As the year comes to an end, I have found that I am starting to plan out my running goals for 2014. There are a number of events I want to participate in and given I have a little thing on known as my wedding and honeymoon, I am trying to plan now so I can achieve the best times possible. Some of my more general goals are:
- 5km in 23 minutes
- 10km in 48 minutes
- Sub 2 hours for half marathon
- Sub 4 hours for marathon
- Place in my age group in a Sri Chinmoy race
- Be under 70kg (about 6kg to go, these are the toughest kg's ever!)
- Continue to incorporate more weight training in my gym routine.
- Do 'The Bird' in Body Balance
This is a running event schedule that I have put together in order to help achieve some of these goals. There is a lot in there but consistency will help me to hopefully reach some of these goals. As I am getting married in February and having a month long honeymoon, my events are not going to start until April.
April:
13th - Run for the Kids - 15km
27th - Princes Park - 15km (Sri Chinmoy)
May:
4th - Puffing Billy Race (13.2km) (Must beat the train - most likely the second one!)
11th - Mother's Day Classic (8km)
25th - Como Landing Half Marathon (Sri Chinmoy)
June:
22nd - Albert Park Half Marathon (Sri Chinmoy)
July:
6th - Gold Coast Marathon (will make a bit of a holiday out of this one!)
20th - Princes Park (either Half Marathon or 30km)
27th - Run Melbourne Half Marathon
August:
10th - City to Surf (Sydney) (14km) - most likely a fly in, fly out type thing
September:
21st - Yarra Blvd Half Marathon (Sri Chinmoy)
October:
12th - Melbourne Marathon
26th - Maribyrnong Rive Run -12km (Sri Chinmoy)
November:
9th - Yarra Bend Trail Run - 10km (Sri Chinmoy)
Point to Pinnacle Half Marathon (Tassie - toughest half marathon!) - Date not yet set
City to Sea - 14km (Date not yet set)
December:
7th - Cherry Lake, Altona - 10.5km (Sri Chinmoy)
Lots there to keep me busy and hopefully a few opportunities to achieve my goals!
