It's been a spendy week. I've plunged for a Garmin Forerunner 735XT 'wearable' sports watch...
I find the data and the 'new records' stuff very motivational.
Goals for next 12 months (after two week rest/recovery from marathon):-
* Get back in to a regular routine (swimming, cycling three times a week, 5-a-side twice a week, 11.5km run commute once a week - HM run commute once a month, intervals once a week, parkrun, long slow run on sundays)
* Weight down to under 80kg by Christmas (~36 weeks and ~11kg to lose) and to ~76kg by April 2018 (Brighton Marathon again - sub 4:15, possibly sub 4h)
* A few HM races over the next year, just to keep the long runs interesting and hopefully see some proper race progression
* Parkrun PB sometime around August hopefully (24:24 currently) as the weight comes off. 21:59 as a longer term goal, maybe lower if speed improves lots with weight coming off
* 50 parkruns by April next year (currently on 21) including a few volunteering!
* Run all of the paths/tracks on Putney Heath, and when that's done, Wimbledon Common (introduces some nice variation to the long runs, I can get right down to the Southern end at Barham Road in about 6km from home, so should be easy to pick off un-run bits)
Ha. Hahaha.
What a difference a year makes. Apathy post 2017 marathon and a metatarsal stress fracture in September killed off most of my plans (I only started running again properly in January and I'm easing back into it as I don't want to injury myself).
I've done 2 parkruns since that last post and have lost and put back on the weight (95kg now). So, starting again:-
Goals for next 13 months (leading up to London Marathon 2019):-
* Get back in to a regular routine (swimming, cycling three times a week, 5-a-side twice a week, 11.5km run commute once a week extended to a HM run commute once a month, intervals once a week, parkrun, long slow run on Sundays)
* Weight down to under 80kg by Christmas (~41 weeks and ~15kg to lose) and to ~76kg by April 2019 (London Marathon - sub 4:15, possibly sub 4h if I get under 76kg)
* A few HM races over the next year, just to keep the long runs interesting and hopefully see some proper race progression
* Parkrun PB sometime around August hopefully (PB is 24:24 currently) as the weight comes off. 21:59 as a longer term goal, maybe lower if speed improves lots with weight coming off
* 50 parkruns by April next year (currently on 23) including a few volunteering!
* Run all of the paths/tracks on Putney Heath, and when that's done, Wimbledon Common (introduces some nice variation to the long runs, I can get right down to the Southern end at Barham Road in about 6km from home, so should be easy to pick off un-run bits)
* Swim Serpentine 2 mile swim again in September 2018 (really enjoyed that last year despite it being cold!)
* Keeping entering the Ride 100 ballot as I want the London Classics medal (assuming I actually finish the London Marathon in 2019) - would consider charity place if I'm unlucky in the ballot in 2019 (no place this year in the ballot)
(I have a London Marathon place for 2018, thanks to the ballot, but I'll be deferring it due to my foot. I'll also be passing on the Brighton Marathon place I have this year which was my backup.)