Goal: 3:10 Result: 3:12.14 (P
I felt great during first 20 km, and reached half-point in 1:33.30. After that I had to slow down a bit, but I still was a minute ahead of my goal time at 37km. Last...
Nice job meeting your goal!
If your goal is to run a sub-5:00 mile, then you have a bit of training ahead of you. Firstly, more that anything else it is important for you to get back into regular running. If you start training h...
Thanks, Daniel!
I suppose that my new 5k goal should be 'sub-17:30'. Boy, it feels good to say that! I was beginning to worry that sub-18 would never come....
A good post, well done. Running is a great way to practice setting and meeting goals. I'm not terribly strict in my goal setting. For example, I didn't set a goal to run my first sub-four hour maratho...
...your splits, It looks like you did just fine.
Thanks for the report and you came real close to your goal....
...39;s an interesting analysis, charlie. i never thought of it like that.
i usually think in terms of goals. e.g. my next goal is to run a sub 5:00 mile.
but i guess you are right about barriers...
Kieth,
My goal is to run a Boston Qualifying time of 3:10. I haven't made up my mind which spring marathon I am going to do. I live in Columbus, Ohio. There are a few I am deciding between. C...
...tulations on qualifying for Boston. You must be well and truly chuffed. Sorry you didn't make your goal time but on the other hand... you qualified for Boston!
John London, ON...
...it) and run probably 100m. It allows me to collect my thoughts, focus out the pain, and re-visualize my goal. The only downside to it is that most of the other runners are very unappreciative of it....
I want to type out my race goals and strategy for the half marathon tomorrow, I guess more for myself than others, but perhaps some are interested:
My tapering went as follows:
Last Few Weeks:...
...he reason why I quoted the above paragraph, is it must be nice not to have to work so hard to meet your goal (and mine). Cool.
As for the entertainment before a race? I don't think I've ...
I just ran what I believe to be the best race since I started running.I think this is the beginning of the payoff for my new training methods, quite frankly. If it isn't, there's certainly n...
...he sub-15:30 is almost a 'given', now!
Keep up the amazing work - you've earned your goal and then some. I am floored at your efforts... truly an...
I think the way it's supposed to work is that it may help confirm or deny whether your marathon goal is reasonable... So if you are shooting for 3.00 in a marathon, then you should try and run th...
...houghts are positive and I'm much happier. I don't know if I could ever run a marathon but my goal is to reach 10 km until May. I use heart rate monitor while I'm running for a year now...
...ne at www.sportstats.on.ca (don't quote me on that URL) I have registered for my FIRST 10 K. The goal is to run the distance in 65 minutes. This is a 'Training' race for me as I plan ...
...raining program for you?
my program:
http://members.nbci.com/x_411/rc1.gif
as you see I my goal was 5km begin july starting 5 days/week and a long run of 2 km.
the 2km's are 2.5 ...
...ever. If you can afford it, I recommend it. I personally keep it for after stressful periods, such as a goal race in which I go really all out.
After one or two visits, you might be able to preven...
...m, and do an hour of weights every other day including sit-ups/push-ups/etc, but the closer I get to my goal the longer it's taking to see any sort of change. I know this is normal but what more ...
...run a race than you do your training runs, eh? I ended up running my first 5km 5 minutes faster than my goal time. Shocking, but it was a flat course. It must be the competitive drive of seeing other ...
Frankly I consider a 10 minute pace good even on flat ground. It would be a good training goal. However don't worry if you have a difficult time getting there until after you loose your excess we...
... world record that he holds. Their point is that they're many roads a person can take to achieve a goal. There is not just one way to do things.
Furthermore, I just finished the St. Paul Wint...
...C (26.2 F) wind 30km/h and gusting up to 50 km/h with approaching snowsqualls (none on ground yet).
Goal: my somewhat lofty goal was a sub-24:00 run, which would break my old 5k record (18:53) by ...
...the above? How quickly can you ramp up the distances? What other advice do you folks have? My long term goal is to run a marathon - from what I gather, this will probably take 1.5 to 2 years of traini...
...ce since the marathon a month ago. I figured coming in somewhere under 40 minutes would be a reasonable goal. The course is mostly flat with a couple of rolling hills, starting and ending at a beautif...
...protein for each pound which is like 150 for me to build muscle mass through weights. But if my current goal is to lose fat, then should I just focuss on trying to maintain muscle mass?
I was thin...
My first race report since traveling around the US all summer. Back to reality running in the north east (more on that in a bit).
Anyway: Location: Durham, NH USA Race: Homecoming 5K I am also an ...
...:30am Finishers: 31,107
With an injury I planned to walk the whole marathon with the 6:00 group. My goal was to finish right before 6:00 showed up on the time clock and since it took me 19:43 to c...
... myself to not go out too fast. Feeling good, no fatigue, just developing a rhythm. The only purpose or goal of km#1 is not to run it too fast or too slow. In a way, it's the most important km of...
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