You may have noticed Ean likes list and checks them twice...He ran (pun intended) his New Years Resolutions by me, to give them a reality check in regards to time commitment and injury prevention (or should I say injury recovery). His list is ready to go. It's huge. It's wishful thinking...but as his supporting, loving wife I believe he can do it and promise to kick him out of bed on a rainy race morning...just so he will reach his goals for 2006.
When he ran his list by me, he implied I do the same. Problem is, I am half as organized and committed when it comes to New Years Resolutions. I am realistic about the time commitments it takes to train and the logistics involved taking a day of just for a run. Notice, I use "run" opposed to "race"...My nickname is Turtlepace...no racing here ;-)
So, taking a realistic look ahead my first running resolution comes easy, as I already announced it to the world, registered and somewhat trained (one might argue).
- Participate and finish the Vancouver New Year's Day Fat Ass 50 Run. I already lined up childcare (thank you, Linda Leigh) and running buddies. Just need to keep the partying under control the night before.
- Do an out of town run - ok this is not measurable. Go on a road trip to do an out-of-town run. I am thinking of the North Idaho Kick Ass 25 (miles) hosted by Keith Thompson in July.
- Capilano Night Run x2
- Weight Training twice a week
- be more consistent with midweek training runs, aim for 2 runs mid week of about 60min length.
- Improve my time on the Capilano Night Run course. Ok, you need to take my word for it, as I am sweeping during the actual event, so the time improvement can happen during a training run.
- Be aid station captain again at the Cleveland Dam aid station during the KneeKnacker.
- Participate in a trail maintenance day
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Sibylle's Resolutions - Final Assessment
- 100% for: Participate and finish the Vancouver New Year's Day Fat Ass 50 Run.
- 0% for: Do an out of town run - ok this is not measurable. Go on a road trip to do an out-of-town run. I am thinking of the North Idaho Kick Ass 25 (miles) hosted by Keith Thompson in July. I did not get further than Squamish for an out-of town run. I won't count the Squamish Scrambler, as I participated as a walker with my children...
- 100% for: Capilano Night Run x2
- 50% for Weight Training twice a week. I did not go twice a week every week, but I was fairly consistent
- 75% for: be more consistent with midweek training runs, aim for 2 runs mid week of about 60min length. My year started out bad for that one...achilles tendinitis, then bronchitis, then asthma. By summer, my training was non-existing. However, I did pick a regular schedule up in the fall and had a nice routine of 3 weekday and one longish weekend run.
- 0% for: Improve my time on the Capilano Night Run course. Ok, you need to take my word for it, as I am sweeping during the actual event, so the time improvement can happen during a training run. Nope, I have not been able to get up my speed.
- 100% for: Be aid station captain again at the Cleveland Dam aid station during the KneeKnacker.
- 100% for: Participate in a trail maintenance day...boy was it muddy ;-)
This works out to an average of 65%