Before we get into the Tuesdays on the Run topic, huge congratulations to everyone who ran Boston yesterday. Conditions were tough and it was exciting to track so many of you. You are all rockstars!
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic is goals. You set some at the beginning of the year, right? If you did, it’s time for a progress report because, hello, the first quarter is already behind us.
Personally I’m typically a seat of the pants type of girl. I don’t really set goals.
Except guess what? This year I actually did. So let’s review:
Make it across the lake in Pleasant Prairie next August at the Iron Girl Triathlon. Um….well….this one probably isn’t going to happen. When the RnR Dublin opportunity presented itself, I sort of dropped this one like a hot potato due to the conflict of dates. Ugh. Color me guilty, but priorities change.
Water before coffee. I did so great on this one, I really did. Until the last couple of weeks since we returned from spring break, I’ve slacked on the water first thing. Why oh why do I let good habits fade this way??
Stretch before and after running. I give myself an A for doing a pre-run dynamic warmup, and a B for post-run stretching. Better than before for sure but still room for improvement.
Return to sub-2 half marathon. Truth be told, I haven’t been running all that much. In a perfect world my mileage would be higher by now. It’s not terrible but I’m not in half marathon shape and definitely not in sub-2 shape. But there’s still time. A faster half depends mostly on the next goal.
Lose 10 pounds. This has been my main focus this year thus far. With a 6 lb. loss so far, I’m a tad more than halfway there. While I’d have loved to have 10 lbs out of the way by now, things just don’t work that quickly anymore. Since spring break I’ve been neglecting the food journal. I’m thrilled things have moved in the right direction as much as they have. I can feel the difference when I run.
What goals did you set for the year? How are you doing on them?
I am so bad at drinking enough water before coffee. That’s the first thing I do in the morning.I am also bad at stretching before and after my runs. I need to work on that.
I’d totally have jumped on the RNR Dublin as well. I loved visiting Ireland a couple of years ago. You are doing better than me on the weight loss. I’m happy that I haven’t gained, but all my usual “tricks” aren’t working any more. I just need to find the motivation to add more weight lifting to try and up my metabolism a bit…
It sounds like we have many similar goals!! In fact, the last 4 are all goals of mine too 🙂 I have been doing ok with the water before coffee over the past week. I try to drink 20 ounces as soon as I get up, but it can be tricky. I also need to stretch more and have been seriously feeling it in my hips with running. I also have a goal of getting back under 2 hours for my half marathons as well. I have really slowed down over the past year and a half, partially due to injury, but I am ready to work on my speed again 🙂 And of course the dreaded weight, I am working on losing 12 lbs without a lot of success, but it is a goal! So glad to have discovered this link-up, Have a Great Week 🙂
I would love to run a sub-2 half marathon. One of these days!
Its normal that priorities change… Mine have evolved considerably and that’s ok.
When exactly is RnR Dublin ?
I’ve taken a different approach to my goals this year. So far I’m loving it! Priorities change and life happens. For success we need to be able to adapt and adapting doesn’t mean giving up.
I am sitting here with my coffee and glass of water but I’m really only drinking the coffee! Not good especially since I am going running soon. Great job with the weight loss! And like you said, priorities change, so its expected that some of our goals may change throughout the year.
I wish I could get into the routine of doing a dynamic warm-up before I run too. I found a pretty good warm-up routine online and did it for a few days, but it didn’t become a habit. Doing pretty well with stretch after my runs though!
I should definitely do the “water before coffee” thing but oh how I just NEED my coffee 🙂
Congrats on losing 6 pounds!! That is a lot of weight and I’m sure it will help chase that sub 2 goal. Just keep plugging along – you have the right attitude and it will come…
Hmmmm Dublin over Pleasant Prairie? Where are your priorities? :p
I think you’re doing just fine with your goals! Sub 2 is def within reach for you–I don’t know that you have to do all that much to get it!
For the first time in many years I’m actually on track with most of my goals – I put it down to the Goal Tracking software that I started using. It’s now my major workflow that I work from every day for just about everything.
That’s great that you’ve lost 6 of 10 pounds! Ahh you’re going to RNR Dublin, I am so jealous! This year is just so busy that I won’t get to go international, sadly. I didn’t have too many running goals, really I want to keep up my strength training and run consistently. Thankfully, so far, so good!
Who wouldn’t drop a tri for Dublin? Oddly enough, my niece is doing an exchange there next year.
You’ve done marvelously with the weight loss. I hope you will have some before/after photos — 10 lbs is a lot & I find before/afters so motivating. We forget when we don’t have a visual.
It’s really, really hard to create good habits and so very easy to create bad ones!
I got in the habit of drinking water throughout the day in high school, and it’s stuck with me. I always seem to have some sort of water when I’m at home, work, vacation. I drink my tea in the morning, then water in the afternoon.
You are making awesome progress on your goals! I know priorities shift so now biggie about bagging the Tri. Dublin will be way cooler and you can do the Tri some other time. 🙂 I made no 2016 goals but right NOW I am starting to make fall goals. 🙂 I can’t just BOOM be motivated to make goals because the calendar tells me I should. I am not one to make them just to have them. I need to feel like I WANT to achieve something. Because whatever I set out to do is probably going to take time, commitment, and sacrifice, and I’m only willing to do that if it’s something I really WANT!
Way to go on losing 6 pounds!! losing weight is hard work!!
Coffee before water? What ? that sounds scary… like somebody could get hurt scary! If I could, I would drink a small glass of OJ in the morning, I love OJ first thing in the morning.
That’s awesome that you’re more than halfway to your goal of losing 10lbs! If that’s been your priority in the goal department, I’d say you’re rocking it!
You’re going great on your goals! RNR Dublin sounds like a lot of fun. I struggle with the water before coffee. 🙂
RnR Dublin does sound amazing! You could always come do the MD Iron girl with me in August. 🙂 my goals for this year are to stay injury free and get my mileage back up. So far so good knock on something!
I don’t really set goals for the year, but I did make one goal and that is to do a full marathon! Anxious to find out on Thursday if I made it into Chicago or not. 🙂 I’m so excited for you running RnR Dublin!!
You know I think Dublin was a good call! You’ve done great with your weight loss – I’d like to be further along with mine than I am. I know it would make a difference in how I feel when I run.
I do good with the water before caffeine… but I tend to slip up on the weekends. I think it is because I don’t have to have a regimen on the weekend.
I’ve only run a sub-2 once. I hope I can replicate it, but it was fairly tough. I’m just not a fast runner, unfortunately. I totally wish I was!
That darn sub-2 half has been taunting me this past year. I have done it a few times before, and I know I will do it again. But, dang! I have had so many sub-2:04 finishes I could scream (but I won’t because I do realize those are still decent finish times for someone who has been doing more distance training than speed training). Oh well. Onward!
Ive so so so been nailing my 2016 goals right now for the most part BUT Ive returned to the coffee before coffee 🙂
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You are so close to losing those 10lbs!! Keep up your hard work, and it’s totally fine if your priorities change!
It’s so easy to let good habits like water slide! I feel like I do well for a few weeks with goals like that and then life gets busy and poof! Back where I started. Have a great time at RnR Dublin!
I can tell you without hesitation, I have stuck to one goal faithfully and that is to have fun!
I think it is the smallest habits that fall to the way side first like the water before coffee. I mean really how hard is it and why can’t we both stick to it?
I don’t think I’ll ever see a sub 2 half but I can say getting closer to the 2:15 mark vs the 2:30 is getting a little bit easier. Recovering from them are much more bearable now too!