Welcome to 2016's Goals

Happy New Years! It's difficult to believe that 2016 is already here. My wife and I were talking tonight how quickly the last month has gone, but in reality, the entire year has been a blur. 2015 was simply a great year. From a family standpoint, we made so many memories throughout the year that we all will remember. From a running perspective, it was also a fantastic year. I ran three half marathons in one month, ran a few 5k's (one with all of my family and others helping my wife to her PR), and finished another marathon. Benjamin Franklin said "If you fail to plan then plan to fail". Or at least I think it was Franklin. Maybe he said "Don't always believe what you read on the internet". Regardless of who said it, the statement is true. So with that mind, I have come up with some goals for my running: 1) The year's Indy Mini (#indymini) will be my fastest one yet. Not fastest half marathon, but fastest Indy Mini. I think due to the crowd, and the excitement, it just takes longer to dodge people compared to smaller half marathons that I have done. So, my goal for the Indy Mini is to be under 1:36:42. 2) Help my wife get under 30 minutes for a 5k. She has cut close to 2 minutes off each of her last two races and if she does that again, she has this goal. I think with her training using hills and speed, that this goal will be crossed off early in the year and an even faster goal made for the second part of the year. 3) Run another family 5k. No PR here - well maybe Ella and Jess can go after a PR for Ella, but Annabell and I will just want to finish. 4) A Boston Marathon qualifying time in December for me. I am looking at the St Jude's marathon in Memphis. If my calculations are correct, that would be a time frame for the 2018 marathon at which time I would be 40 years old. The qualifying time for a 40 year old is 3:15:00. I think on the right course with the proper training, I should be able to do that. I had the training down for West Palm a couple years ago - just got to keep the focus in October and early November! That's it - for now. We'll revisit the goals in a couple months to see how they are coming along. Until then, it's just left, right, repeat!