1 month ago
- Goals, Guidelines, and (self imposed) Conditions
The aim of this challenge isn't just to cover the distance, but to do so while improving my race times, and without injuring myself or otherwise putting my (physical or mental) health at risk. So that means balancing the training and the races with everything else going on in my life, building in plenty of flexibility and giving myself what I need to finish the challenge with a smile on my face.
*Run every step - There's no shame in walking, but there's also not much challenge for me.
*Timed events only - parkruns do count, but fun runs don't - and training runs certainly don't.
*Do some strength training and some flexibility training every week.
*Eat sensibly, but don't start worrying about optimising meals for peak performance. I'm not going to be troubling the front of the starting line-up.
Here's a provisional list of some of the races I'm planning to run this year. They're mostly pretty local, apart from the first one (although that's local to my mum, which is where I'll be that weekend). As the challenge starts there are 7 races on the list with a total of 81km. I'll keep the list updated as I go.
*January 15th - Mid Month Mayhem, Cambridge - 10km, entered.
*March 26th - Liverpool Half Marathon - 21km
*April 16th - Mersey Tunnel Run - 10km
*May 7th - Liverpool Spring 10K - 10km
*June 4th - Jubilee Bridge Run, Runcorn/Widnes - 10km
*June 11th - Port Sunlight 10K - 10km
*October 15th - Wirral 10K - 10km