Greetings, runners! Please tell us about your past training week and upcoming goals.
Mon 10.1mi (1:46)Tue 11.3mi (2:03)Wed 10mi (1:35) tmThu 10.8mi (2:04)Fri 10.1mi (1:59)Sat 11.3mi (2:20)Sun 7.3mi (1:23)Total: 71 milesI had to push a bit to reach my mileage goal for the year, 2,800 miles, and I got there on the very last day.
Excellent job on reaching your goal Alexander! That's very impressive annual mileage.
My mileage goal was 1200 for 2023, so I didn't need to, nor want to, run a whole lot. Just ran what I needed to reach goal. I only had 9 miles to go.
Thurs: 4.5 miles
Sat: 4.5 miles
total 9 miles
I reached my goal of 1200, which was 248 hrs of running and 87,554 of elevation gain. On to new goals and new races in 2024!
Tammy
Final week of the year and final week of the RA mileage game Final ....
Monday 8.2 miles (9:46 average pace)
Tuesday 5.8 miles (9:42)
Wednesday 6.5 miles (9:47)
Thursday 6.0 miles (9:41)
Friday 7.0 miles (9:49)
Saturday 8.2 miles (9:45)
Sunday 8.4 miles (9:51)
Total 50.1 miles (250%)
Highest weekly miles since 2019 and I think only the 3rd time I've hit 50 miles in a week.
Started the year with a target of 730 miles, increased it mid-year to 1043 and ended with 1128.7.
Started running at age 60.
AG 60-64 PR - 5K 25:45, 10K 53:28, HM 1:57:39, Marathon 4:32:09
AG 65-69 PR - 5K 26:11, HM 2:02:39, Marathon 5:04:47
Upcoming race: Contraband 5 miler 5/4/24
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Alexander - good job on reaching your goal for the year, especially with having to push during holiday season.
Tammy - congratulations to you as well, for reaching your 2023 goal.
Quickadder - nice job breaking 50 miles for the 3rd time. That's a big number to hit.
I had rather a down week. I didn't run on Christmas Day and after the fast ParkRun on the previous Saturday, I skipped the track work for this week (I was also dealing with an abductor flare-up). My pace run on Thursday did not go well as I averaged 9:07 for the HM miles rather than being around 8:30 as I've been in previous workouts. I took Saturday off and ran only a few miles on Sunday to get to 2,100 for the year (vs. not running at all). 26.1 miles for the week, but overall 2023 was a good year for me.
5k 23:48.45 (3/22); 4M 31:26 (2/22); 5M 38:55 (11/23); 10k 49:24 (10/22); 10M 1:29:33 (2/24); Half 1:48:32 (10/22); Marathon 4:29:58 (11/23)Upcoming races: Running is Back 10k, 5/12; Greta's Run 5k, 5/19
Exactly! And congratulations on reaching your goal, Tammy! Impressive total elevation, by the way, I only got to 35,000 or so, my lowest elevation gain in many years. I def should do something about it.
Quickadder, congratulations on the 250% week, way to finish strong and to exceed your goals!
Fred, thanks! I am all too familiar with abductor issues, I hope you have it under control. Congratulations on getting to 2,100 and, yes, definitely taking some time off makes sense after all the things you have achieved in 2023.