Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Rough Close of 2021

I love looking back on the past year and doing a review of accomplishments, goals, progress, data, etc. so the fact that this entry is happening a week into the new year kind of tells you how life is going for me... 



2021 Goals:

  • keep lifting on a regular basis
  • I actually did really well with this, only pausing (very intentionally) during marathon training
  • complete at least one three-week Beachbody Program following nutrition to a T, just to see what happens ;) 
  • I did, and it was really successful. 
  • break a 6:00 mile (I know I can)
  • While I didn't achieve this goal, I'm pretty freaking proud of my 6:01


  • Other Accomplishments I'm Proud Of:

    • Marathon training alongside my running bestie without a goal race in mind for myself... and still scoring a PR on a "random Saturday morning marathon"
    • Top 1000 cup at Peachtree, and an 'A-Wave' bib
    • no running injuries


    By the Numbers:
    • 1745 miles run (new annual max)
    • 273 hours, 05 minutes, and 16 seconds spent running
    • 9:23/mi average pace for the year 
    • 45 days were affected by illness, plus another 29 days where I was still dealing with some sort of health issue and ran (doesn't include my bout of complete unilateral deafness, which was another ~14 days)
    • 2 new PRs (marathon and mile)


    Looking to Next Year, Goals:
    I'm kind of at the point with running where I don't really have/need goals? I know I'm going to keep running 30ish miles a week, because it's what I do. I know I'm going to keep up with speedwork, because that's how our training rolls. I guess this year I'll try to focus a bit more on the things that aren't where I want them to be, and that's really less about my fitness routine and more on spending additional time on and with my family.

    ...but because this is a fitness blog:
    • train for and race a 5K this spring
    • don't go more than two weeks without a 30min lifting session

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