Post your current GOALS here

1. Cross: All Conference and sub 25.00

Track (2010): 3.52 1500 and sub 14.27 5000

Track LR: sub 3.50 and sub 14.00

2. building up for cross. 80mpw, more than i have ever done

3. have only done one tempo run yet, so would be struggling to break 26.00. but usually get in shape pretty quickly once I do intervals.

4. This fall, track 2010, whenever

5. prs: 25.04 8k, 3.54 1500, 14.27 5000 (both 2009)

short term

sub 60 400m

break 15km for 1hr timetrial on track

Marathon PR (sub 2:56) after I turn 40 in the middle of this fall.

Most recent race (not including an ultra) was a 29:5x 8k followed by an 18:3x 5k the next day. 2:57:xx at NY last fall was my most recent (4th) marathon.

Right now I'd probably be able to go 3:05ish, maybe a bit faster in a week or two after I drop the cold I have. Ran close to 20mi @ 7-7:15 within the last mo.

Nov. 22 assuming a short training season goes well.

2:56:47 from about 8 yrs ago.

1. indoor 4:04, outdoor 3:45, run consistently better in cross country, staying injury free

2. 15:30 summer 5k off of easy base running, now I'm up a little bit higher in mileage (80ish) with a tempo and hills every now and then. I need to figure out how to avoid injury though. It hampers me every year.

5. 3:49 from my freshman year (2007), and 4:08 from this past indoor season. My outdoor season was cut short due to injury. I'm also a 25:30 guy in CC, but would like to be able to better that and consistently run mid-25's this year.

sub 820 steeple

ran sub 830 this year.

trying to get up with the top american steeplers.

i want to do it by the end of next track season, so a long fall to build up

a really good base compared to the previous seasons, my base wasn't what i wanted it.

so for now the plan is to build good base miles, and get a lot more efficient over the hurdles

1:23i for 600m, 1:56i for 800, 2:32 or better in the 1k

2: Hanvnt ran in 5 weeks, injured foot, should be running in a week or so

3: SLOW

4: Mid March (no specific date yet)

5: 800m 1:58.3

1: sub-4 (1500m), and secondary goals of sub-2 (800) and sub-15 (5000)

2: ???

3: in 4:1x shape and mid 16s

4: end of next track season

5: 1500 = 4:07, 5000 = 15:56

1: What are your current GOALS/Goal race and time?

I'll go out on a limb and say sub-26 8k short term.

Learn to keep comfortable and not race workouts.

Keep my weight low at school.

Be a good role model to the rest of the team.

2: What is a recent indicator of current level of fitness?

A great paced long-run, and a good speed test both in the same week.

3: What do you believe you can run now or do you have a recent race time or training session to draw from?

Right now doesn't really matter off of base haha

4: What date have you set to reach your goal(goals are only dreams if there is no plan to get there)?

Mid-October.

I was just thinking back to this thread, and thought it was time to get a bump. As I was looking through, I saw some fall marathon goals, and wondered if people could update.

Personally, I have am still looking at 1:52, 3:59, and 8:10 for indoors (from prs of 1:58, 4:20, 8:54). My mileage has been around 100 for a lot of the fall, and I recently changed my morning run from 4 to 7+ miles. Soon, I will be doing more tempo running in preparation for indoors.

As far as recent races, I ran a 15:36 for 5k on the roads recently, which is an improvement on my previous pr of 16:01 on the track.

1: What are your current GOALS/Goal race and time?

I don't race, so not sure of a race goal, but I would like to get back to tempoing 4 milers in 21 min. again.

2: What is a recent indicator of current level of fitness?

I broke my foot over Memorial Weekend, so none right now, but before I broke my foot I ran a 21:50.

3: What do you believe you can run now or do you have a recent race time or training session to draw from?

I haven't been tempoing at all, but run at 5:45 pace for a 5 miler recently, not a race, not a tempo, just a quick run.

4: What date have you set to reach your goal(goals are only dreams if there is no plan to get there)?

It snows a lot over the Winter here, so I'm planning on not doing tempo's until the spring.

5: If you care to include it, what is your Personal Best and, if that was from years ago, what caused you to get at it again?

For a 4 mile tempo? 19:35 many years ago. 8k is 23:52 done over 10 years ago. Not really "getting back at it" as I'm usually in pretty good shape. Just getting back from a 3 month off period due to a broken foot.

And like you "Old Runner" I'd like to hit the track and bust a sub 60 sec. quarter. That would be fun as I haven't done that in 8 years!

1: What are your current GOALS/Goal race and time?

break 5 first race of indoor track

2: What is a recent indicator of current level of fitness?

31:48 8k xc

3: What do you believe you can run now or do you have a recent race time or training session to draw from?

I would hope that I could run about 5:20 right now off of cross country training. I did 4xmile in 6:00 with 3min rest recently.

4: What date have you set to reach your goal(goals are only dreams if there is no plan to get there)?

First race of indoor track, sometime in January. From there I'll work on pr'ing enough to qualify for the conference meet.

5: If you care to include it, what is your Personal Best and, if that was from years ago, what caused you to get at it again?

5:07 from the end of indoor track last year. If I remember correctly I was and still am carrying a few extra pounds so if I lose 5-10 pounds as well as get stronger, I should be able to do it.

Saw another ancient thread, and remembered this one. Looks like I didn't update after November of that year.

Turns out, I got hurt in December (I had averaged 110 miles per week in November), and could hardly run in the indoor season. I limped my way to a season best of 4:31 for the mile, and finally took a couple months to get healthy later that spring.

Since then, I've still maintained similar goals, but gradually shifted my training strategy towards staying healthy rather than expanding my boundaries so much in a single season. I have a recent 1500 PR of 3:52, and I know there is more in the tank if I stay healthy.

Anyone else have updates on their 2009 goals?

old, (44), never a runner (adult >40 onset)

6:06 mile/20:55 5K late last year

this year ran a 1:43:0n half PR (I know right)

hoping for

No updates on 2009 goals (goals then were to run a mile faster than 6:45, I was in 5th grade or something), but now:

1: What are your current GOALS/Goal race and time?

Goal for next fall: sub 17 for XC 5k

Goals for next spring: sub 52 400, sub 2:00 800

2: What is a recent indicator of current level of fitness?

Well...my PBs for the 400/800 were about a month ago, and I haven't done a real workout in a while. Don't know...currently just logging some easy miles and slowly building a base.

5: If you care to include it, what is your Personal Best and, if that was from years ago, what caused you to get at it again?

5k: 17:47, last fall.

400: 53.mid

800: 2:04

I think this would be a fun thread to get going again.

Goals:

Build solid base for my senior (in high school) year of cross country. 50 miles/week. Last week was 43, so should be just about there.

With that base, I want to win state XC and break my school's 5k record (I know it's kind of pointless to keep XC school records, but I want to break it anyway) of 15:49. My hopes is that along the way I can secure a spot on my college of choice's roster for next year.