Looking back and ahead -- January 2008

Just did some totting up of my mileage for 2007. Not so good, in retrospect: goal was 1250, but actual was just over half that, approx. 772. That's an average over 50 weeks of about 15.5 miles -- I guess in that form I'm not so unhappy with the data, but I _know_ I need to do more to make some progress.

So, a new tack this year: aim to get out a rock-solid FOUR times a week (basically Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat), and hope the mileage will follow. I don't go out for less than 5 miles these days, except for 5 K races, but even then I can add a two mile warm up easily. So, if I just get out a *minimum* of four times weeky, I'll be at about 20 miles a week. Aim higher, but that's a good base.

Overall I find I broke a few of my PBs last year, but no reason I can't aim to do the same again. Here's where they are right now:

5K -- 19:19*
5 mile -- 31:53*
10K -- 40:37
10 mile -- 1:06:32
1/2 Marathon -- 1:28:47*

Asterisks are the ones I set in 2007. Chief goal for 2008 I think has to be to get a good 10K, but the 10 miler would be nice too--I had a pretty tough run in Marlborough this year.

So, in about ten days, aim for 40:30 or better in the Snowstorm? Their 10K always seems to measure *very* long on my GPS, but it's a goal, at least. If I can do 6:30 / 40:23 I'll be well set for other 10Ks (if I can ever find them!).