Goals for 2016?

rainbow kirby

Haven't quite hit my long run distance goal (wanted 15-20km by the end of the year, longest I've done so far is 13km) but did a 5 mile race at the weekend and was able to hold sub-9 minute mile pace for it so I'm happy with that. No injuries in spite of the fact that relaxin takes ages to clear fully so happy with that too

This Fat Girl Runs

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

Current goal that I'm working on is a sub-30 5k. (Current PB 37.07)

Would also love to run 5 miles in under an hour.

Goal race is to PB at the WMM 10k this summer.

Goal 1: Nope. Got down to 35:15 (April) but was injured in August and just never got the mojo back with setback after setback. I'm disappointed but am not letting this goal go. I will get there!

Goal 2: Nope. See above. Current PB (from June) is 1:03:31 so I'm not far off.

Goal 3: Yup. A near 5 minute PB. It was so long ago I'd forgotten it was a goal and that I achieved it!

I also wanted to run 1000 miles this year but again, with injury and illnesses I just didn't get there. I'm over 800 miles though and if I hadn't had the injury I would have made 1000 no problem. I will try again for 2017!

Battery Kinzie

Battery Kinzie wrote: »

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

1. Sub 20 minute 5k
2. Sub 40 minute 10k
3. 1.3x.xx half marathon
4. Run 1000k (maybe 1000 miles depending how its going)

1. Yep. 19:42 over the summer, might do another parkrun before the New Year to get a completely up to date time.
2. Nah. Looking back, it was way ambitious, especially when compared to my 5k and HM goals, but it'll probably be goal #1 for next year.
3. Yep. 1:33 a couple weeks back. Happy with this one.
4. Nearly Currently on 980, so should be able to scratch this off in the coming days.

Murph_D

2016 goals: fantasy vs reality

Murph_D wrote: »

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.

Boston: the race that must not be spoken of again. Nope. :rolleyes:
Dublin HM: Not even close. >1:37. No NY or London qualifier.
10m: Ha ha. 71+ at Ballycotton was the better of two attempts. It was there for the taking though.
10k: Nope. 44:15 (Fingal)
5m: Not attempted. Missed Raheny yet again.
5k: Yes. 20:21 (St. Anne’s), 20:23 (JB)
1m: No - 6:07 at ALSAA winter league.
Club medal: Yes - two Dublin M50 bronze (Frank Duffy & Dublin Marathon) :)
2k+ miles: No. On track for 1,900+.
Pacing gig: several at St. Anne’s but no big league stuff. Made friends with a trunk.
Race DCM: Yes. PB too, which feels better now than it did on the day.

So didn’t make too many of the goals, but enjoyed the ones I did. Enjoyed some of the ones I missed too. An interesting year.

Younganne

Younganne wrote: »

1. Stay Injury free
2. Run Rotterdam
3. Run Dublin
4. Qualify for Boston! need 3.55 for 2017
5. try get a few PBs along the way

Current PBs are
5k 23.21 from June 2013
5m 40.09 from 2011 I think!!
10k 49.56 from June 2013
10m 1.27.54 from Aug 2015(MP Run)
Half Marathon 1:48:45 from March 2013
Marathon 3.57.47 Dublin 2012

Plenty to work on there!!

So this has been my best year of running

1. Stay Injury free - Thankfully nothing major, usual few niggles.
2. Run Rotterdam - PB achieved 3.55.25
3. Run Dublin - New PB 3.49.38
4. Qualify for Boston! need 3.55 for 2017 - Well didn't get qualification in time for 2017, but have it for 2018!!
5. try get a few PBs along the way. . . .

Current PBs - New PBS are
5k 23.21 from June 2013 5k New PB 22.46
5m 40.09 from 2011 I think!! didn't run a 5m
10k 49.56 from June 2013 New PB 47.21
10m 1.27.54 from Aug 2015(MP Run) New PB 1:21:57
Half Marathon 1:48:45 from March 2013 New PB 1:45:11
Marathon 3.57.47 Dublin 2012 New PB 3:49:38

I've run 1568.82m this year so far..
:D

adrian522

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 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

1. 2000 Miles - No
2. Pbs @ 5K, 5 Mile, 10K, 10 Mile, Half, Full - Only at the HM and full (and the half was only supposed to be 21K but it was long so I'm counting it)
3. Toe the line for a track race at some point - Alsaa track race count?
4. Some Random Numbers

5K - 19:30 - No.
5 Mile - 33:00 - No
10K - 40:30 - No
10 Mile - 72:00 - No
Half - 95:00 - No
Full - 3:20 - No

fletch

fletch wrote: »

1. Sub 17 5k
2. Sub 36 10k
3. Sub 1:20 half
4. Do more Adventure Races...already signed up to DAR and Quest Glendalough so good start
5. Do more imras

1. Sub 17 5k - Did 2 sub17s, 16:54 and 16:38
2. Sub 36 10k - Strangely enough I never did sub 36 in a race(although I only did 2 10km races early on in the year) but on one 10mile training run, my Garmin indicated a 34'57" 10k :eek:
3. Sub 1:20 half - I never raced a half
4. Do more Adventure Races...already signed up to DAR and Quest Glendalough so good start - Achieved...did DAR, Quest Glendalough, Quest Achill, GFW and 3 triathlons
5. Do more imras - Managed to get to 5 so I'd say that is goal achieved and helped me on my way to be in the top 15 in run the line

A good year all round and managed to stay injury free

Coffee Fulled Runner

Coffee Fulled Runner wrote: »

My main goals for the year.

5km 19:00
10km 39:59
Half marathon sub 1:30

Additional goals are to try and run 2000km, although I'd be happy enough with just getting over the 1000km mark. Also I've it in the back of my mind to go for the DCM. I tried last year but didn't make it to the start line. I never ran a marathon so I think I'd like to give it a go.

Now that I know for sure I won't be doing any more running this year. I smashed all my goals mentioned here but we all know goals change. I hoped to run Dublin marathon but had to miss out with a few weeks to go due to an injury which will keep me out for some time so that sub 3 hour marathon goal will have to wait until 2018... So 2016 round up was 3/4 of the year I was on a massive runners high but I'm on a serious come down now. My goal now is to recover and get back running.

2564 km total
5km 16:59 PB
10km 39:14 PB
10 Mile 64:04 PB
Half 83:56 PB

Also finished 3rd two times in two local 8km races which was nice. Two hilly routes PB of 30:41

Singer

Singer wrote: »

2016 goals in rough order of importance:
Keep running!

I passed 2500 miles for the year this week, probably counts as done

Singer wrote: »

Join a club.

lolno

Singer wrote: »

Complete a half-marathon and/or marathon without blowing up

Beautifully phrased there Singer of the past, almost as if you knew what was going to happen... I ran a great half-marathon, and the worst possible marathon. Mission accomplished, I guess.

Two out of three ain't bad.

Clearlier

Clearlier wrote: »

I'm aiming to run at least one mile every day in 2016.

Crashed and burned on that one when I fell properly ill in March but the first couple of months did help with discipline and I have run more in this calendar year than I did in any previous calendar year so although the goal wasn't achieved it was a beneficial one to chase after.

Clearlier wrote: »

I don't know yet what distance(s) I'll target but whatever they are I want PB's (800m excepted).

In the end I didn't run nearly as many all out races or even races as I hoped. I did get a small PB over 10k but that's all.

Clearlier wrote: »

I'm going to keep a log for the whole year. If at the end of the year it's still not for me I will at least have given it a good go.

I have kept the log even if it's due an update right now. Still not sure whether to persist with it though.

Clearlier wrote: »

I'm a lot fitter now than I was this time last year. I am to repeat this next year.

Broadly speaking yes although not at this particular moment in time as I've been seguing from one cold to another since the middle of October. Once it does all clear though my base of fitness will come back quite quickly and is at a higher level than it was this time last year.

tipping

tipping wrote: »

1. Improve PBs at all distances
5k < 18:45 (19:15) 18:47 close enough
10k< 40 (41:40) 40:30, messed up a few attempts at this. Should be well within my range
5M < 31 (32:30) 30:57, happy out
10M <68 (80:30) 67:07, same as
1/2 < 1:30 (1:33:30) Didn't run one

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

Did this despite a ropey start, ran my 1st marathon in DCM in 3:21. Much better at just general maintenance and looking after myself. Will hit the 1500 miles or thereabouts by the end of the year.

Overall a good year

jake1970

jake1970 wrote: »

A new year so its time for new goals.

-Get back to injury free running(hopefully sooner than later)

-Start a log here(as soon as i have something worthwhile to log)

-PB over all distances
current PB's
5k 19:06
10k 40:35
5 mile 33:35
Half Marathon 1:28:56
Marathon 3:18:30

Get back to injury free running(hopefully sooner than later done


Start a log here(as soon as i have something worthwhile to log) done


-PB over all distances
current PB's
5k 19:06 - 19:44
10k 40:35 - 41:26
5 mile 33:35 - 32:43
Half Marathon 1:28:56 - 1:34:18 training run
Marathon 3:18:30 - 3:11:58


The marathon result saved my year.
I need to race more, I only raced 1 10k, 1 5mile and I half.

skeleton_boy

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Goals for 2016 (shaking off xmas weight aside)

1. Sub 16 min 5K (16.03)
2. Sub 34 min 10K (35.03)
3. Sub 75 half (76.45)
4. Make track and x-country debut (Yes and enjoyed both)
5. Run 2,500 miles (Yes)

Year 3 of this running carry on and the targets are getting tougher to hit! Only managed to tick off 4 and 5, the ones that just involve turning up :pac:

It's still been a good year all the same. First full year in a club has added to my enjoyment of running to no end. Have made some great friends and you don't even think twice about doing a session, hail rain or shine.

Performance wise, the last quarter of the year has been good. I was content with a 76:46 half without specific training. Came out of my debut XC season with a haul of medals. The highlight being a county intermediate silver in a mud bath. Then, this weekend gone, I just missed out on my 5k target with a 16.03 run.

Will keep plugging away and the times will hopefully come.

Pomplamousse

Pomplamousse wrote: »

Stay injury free
Do my first marathon, eeek!

Done and done:D

Didn't hit my marathon target time but that can be an issue for another year.

mbarr

mbarr wrote: »

1. Complete Rotterdam Marathon - DONE
2. Complete the Warrior's Run - DONE
3. Complete DCM 2016 - NOPE
4. 1500 miles in 2016 - WILL BE DONE (1490 today)

Overall a great year for me, debut marathon in 3:34 the highlight. Stopped running almost entirely in June/July which had an impact on my fitness.

I've done shockingly little racing this year, Trim 10 mile, Kinvara half, Rotterdam, the Warrior's run, a cross country race. Plenty new goals for 2017.

Wubble Wubble

5k - sub 20 (PB 20:46)
5 miles - sub 33 (34:08)
10k - sub 42 (43:56)
10 miles - sub 1:12 (1:15)
HM - sub 1:30 (1:37)
Marathon - sub 3:45 (4:18)

Actual :-

5k - This was as close as I got to reaching any of the above targets. I equalled my PB time in mid May, before setting a new PB of 20:36 in my 50th parkrun at the end of the month. This PB was beaten again in the Jingle Bells race; I now have a best of 20:03.

5 miles - Three attempts this year, none of them anywhere near my PB, let alone sub 33. Best was 35:24 in the BHAA Dunboyne race.

10k - Finally cracked a time which had stood for over 3 years, improving my PB to 43:32 in the Fingal 10k in July. I finished it really well too, with an eyeballs out sprint downhill to the finish line, nearly obliterating a marshal as I did so

10 miles - Beat my Brian Boru time from 2015 by over a minute in this year's race, before failing by just six seconds to improve it once more in the Frank Duffy.

HM - I ran four half marathons this year, finally taking a 1:37:30 in the Race Series Half, which I consider to be better than 1:37:07 in Carlingford's short 2014 HM.

Marathon - Didn't beat the target above, but 3:49:01 in DCM is still just under half an hour faster than my previous effort.

davedanon

Wubble Wubble wrote: »

5k - sub 20 (PB 20:46)
5 miles - sub 33 (34:08)
10k - sub 42 (43:56)
10 miles - sub 1:12 (1:15)
HM - sub 1:30 (1:37)
Marathon - sub 3:45 (4:18)

Actual :-

5k - This was as close as I got to reaching any of the above targets. I equalled my PB time in mid May, before setting a new PB of 20:36 in my 50th parkrun at the end of the month. This PB was beaten again in the Jingle Bells race; I now have a best of 20:03.

5 miles - Three attempts this year, none of them anywhere near my PB, let alone sub 33. Best was 35:24 in the BHAA Dunboyne race.

10k - Finally cracked a time which had stood for over 3 years, improving my PB to 43:32 in the Fingal 10k in July. I finished it really well too, with an eyeballs out sprint downhill to the finish line, nearly obliterating a marshal as I did so

10 miles - Beat my Brian Boru time from 2015 by over a minute in this year's race, before failing by just six seconds to improve it once more in the Frank Duffy.

HM - I ran four half marathons this year, finally taking a 1:37:30 in the Race Series Half, which I consider to be better than 1:37:07 in Carlingford's short 2014 HM.

Marathon - Didn't beat the target above, but 3:49:01 in DCM is still just under half an hour faster than my previous effort.

Just an observation, and I know aiming for convenient round numbers is always tempting, but you do know that your half marathon target was much, much tougher than any of the others, don't you? Most people who can break 1.30 can also run sub-3.15 marathons, sub-40 10ks, etc etc. 1:35 would surely be a much more realistic goal, no?

Wubble Wubble

You're probably right D, looking at this again (although with an extra year's experience, it might be realistic in '17). In general, any seasoned observers reading this will notice that the PBs and targets don't really match up; joys of being a novice/low level runner. There was (and still is) a huge amount of room for improvement with the marathon in particular. The more I run, the more I should be able to get a feel for what I can('t) do as my times hopefully come down.

Chartsengrafs

Chartsengrafs wrote: »

10k: 37:30
5k: 18:10

It'll take a lot more work, but I'll be very disappointed if I don't hit those targets.

No point posting goals and not revisiting them!

10k 37:30 - Ran 38.11. My lack of endurance went against me. I do think I was in 37:XX shape a few times but got sick approaching target races which was very frustrating. Was never going to run 37:30 though.

5K: 18:10. This was maybe a bit soft as I ran 17:55. Also ran 18:13 before that and 18:05 since.
Overall pretty happy though, really enjoyed training and racing (for the most part!)

FIFA2004

FIFA2004 wrote: »

1) Still be running this time next year!
2) 5km in under 30mins
3)Run 10km regularly, try for under 60min
4)Run in one or more of the race series events
5)Maybe....... Do a half marathon, or at least be in a position to try early in 2017!

Put off updating this til now incase there was a xmas miracle!

1) yes!!! Most importantly!
2) no... pb of 34.21 Although last attempt at a 5km was August
3) yes to running 10km regularly, although under 60 was never really achievable! Got 1hr17 in fingal 10km in July
4) yup! All except the 5mile (holiday) and marathon (for obvious reasons!)
5) yes!!! My big achievement of the year. Dublin HM in sept. And the reason why the 5km time never really fell from the summer on, but worth it!

Hoping to push for the sub 30 5km early in 2017

Krusty_Clown

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

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

So.. Yeah.. None of that happened.. Got pretty close with the 3k (9:22), close again with the 5k (15:46), and the 10k (32:43), but went backwards in the 10 mile (54:48). Improved my PB in the half marathon (72:4x), but was way off target, and sadly never got to run a marathon. Good to achieve some PBs (3k, 5k, 10k, 1/2M) , but a disappointing year of results. I'm brimming with determination though and now in pretty good shape after a couple of months of injury, so ready to attack 2017 and taking no prisoners. C'mon 2017. Let's be having you!

Duanington

Duanington wrote: »

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

10k - yep
1\2 - nope
Marathon - can't honestly say yep

Nope to XC and nope to track

Must try harder