My longest runs were two 13.1 mile jaunts, one a race and the other a course preview a few weeks prior.
My shortest recorded run was a 1200 meter jaunt around my sub-division so that I had an even 900 miles for the year at the end of that week.
I set a nine second best in the mile from last season by running a 5:27 at the Sizzling Mile.
I set a 25 second best over two miles from last season by running 11:56 at the Parade Run.
I set a 27 second best through three miles from last season by running 18:32 at the Polka Pace Race.
I set a 33 second best over 5K from last season by running 19:02 at the Polka Pace Race.
I improved my 10K time by 1:59 by running 42:06 at Abe's Amble.
The race I think I ran exceptionally well at is the Passavant-Powerade 10K in early June where I ran splits of 6:59, 7:07, 6:52, 6:43, 6:40, 6:36 and 1:16.
I am also happy with my races at the Premier Bank 5K on July 4th, the Sizzling Mile and the Shoreline Classic 15K.
PPR was a good race but I wish I'd run mile three about 3 seconds faster.
"Daniels' Running Formula" works for me.
Tempo runs are my friend.
I am not afraid of hills.
I didn't puke at all this year.
I came close a few times.
Black coffee is my favorite beverage. . . anytime.
Goals for 2008:
- 5:20 for the mile.
- 11:45 for 2 miles.
- 18:45 for 5K.
- 41:30 for 10K.
- 1:35 for the half marathon.
- Stay healthy.
- Take Nathan out in his jogging stroller more often.
- Kiss my wife every day.
- Put some Wiggles songs on my iPod.
- Hopefully start working on my Masters degree.
I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!
6 comments:
Great post, great year, and great goals.
That's a whole lot of progress in 12 months. I'm impressed. The goals for 2008 all seem well within reach.
Happy New Year.
Thanks. I just wonder where I am on the bell curve and when I can expect my improvements to start lagging.
Well, what was your 5K improvement from '05 to '06? We could try to extrapolate the curve!
I ran 23:26 in 2004, 20:43 in 2005, 19:35 in 2006 and 19:02 in 2007. 2007 is actually the first year I've run more than two or three 5ks in a season. I only ran one 5k in '04, two in '05, three in '06 and five in '07. I had more opportunities to improve this year.
Well, you dropped 2:43 from '04 to '05. You dropped 1:08 from '05 to '06. Then, you dropped 0:33 from '06 to '07. Your improvement has been decreasing by about 50% per year. I'll predict that you run 18:46 in 2008.
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