Linking up with Eat Pray Run DC (and thank goodness for this because I’ve completely run out of blog post ideas)
- Be half marathon-ready at all times. I think I might be pretty close to this. After all, I didn’t train too much for the Hollywood Half, and I did Not Badly. If I can do at least one 6-mile run a week, I think I can continue to run half marathons Not Badly. How awesome would it be to decide to run a half just like that? But another goal is to
- Run a half marathon in 2-ish hours. I did the math and I’d have to run at a ~9 minute/mile pace. I’m not anywhere close to that. So I’ll have to keep training, and work on speed, too. It won’t happen this year, but it will happen.
- Hike from a trailhead in Montrose to one in Burbank. I think that’s ~13 miles. At the top of the Verdugos (only ~3 miles up), it’s a pretty flat access road, so this is completely doable. I just have to stop complaining about the heat and get to it.
- Hike to Mt. Wilson. This has been a goal for a while now, but I haven’t even been hiking in months. Too hot, boo hoo.
- Do an unassisted pull-up. Body Beast is getting me closer to this goal – I moved the pin to 54 lbs on the assisted pull-up machine this week. And then, I moved it to 48 lbs and did 5 more. Slowly but surely, I’m making progress. And losing bra fat. Win-win.
What are your goals?
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I love the hike from montrose to burbank idea. I bet that would be beautiful!
Oh yes, especially on a clear day – you can see the ocean from the foothills!
I love the goal of being half marathon ready all the time! Also…I think a LOT of people are struggling for blog material lately, myself included. Maybe it’s spring fever.
Maybe we should have a “nothing to blog about” link up, haha
One of my goals is to do 5 regular pushups (huge for me!) – once I accomplish that perhaps I can try the pull up – I was never able to do that as a kid in gym class.
If *I* could progress to regular pushups, I have no doubt that you can, too. Good luck and thanks for stopping by!
Wow is would be nice to feel like you are always half marathon ready. I usually try to cycle them throughout the year to try to stay injury free and let myself recover. I used to be able to do pull ups-why did I stop? I’ll be adding those back into my list I think.
You just never know if you’re going to have an opportunity to run a half and it would be a shame to miss it. Plus I just want to keep myself motivated!
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Whooo hoooo tell that bra fit, peace out bitch!!! I am hoping to be able to do some more real push ups and not from the knees soon.
I have to be honest – I could do regular push-ups just fine while doing P90X, but with Body Beast I’m back on my knees. My chest and arms are way too tired for them when they come in the workout!
love this. I ran 8 half marathons last year and was always “ready” but definitely make sure you allow yourself some downtime and some fun runs.
WOWOWOOWOWO! You just blew my mind! Awesome!
WOW!! I think you just a goal for me – 8 half marathons in one year! That’s incredible.
Always being half marathon ready is a really cool goal. I LOVE that I want to be there someday! OK, doing an unassisted pull-up…something I trained for, for a year in college and still could not do it! AH! I hope you make it!!! Have a great weekend!
I read an article in the NYT once that some people will never be able to do it because of some anatomical reason. I don’t know if that will apply to me or not – I’ll have to keep trying.
Oh man I can’t image always being half-marathon ready. Had a month to train for tomorrow’s surprise 10-miler and it feels super short lol!
A surprise 10-miler?! How did it go?
Being half marathon ready sounds awesome. I always feel that I’m motivated by having upcoming races in my wake. Hiking and trail running sounds really fun too!
Hiking and trail runs are the best of everything – outdoors, exercise, wildlife…I just love it!
Neat goals – I love them! It was amazing to go run a half marathon in February that I hadn’t had enough time to train for (because of surgery) and feel like I was in “doable half marathon shape”. Go for it!
It’s an amazing feeling to be able to run at all, such a blessing.
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great goals! i agree completely with the first two, i want to be able to run a half marathon at any time + do it under 2 hours. we’ll see! have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!
I run between and 8-9 minute pace, so in theory, I could run it in 2ish! However, I think I’d probably end up taking breaks and walking, so not really….haha.
Holy cow, that’s fast! I run about 11 minutes/mile and I take walk breaks, so I have a lot of work to do.
good luck with your goals love! 🙂
I like the sound of Hollywood run. Are there celebs too, lol kidding!
I didn’t see any!
these are great goals! i’ve been just doing my typical things lately but need to step up my fitness goals too 🙂
I love the hiking goals! I want to do more of that this year too. I might even go camping in a tent for the first time as an adult
Can you believe I’ve never gone camping?!