for times -

800m: sub-3mins
5k: sub-22mins 5k (PB is 23:29)
10k: sub-47:30 min 10k (PB is 49:02)
half: sub-1hr 45mins (PB 1:49:31)

and finally ....
- run a marathon!

Looking for improvement across the board basically !

The half-marathon goal is being carried over from 2014, though I did knock over 5 mins off my half PB last year I didn't get all the way there. Didn't hit my sub-23mins 5k goal from 2014 either (partly due to injuries getting in the way I think).

CR 7

Hopefully writing them down will keep me honest.:cool:

Distance - Goal [Current]
5k - <19min [19:58]
10k - <40min [41:55]
10m - <60min [n/a]
HM - <90 min [101]

Also, need to stay injury free to get >2000km in 2015.

Might have a go at some of the shorter 10 round numbers too.

tang1

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Get to the bottom of my injury and get back running pain free.

I second this one & 12 months injury free if at all possible.

yaboya1

I also want a sub 10 minute beer mile!

menoscemo

CR 7 wrote: »

Hopefully writing them down will keep me honest.:cool:

Distance - Goal [Current]
5k - <19min [19:58]
10k - <40min [41:55]
10m - <60min [n/a]
HM - <90 min [101]

Also, need to stay injury free to get >2000km in 2015.

Might have a go at some of the shorter 10 round numbers too.

Your 10 mile goal is massively out of kilter with your other goals. It would be roughly equivalent to a sub 80 10 mile, sub 36 10k and sub 17 5k

TRR_the_turd

To maintain the level of awesomeness I have been at for the past 10 years.

dublin runner

Pretty much going to focus all my training on a single race. It's a risk but I am confident of hitting my target and winning.

Beer Mile 2015: Sub 6.40

yaboya1

dublin runner wrote: »

Pretty much going to focus all my training on a single race. It's a risk but I am confident of hitting my target and winning.

Beer Mile 2015: Sub 6.40

That's big talk. A 16 second national record. I hope you can back it up

dublin runner

yaboya1 wrote: »

That's big talk. A 16 second national record. I hope you can back it up

Easy money.

Last year I had no sleep, arrived to the stadium late and didn't have an opener. Amateur hour . TRR would have still beaten me on my best but let's be honest, his best days are behind him.

Time to move over old man.....!!! I have no doubt you will go sub 2.30 next year but we all know where the real race is .

CR 7

menoscemo wrote: »

Your 10 mile goal is massively out of kilter with your other goals. It would be roughly equivalent to a sub 80 10 mile, sub 36 10k and sub 17 5k

It's probably the only one I'll be specifically training for. I'm already aiming for ballycotton and mallow. I'm probably close enough to a 70-75 ish 10 mile at the moment, so I thought being a bit optimistic might push me on a bit. Maybe I should either revise the other goals, or just this one. Thanks for the advice though.

kit3

ultraman1 wrote: »

2014....married
2015....hopefully stay married

You keep putting in the performance of the year & she might just stick around

snailsong

5k < 19 (pb 19:16)

10k < 39:00 (39:31)

HM < 1:28 (1:29:03)

Marathon < 3:05 (3:12:32)

This is ambitious based on my rate of progress at present. Particularly the last one.

Hannibal Smith

My goals are so modest compared to most. ..but if I can tick them off by the summer I'll be happy

5k 25mins
10k 55 mins
Half marathon: I'll see how I feel by the summer and give it a whack!

jake1970

5k sub 19

10k sub 40

Hm sub 1:30

run my first marathon

Unfortunately these goals are very similar to last years goals

i have never ran a 5 mile or a 10 mile race, i hope to rectify this
early in the new year.

RonanP77

First of all recover from injury and stay that way. I'll be doing up a proper training plan and I have to stick to it. If I manage to get back running early enough in the year...........

400m - sub 70 (88)
1k - 3:30 (4:07)
1mile - sub 6 (6:48)
5k - sub 21 (22:00)
10k - sub 50 (52:13)
H/M - complete my first - sub 1:55

Run 1000k+
Learn to swim correctly.

I want to cut my times on the two local Duathlons by about 5 mins each and the same on the Kayakarun. I've never tried setting a time for shorter distances, my current times are taken from longer runs. I should be able to hit those targets and then get a good idea of how low I can go for them.

menoscemo

CR 7 wrote: »

It's probably the only one I'll be specifically training for. I'm already aiming for ballycotton and mallow. I'm probably close enough to a 70-75 ish 10 mile at the moment, so I thought being a bit optimistic might push me on a bit. Maybe I should either revise the other goals, or just this one. Thanks for the advice though.

Ok, but your goal 10 mile pace is significantly faster than your goal 10k pace and slightly faster than your goal 5k pace.

This Fat Girl Runs

My goals for next year are to:

Be a better/faster runner
To keep shaving time off my 5k
To run 5 miles in an hour
To run a 10k without stopping

Like all my goals, I have others stacked up behind these for when I finally achieve them!

Wubble Wubble

5k - sub 20 (PB 20:46)
5 miles - sub 33 (34:08)
10k - sub 42 (43:56)
10 miles - sub 1:12 (1:16)
HM - sub 1:30 (1:37)
Marathon - sub 3:45 (4:18)

Some may appear to be more ambitious than others, however, for various reasons, my training will be somewhat curtailed for the next few months at least. Based on my HM efforts, I should be able to smash my only marathon time to date, with better preparation if and when I can get around to it. And I know there's massive room for improvement in some of the other distances..

(Un)fortunately, I have no plans to race shorter or longer distances than those listed. I'd only look silly - as in, finishing miles behind everybody else - trying track based on these times. I may be nowhere near winning a race so far, but I haven't finished anywhere near last yet either

SamforMayo

My goals are
5km -sub 21(currently 22.38)
10km- sub 46(currently 46.58)
HM -sub 1.40(currently 1.43.xx)

SwiftJustice

3:45 marathon