Yeah so traditionally this would layout exactly what I want to achieve in the year ahead but for obvious reasons this year its a little bit more tricky. In the past few years my target has been to notch up as many parkruns as possible and by this stage I would have a number of trips booked in already for the summer. But even with the vaccine on the horizon, realistically I can't see races or parkruns happenning till at least summer at the very, very earliest.
So what to do then. I don't think there is any point in making plans for the whole year but rather focus on want I want to do and improve upon over the next 4 months. I did have an idea to maybe train for a virtual half at the end of April and that still is a possiblity. But I need to change my routine to do that. The problem being I do like the routine I have got myself into last year. And that was running 2, 3 lunchtimes during the week then on a Saturday too. If I was to attempt training for a half that would mean I would have to extend my runs during the week which would mean I would have to run after work.
The other thing I was thinking of doing was really trying to improve my 5k time. What I have found in the past is though my 5k time improves the most when I train for longer distances. So to do this again I would have to run after work and not at lunchtimes.
I think the two aims kind of fit in with each other. I know how easy it is though just to stay in after work. But I think it is at least worth a try and see if I can get anywhere with the getting faster and going longer approach while keeping my 5ks on a Saturday. If I find I'm not going out after work I can still resort to 5k lunchtime runs.
I'll still aim for averging under 30 mins for 5ks and I have another aim here of trying to run more than 20 sub 30 minute 5ks.
Happy new year and good luck with your own running goals if you have them
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