2012 Races and Goals

I have never actually sat down before and developed fitness goals.  I've set a few in my head before, but this is the first time I've put it on "paper".  It's kind of exciting and makes things seems a little more real.  It will be fun to look back at the end of next year and see how I did!

Goals for 2012

Complete first marathon

Complete first Olympic Distance Tri (Hy-vee Triathlon – Take II)

Complete first Half Ironman

Finish a half marathon in under 2:30

Participate in at least one organized event every month

Run at least 13 miles once per month

Run a 5K with an average pace in the 10s

Log 1200 running miles

2012 Tenative Race Schedule

Jan 8 – Walt Disney World Marathon, Orlando, FL (first marathon)

Feb 8 – Buffalo Run 5K Trail Run, Parkville, MO (first trail run)

Mar 4 – Little Rock Half Marathon, Little Rock, AR

Apr 14 – Rock the Parkway Half Marathon, Kansas City, MO ("A" Race - PR??)

May 6 – Flying Pig Half Marathon, Cincinnati, OH (get to see my friend Coy Martinez)

Jun 16 – Topeka Tinman Triathlon, Topeka, KS (Long Course - trial run for the 70.3)

Jul 8 – Kansas City Royals All-Star Game 5K, Kansas City, MO

Jul 15 – Ford Ironman 70.3 Racine, Racine, WI ("A" Race; first 70.3)

Aug 5 – Sunflower to Roses Bike Tour, Overland Park, KS

Sep 2 – Hyvee Triathlon, Des Moines, IA (Olympic Distance - will end up being my first technical olympic)

Oct 20 – Kansas City Half Marathon, Kansas City, MO (this is a maybe race)

Nov ?

Dec ?

I'm sure I'll add a few more races here or there.

Disclaimer:  My goals, as well as race schedule, are all 100% contingent on my shoulder.  I haven’t posted much about it lately, but I still have no idea whether or not I am going to need shoulder surgery.  In everyday life, my shoulder doesn’t cause me much pain, but I still can’t sleep on my left side without pain and it still feels extremely unstable.  Certain movements still cause pain.  I haven’t been in the pool since August, so I don’t really know what to expect.  I kind of put it out of my mind while I focused on marathon training.  I am hoping to have my ART Dr. start working on it after my marathon and see if it helps.  If it doesn’t, that will probably mean surgery and I won’t be able to do any triathlons next year.  If that happens though, I will wait until next fall to have the surgery and continue to bike and run until that point….at least that’s the plan for now.

Have you given any thought to 2012 yet?  Any new goals/races???  Tell me what you are doing.

Oh, and if you read Jim's "conversation" post today, you were probably expecting a rebuttal.  I have decided that if he is going to continue to completely fabricate conversations, I'm just going to ignore him.  Well, that's probably not really true, I just really wanted to put this post out there.......I will actually have a little something for you regarding this ridiculous "PR" beard soon.  Stay tuned...................................