Ended the year with another of new p.bs but fell shy of target times
Marathon: 3:08.08
800m: 2.15.1
1 mile: 5.14
5k: no improvement
10k: ran 38.25
Half: 1:24:50
5K - sub 17:30 (PB 18:5x) - 17:59
5 mile - sub 30:00 (PB unknown) - n/a
10K - sub 37:00 (PB unknown) - 39:17
Even more lofty
1 mile - sub 5:00 (PB unknown) - n/a
3K - sub 10:00 (PB unknown) - n/a
Failed to achieve any of my goals, which were always highly ambitious. Unfortunately it has been a year dogged by injuries and niggles and I just haven't been able to get any consistency in my training. Hopefully a more productive year ahead.
Second half of the year not as productive as the first half. Missed one of the bigger ones (the mile) but only had one proper attempt at it in an indoor race.
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I know there were some novelty targets there but 7/9 for 2021. The mile has left me with some unfinished business.
Thats a great thing to say as it's so true...
Roll on 2022 and all the hills it can throw at us !!
Not sure if i posted a target for 2021, if i did it was to be still alive and still running, so all good
God this was boring.
Hit 2807 miles on my session yesterday so target 1 was achieved. That's about 150 miles up on last year. Managed to remain injury free. Ran approx 348 days I think. At the time of writing the original post little did I know we'd have a new arrival nine months later. So while I've managed to hit the mileage, the sleep, recovery and adaptations have all been impacted.
Ran a 10k race in August which was about 15s outside my pb with a very tough last few km against strong wind so I was pleased with that.
Sets me up nicely for the start of marathon block for limerick.
Try to remain motivated to actually run for the year.
Guess I managed that seeing as I'm still here. Bit of a weak target though to be claiming as a win.
Run a sub 3 in a small marathon somewhere in late spring/ early summer in the event small races are allowed back. This would then give me the flexibility to try and run a stupid pace in London or Dublin.
Didn't make sub 3, but then marathons didn't happen when expected either. Did make a 3:06 and secured another GFA place though so will take that as half achieved.
See if I can run a parkrun faster in 2021 not pushing a buggy, than I was in 2019 pushing the buggy.
Smashed that and got close to all time parkrun pb times, but with canine assistance so might count as cheating. But did beat individual buggy times without dog power on a couple of courses and got within a couple of seconds of all time buggy pb. Certainly achievable on the right day so I'm taking that.
Run something stupid long distance/ duration
Not quite what I was expecting, but did another 24 hour relay event which was great fun and I'll take that as another half completed.
Fairly poor results overall from fairly unchallenging targets. But considering the year that's just happened it will do and ends the year not injured so ready to try again for 2022.
2'263 miles ran injury free.
Did my trail marathon (a few more of them)
Did a few Ultra runs.
And got a podium at an IMRA race, thrilled with myself.
So I had a great year (til COVID hit)
Didn't reach the 2000 miles which I had hoped to, but I still managed to complete 67 marathon distances after I finished an 8K run this morning. Must admit to being really tired for the last few weeks, so a short break in the new year before I start into a training plan for Cork in June. Entering the lottery for Dublin, so fingers crossed I get in.
Didn't suffer any running related injuries, took one week off in March to rest and then pulled a rib muscle which meant another week off late on in the year. Hoping to take advantage of the increase in mileage I did this year, by looking at following Pfitz's 18/55 marathon plan from the end of Jan.
As awesome as the numbers are (well done on a super year!), it's the simplicity of your general philosophy that stands out. Happy New Year and all the best for 22. As Swashbuckler said, be great to learn more about you!
Oh well...
That's one impressive year. Pity you don't log in the training logs and by pity I mean pity for us.
I don’t post often on boards, but said I would come back here at end of 2021 to reflect on given targets.
Update:
New Mile PB: 4.50 (within below 5k - Dec ‘21)
New 3k PB: 9.28 (track Sept ‘21)
New 5k PB: 16.07 (road Nov ‘21)
New 10k PB: 34.14 (road Nov ‘21) - Race win.
Big chunks off novice/int/senior XC times & part of club team placings.
Concentrated on the above distances so didn’t race anything longer.
Summary / Points that helped me achieve these times:
I ran consistent milage and stayed injury free. I stuck to a plan. I trained with a group of faster runners than me. I ran a lot of easy runs on grass & took the easy days easy. I wasn’t afraid of running hard on session days - I trained the body to race. I didn’t look at watch much when racing - I ran hard. I didn’t enter too many races & trained properly for 3k/5k/10k distances.
Most of all - I enjoyed my running.
With that, came the rewards..
New targets to come in a 2022 thread. HNY all.
Seeing as I am out of action for the rest of the year with a bit of a niggle I thought I'd up date on what has been a great year for me. Niggle aside!!
400m PB 75 Target 70 - I never made it onto a track all year so this remains untouched
1km PB 3:47 Target 3:30 - As above - have done 3:35 in interval reps - so its there I suspect.
Mile PB 6:40 Target 6:29 - 6:11 in a group training run - more in the tank for sure
5K PB 21:51 Target 21:00 - 20:22 - chip timed road race
10k PB 47:38 Target 46:30 - 44:38 a solo run on a 10k road race route.
10mile PB 1:24:24 Target 1:20:00 - 1:16:51 self timed
half marathon PB 1:56:41 Target 1:49:59 - 1:41:15 chip timed. - went off a bit too easy for the first 5k should have gone sub 100mins - just bottled it at the start as it was my first attempt at the distance in a race
crisco10 wrote: » My goals for 2021 are very much process as opposed to outcome, also the year is clearly split in 3.Jan - April; keep good steady mileage of at least 40km a week, if COVID allows do a 5k race
April - October; after (fingers crossed) the new addition to the family, maintain as best I can running as life changes in ways I can't imagine now.
October - December; Work double buggy running into my training. :-)
Oymyakon wrote: » I ran this morning for the first time in about eight years. I've been pretty hardcore in cycling in that time, but lately work has demanded more hours due to people leaving and I'm doing an evening course so I thought running would be the best way to get in the best workout at 7am before work starts. I thought a fair base goal would be to be able to do a 5km in 30mins, My body has a lot of adjusting to do as the entire sensation and load of running is totally different to cycling but it would be nice to be a bit more versatile with my fitness, not really sure how quickly I'll progress but with my base fitness from cycling I'll probably attempt the 5k at some point next week. Just doing 2-3km jogs with the other half for the first few days!
event wrote: » My Target times 10k - 42:59 - PB is 43:01 Marathon - 3:37:59 - PB is 3:38:21 But ideally, I need to get myself back to motivated to run. I have also signed up to my first Try-a-Tri in June so I need to learn how to swim really.
event wrote: » So hadnt set it as a target but set a new 5k PB today, 20:41. Delighted. Am going to do a 5k specific plan now and see how it goes in 8 weeks. Then will look at the 10k
event wrote: » I had changed this and didnt bother doing a 5k plan, had done a 10k plan and plan was to break my PB of 43:01 on the weekend of 24/25 April. But hasnt gone to plan really and have lost a bit of motivation for it. I think I am at my best when I have high volume of training as opposed to tempos, speedwork etc. I've always been a marathon runner really, have only set my 10k and 5k times when training for those so just not feeling it now. I have started mountain running so think I will do the 10k but not put too much focus or worry on it and just make sure I am enjoying it
4Ad wrote: » Hope you are ok and nothing serious... '21 is turning into another crap year !!
lulublue22 wrote: » Well that’s one target I won’t meet - took another bad fall today - skinned knees and face and knee is very swollen. 2021 is turning into a ****e running year 😧 2 bad falls in a month🀪
lulublue22 wrote: » I had intended to post in January. While mulling over what I’d like to focus on I managed to do something to my back. That took care of Jan and the start of Feb. I was back running for a week and a half when I took a bad fall and hurt my knee and arm. So here I am the end of March and only back running a week. Targets this year will be to stay injury free for the next 9 months , to run 4 times a week and the one I really want to break 2h for the half. Not sure the last is doable as it would have to be a proper race no virtual races for me. ðŸ˜
Itziger wrote: » Don't rush back. As you say, you've had a good run. A few days isn't going to kill you. Heck a couple of weeks even. That's where I am now. Been injured for a couple of weeks; tried a tiny run on Monday before Tuesday's physio visit. If ever there was a time to give tweaks a bit of time, it's now.
