2007 Goals

After a rather frustrating :angry2: latter half of 06 with an ongoing PF problem, I am hoping this injury gets better and I can achieve the following goals in 07.....

sub 55min 10k (56:17)
sub 2:06 HM soft goal for Greenbelt HM in early May (assuming PF improvement)
sub 2:00 HM stretch goal for Barossa HM in late May

and the big one although still considering this - 42.2k of pain/bliss in the Adelaide Marathon in August

Weight loss goal of 20kg for the year (18kg last year) to get back to my fighting weight.

And, either late 07 or more likely 2008, an olympic distance tri or two with an 6ft / ultra down the track...
I can't believe i just put that last bit in print :mellow:

Deja Vu

Misty water colour memories...............
Here I am at the beginning of a new year and close to starting from scratch again. The pod has given me the ok to start running again with a few easy run-walk's but after a complete break from running for the past month or so, as well as minimal running for several month's prior to that, the 'base' that i had hoped to maintain is pretty well gone.
I was hoping to run my 2nd & 3rd HM's in May but will need to assess as i go. I am just about to put a training schedule together for them regardless, which gives me 14 weeks to the 1st one, the Greenbelt, and 17 weeks to the Barossa HM. A little bit tight but I did my first HM last August, with similiar duration at that intensity, although I the PF problem hit 4 weeks before and stuffed up the final few weeks of prep. We'll see how we go.
My first run back last week (5k), in the new orthotics, yielded a fair bit of discomfort with the PF as well as pain down the outside of my left leg. It will take time for the body to readjust to the new position I guess.
Today's run of 7k was much better although uncomfortable but ceratinly feel more positive after it. I will ice the foot tonight and run a similair distance on Thursday and look forward to making further progress.