My 42nd year

Eagan parkrun

Last fall I set some goals for my 42nd year of life. I very much enjoyed my 42nd birthday as I once again ran the Chocoholic Frolic with my son. I decided to stretch my goals to Nov. 9 rather than my actual birthday, Nov. 5, since I didn't race a 5K for the whole year. Instead, I've been running the parkrun races with my son, so today he sat out so I could race. 

Here are the results of my goals:

1. Run a marathon.

I ran two marathons, but I'm not going to give myself 200%. I enjoyed running the Madison Marathon and really enjoyed running the Twin Cities Marathon.

100%

2. Do strength and mobility work at least 45 minutes a week.

I averaged 49 minutes. 

109%

3. Break 19:15 in the 5K

I didn't put in the training I needed to in order to run this fast. I was happy with 21:18, which was even a little faster than I thought I could run.

91%

4. Run 1,000 miles for the year.

I stayed fairly consistent and didn't manage to up my miles much for marathon training, but I still ended up running 1,109.

111%

5. Hit race weight by May and maintain for the year.

Didn't do so hot on this one. 

10%

6. Write 12 blog posts.

I only managed 10.

83%

Total for the year: 84%

The weight goal really brought me down. Next year I have some ideas on how to improve in that area.

Stay tuned for my next post where I'll set my goals for my 43rd year.