everyone has such good and inspiring goals!
mine are far simpler, especially for the coming year.
Kasai World Masters Games is officially cancelled (postponed twice cuz CV19), so my goal to run 1500 there in May is over. Now we'll see about just going to Japan and poking around for a week or two instead, CV-19 allowing.
#1 don't get injured to the point where I have to sit out more than a week
#2 make more time to get more miles (aka learn how to say "no" to people asking me to do projects)
#3 at least 3 destination trail runs; my brother really, really wants to do Grand Canyon down-and-back again. I'd like to run Zion Lava Point to East Entrance.
#4 one ultra, probably 100k or another 12hr
#5 Hayward Classic, so I can run on the new track (they PROMISED we'd have it this year)
#6 20:00 5k (set my expectations low so I can achieve them)
in 2023 I'll be 60
#1 5:00 mile
#2 compete in steeplechase (2000 meters, and puny 30" barriers! Only 5 laps!)
#3 see my enemies driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their domestic partners (can't say "women" anymore, not PC)
60-64 age group - University of Oregon alumni - Irreverent and Annoying
#1 don't get injured to the point where I have to sit out more than a week #2 make more time to get more miles (aka learn how to say "no" to people asking me to do projects) #3 at least 3 destination trail runs; my brother really, really wants to do Grand Canyon down-and-back again. I'd like to run Zion Lava Point to East Entrance. #4 one ultra, probably 100k or another 12hr #5 Hayward Classic, so I can run on the new track (they PROMISED we'd have it this year) #6 20:00 5k (set my expectations low so I can achieve them)
These all make a lot of sense. Very rational.
#1. This is pretty practical. I've begun taking for granted just how injury free I've become while swimming and cycling.
#2. Yes, that right there! Learning to say no is empowering.
#3. How many miles is the Grand Canyon down and back? I'll bet it's very far!
#4. 60 miles, ouch.
#5. What is the Hayward Classic?
#6. One man's ceiling is another man's floor. 6:26 is flyin'. Good on you to still be cruising at just under light speed.
MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803
My running goal: at least one marathon a year since 1977
I ran the 1977 Mayor's Marathon with some ski friends when our year-round, daily runner friends who ran all winter long through the snow while we skied, felt sorry for us when warm weather and rain melted out the weekend ski races we lived for and invited us to train with their weekly Saturday runs so we did on every Saturday for three months working up to 18 miles.
In 1978, I decided to do it on the basis of three training runs in the ten days before race day of (1) 30 min, (2) one hour, and (3) two hours.
ed note: the winter edition of the Nike-sponsored The Runner magazine of the day had proposed that being able to run half the distance of the marathon no matter how slowly (dead-man's shuffle in my case on Wednesday before the Saturday event) was sufficient for a recreational, non-competitive marathon and, voila! it was.
To my surprise the 1978 edition was only four minutes slower than in 1977 so I decided to run at least one marathon a year on skimpy training never to exceed the 26.2 mile distance of the marathon itself (to avoid undue sources of error in training for each year's event) and be able to observe the effect of Father Time on my running.
So far, good, especially the first 25 years.
. . . 1977 (34) - 3:54
, , , 1990 (48) - 4:08 (first barefoot marathon)
. . . 2001 (59) - 3:59
. . . 2007 (64) - 5:00
. . . 2016 (73) - 6:00
. . . 2020 (77) - 7:00
(maybe I should have trained after all)
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
Kasai World Masters Games is officially cancelled . . ..
Surly - too bad. That would have been fun.
However, "kasai" would be "house-on-fire"
instead of the "Kansai" are of Osaka.
Now we'll see about just going to Japan and poking around for a week or two . . ..instead, CV-19 allowing.
If you're going together, it's probably just as well as, though Japan is fun and interesting no matter what, May is one of the most boring of months compared to:
, , , 1. end of March and thousands of fragrant cherry blossoms to run beneath and join in with Japanese revelers in their after-work drinki, . . I mean picnics as, though the Japanese are so private as to never speak to strangers, they'll invariably invite you to join them, . . . especially if you just happen to have an extra six pack or a couple of Johnny Walkers from Duty-Free on the way over.
, , , 2. hottest time of the year on first weekend in August to climb Mt. Fuji with 40,000 other revelers. note: Mt. Fuji is the only other place that Japanese open up as everyone's "ganbare'ing," "konnichi wa'ing," etc. engaging with and encouraging everyone else, especially if you're a foreigner and, even more especially, if you "ganbare" them first.
, , , 3. New Year's if you like Japanese food.
ed note: all the hotels and onsen hotel/ryoukans have all-you-can-eat breakfast smorgasbords.
, , , 4. Any full moon if you like seaside or mountain outdoor onsen hotsprings.
ed note onsen - no shirts, etc. allowed.
ed note full moon: climbing Mt. Fuji under the full moon and seeing the morning sunrise is huge and single file all the way up..
Surly - I guess new is nice but I'm glad that, when I was down there for Econo's Boomer reunion at the inagural Eugene Marathon in 2007, I got to run around the Bowerman's same Hayward Field track that had hosted Steve Prefontaine, Alberto Salazar, Michael Johnson, Mary Decker, Galen Rupe, Kenny Moore, Mariel Hemingway, John Belushi, Econo, etc.
Anyone pulling together some last-two-weeks efforts in order to meet mileage goals, etc etc?
I'm hoping someone clever and creative begins a 2022 Goals thread. If you're waiting for the green light, go ahead, I'll not be offended....
Surly - too bad. That would have been fun. However, "kasai" would be "house-on-fire" instead of the "Kansai" are of Osaka. If you're going together, it's probably just as well as, though Japan is fun and interesting no matter what, May is one of the most boring of months compared to: , , , 1. end of March and thousands of fragrant cherry blossoms to run beneath and join in with Japanese revelers in their after-work drinki, . . I mean picnics as, though the Japanese are so private as to never speak to strangers, they'll invariably invite you to join them, . . . especially if you just happen to have an extra six pack or a couple of Johnny Walkers from Duty-Free on the way over. , , , 2. hottest time of the year on first weekend in August to climb Mt. Fuji with 40,000 other revelers. note: Mt. Fuji is the only other place that Japanese open up as everyone's "ganbare'ing," "konnichi wa'ing," etc. engaging with and encouraging everyone else, especially if you're a foreigner and, even more especially, if you "ganbare" them first. , , , 3. New Year's if you like Japanese food. ed note: all the hotels and onsen hotel/ryoukans have all-you-can-eat breakfast smorgasbords. , , , 4. Any full moon if you like seaside or mountain outdoor onsen hotsprings. ed note onsen - no shirts, etc. allowed. ed note full moon: climbing Mt. Fuji under the full moon and seeing the morning sunrise is huge and single file all the way up.. Surly - I guess new is nice but I'm glad that, when I was down there for Econo's Boomer reunion at the inagural Eugene Marathon in 2007, I got to run around the Bowerman's same Hayward Field track that had hosted Steve Prefontaine, Alberto Salazar, Michael Johnson, Mary Decker, Galen Rupe, Kenny Moore, Mariel Hemingway, John Belushi, Econo, etc.
late reply cuz I don't visit this page often...
Yeah, I hastly tiped Kansai
Thanks for the tourist tips. I suspect we'll hit Tokyo and get stuck there, cuz so much to see and do. I'll see about going to the country for a few days to hit the trails, though. I think when the band played Tokyo it was in June, I remember it raining some, but it was tropically warm.
Hayward: I ran a lot on the old yellow track, and tripped on that stupid curb made out of a pipe more than once. And of course the replacement track, I think it got re-poured later, too. I'm interested to see what a surface deemed worthy of world championships feels like.
Glad you're keeping up the marathon streak. That's too far for me! Have you picked one out yet?
These all make a lot of sense. Very rational. #1. This is pretty practical. I've begun taking for granted just how injury free I've become while swimming and cycling. #2. Yes, that right there! Learning to say no is empowering. #3. How many miles is the Grand Canyon down and back? I'll bet it's very far! #4. 60 miles, ouch. #5. What is the Hayward Classic? #6. One man's ceiling is another man's floor. 6:26 is flyin'. Good on you to still be cruising at just under light speed.
#3 to the river and back from the rim is as short as 14 miles, but you want to go to Phantom Ranch on the other side of the river, so as short as 15 miles on South Kaibab and back up; 20 miles roundtrip on Bright Angel and back up, or the best route: 18 miles total down South Kaibab and back up Bright Angel (no water on South Kaibab, but jogging effort gets you to the river in an hour, unless you get stuck behind a mule train)
Here's some good overviews of that route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjJTnYB5QU
#5 Hayward classic is a Master's track meet held annually in Eugene. Usually in Summer, but all the championship meets are being held then.
#6 I think that's about Mike's marathon pace...
5K Specialist
Probably not very inspiring, but I want to run a 5k by the end of March. Right now I can run two miles with a 3 minute break after the first.
Personal Bests:
800M - 2:38 (5/28/13) | 1 Mile -5:54 (5/28/13) | 3K - 11:55 (12/29/12) | 2M - 13:00 (12/1/12) | 5K - 20:00 (4/12/13) | 13.1M - 1:37:24 (2/3/13)
DanFuller - Hardly uninspiring! Tell us more!
Marathon Maniac #957
Dan - I am currently in a cast after foot surgery, with 10.5 weeks of non-weightbearing, after which the doctor gives me an 85% chance of being able to run at all, let alone fast or long, so any goal that includes any amount of running is still quite admirable to me. We here are at all levels of ability and applaud them all.
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
I have contingency plans for when age or injury catch up with me. I'll start cycling and hiking when I can't run. And pool stuff when I can't cycle or hike. Video games after that. Then, after activity and intellectual involvement is unobtainable, maybe we'll have a wonderful death transition like depicted in Soylent Green available.
You will get through it. I remember back in 2012 when a doctor told me to stop running because one of my feet are flat from breaking it in 1985. I went to a different doctor who fitted me with custom insoles.
Dan - I am hoping for the best. My running doesn't have to look pretty or be fast, but I would be grateful if I could still get out there even for a few miles each day. Plus, the surgery should make be at least able to WALK again, which I was having some trouble with prior to the surgery.
I have contingency plans for when age or injury catch up with me. I'll start cycling and hiking when I can't run. And pool stuff when I can't cycle or hike. Video games after that.
Come on in, Surly Bill, the water is fine....so is the pavement.... haven't gotten myself a gamer's chair just yet.
According to my RunningAhead Running Log, today is Day 352. That feels a lot closer to the end of the year than December 18th does. December 18? There's pleeeeenty of time! Day 352? Oh noooo!!! The year must be practically over! Get busy!!
I can look back and say I met my mileage goal for bicycling. In the few days we have left in the year, I only have 9 miles to go to meet my swimming mileage goal, which is 220 miles. That's 387,200 yards, for precision.
How about you all (all y'all?) with streaks and goals that are still in play, or needed to be adjusted down due to life, injury, sickness,,,,, or maybe adjusted UP due to doing better than you'd anticipated?
BTY