Runs4Sanity
I already have my list of races for 2015, or at least the ones that I know I will be doing as I am sure there will be some spontaneous registrations.
These are in order as they come:
*Do It For Yourself, Do It Because They Said It Was Impossible, Do It Because They Said You Were Incapable*
PRs
5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace)
10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)
15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)
13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)
26:2 - 4:14:55 (9:44 min/mile)
Super B****
Same as last year, for starters... Tel Aviv Half on February 27.
What comes next depends on the outcome there.
chasing the impossible
because i never shut up ... i blog
Same as last year, for starters... Tel Aviv Half on February 27. What comes next depends on the outcome there.
Do you think I plan too much? I want honesty lol.
I wouldn't say you plan too much. If you're going to race once a month or so, you gotta plan some.
I have some on my radar, but have been holding off on registering until the week of. I may do a 5k in 2 weeks, but totally dependent on weather. Cold I'll deal with, rain, snow, ice or gale force winds, not happening.
Barking Mad To Run
Well, I did 74 races for 2013 and 2014, so I'd kinda like to break that 'tie' by maybe doing 75 races for 2015. Just have to see, though. I got my 'annual MRI" back from my Doc and my spinal arthritis has increased a small percentage (about 6 percent). My doc - who is also a runner - asked me how many races I did for the year and when I told him 74, he said I might consider lessening that a bit this year. I said okay, how about 54. He just rolled his eyes, lol. Hey, I will be 61 years old next month, so I know my running time left is mostly likely somewhat limited, I am gonna have to hang it up someday. But I figure as long as I'm feeling good and have no pain when I'm running, I can keep doing my races. And, anyway, it's not like I actually RACE the events I do. My doc kinda 'somewhat" agreed with this and said okay, I know my body best....BUT...if I get to the point where I am getting TOO sore post-race/post-run and so forth, then be willing to adjust accordingly...in other words, don't be an idiot. OK, I hear ya, Doc. Now, about those 75 races for 2015....
I'd also maybe like to travel a bit more this year to some races in other states, IF I can swing it financially, and maybe have some FEs with some of the folks here. Sometimes it is difficult to find a race in certain states as (a) I like HUGE events that have lots and lots of entrants and (b) because of my arthritis, I am pretty much limited to doing no more than 10K distance, so that pretty much limits me to events in the range of 3.1 to 6.2 miles; and (c) I really HATE cold weather, (like, below 50) so that pretty much limits the time-frame for me for some of the 'real winter" states. Well, I'll just play it by ear and see how it goes.
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
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OK, I hear ya, Doc. Now, about those 75 races for 2015....
LOL Scotty
Only races set in stone for me right now are:
May 17 - Wallis Sands Half Marathon
July 24 - Blessing of the Fleet 10 miler
November 22 - Philadelphia Marathon - registration hasn't opened yet but I'm gunning for one of the first 1000 spots!
The rest of my schedule will probably work out to about one a month.. I want to do a short race or two before my spring half, and I'll do a couple races leading up to the marathon too, just haven't decided which ones yet. I really liked the Tufts 10K, will probably do that again in October. I'd kind of like to do a fall half but not sure about how to space it before the marathon.
Are we there, yet?
So far I have
1/18/15 - Clearwater 50K, Clearwater, FL
2/14/15 - Jackpot Ultra 24-Hour, Henderson, NV
5/9/15 - Ice Age Trail 50K, LaGrange, WI
9/19/15 - NC 24-Hour, Cleveland, OH
I have a number of others I'm considering including
3/28 - BLU 50K or 50M, CA
5/30/15 - Dawn to Dusk to Dawn 100K, Sharon Hill, PA
8/22 - Lean Horse 50K, SD
10/11 - Bizz Johnson Marathon or 50K, CA
12/28 - ATY 24-hour, AZ
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Scotty that is a lot of races lol. But I am glad I am not the only one
I am sure if I could remember many of the smaller races in the other months... I would have them listed as well.
Not really... I just don't do that anymore because it's too heartbreaking to repeatedly have my dreams smashed. If I don't plan for it, I can't get upset if it doesn't work out!
I am still pouting about having to make the decision not to train for and run the Land Between the Lakes marathon in March BUT I know it is the smart decision.
delicate flower
I've got a few HM's and a full marathon planned. I don't know what fall marathon to do, and that's kind of annoying me. Part of that depends on how I do in my spring marathon, but then again some of those fall marathons sell out so it'd probably be in my best interest to decide sooner rather than later.
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Agreed! I've had to scrap my plans the last two years due to injury. I still sort of plan because looking for races can be fun, but I don't like to register too far in advance - either one of the last days of online registration or before a significant price jump.
That being said, I'm registered for both a spring and fall half this year. DH will be running both with me (hopefully) as his first and second halves. I've run the spring half the past two years, so I'd like to keep that up. The fall half is a deferred entry from 2013 for me and I won a free entry for DH. I'm hoping to throw in some local smaller races, as well, but that will just depend on how things go.
5k - 25:15 (11/18/12)
10k - 1:01:51 (2/14/15)
10mi - 1:33:18 (3/2/14)
HM - 2:06:12 (3/24/13)
Upcoming Races:
Benched until further notice. :/
Everything you need is already inside. [[Bill Bowerman]]
I have about a dozen or so races lined up between February and November, I just have not sat down and got the dates finalized yet.
The most important thing for me was to drop a few of the events that I felt were just clutter on my schedule.
So this year I will race a bit less, focusing on quality over quantity in the process.
on my way to badass
Still waiting for the perfect race picture. 5K PR-33:52 , 10K PR 1:11:16, First HM 2:42:28