2025 Goals

Introduction

As my tradition, I like to reflect briefly on last year's goals and come up with some new ones. Throughout the year, I like to take a look at my goals and see how I am tracking.  

It also gives me a chance to reflect upon where I am at and where I want to be.  It also allows me to dream a bit and get re-inspired to run my best.

Hiking in Wells, Nevada

How I Did I Do With 2024 Goals

Race Less: Mostly Failed

I knew this one wasn't going to work from the start. I started off with the best intentions but I never really stuck with it.  I am okay with not succeeding here -- although I think it would've been better for me to work on recovery and actually being fresh and prepared for many of the races I did this year.

Do a New Race: Success

I did several this year and knocked off another state on my 50 states list (Indiana).  There weren't many new ones this year, but I did succeed.

Smith Lake in Wells Nevada

Goal Times: Failed

I did get some revenge on the the half marathon distance -- particularly the first two races of the year.  They weren't up to my 1:51 goal.  I also had ambitions of hitting 23:XX, but after March, that fell of the radar.  By midyear, I knew most of my time goals were gone and it was just a matter of getting where I was at the start of the year.

Clean Up My Diet: Mostly Failed

I eat better than most, but my weight has gone up a bit this year.  I think I do a lot of stress eating and I don't keep ample snacks around the house that I feel good about eating all the time. This goal definitely needs unrelenting focus.

Another goal I had, but was unlisted, was to train hard and do my "sessions".  I succeeded on this immensely.  I stuck with the workouts and felt like they helped a lot in keeping what speed I had.  I did neglect more of the endurance and speed endurance though and my half marathon times came crashing down.

Goals for 2025

Goal Times:

I feel like my fitness is coming back -- although slowly.  By continuing to work on my fitness, doing "sessions" and doing workouts for race distances I want to succeed at, I think I can hit the following times:

5K: 24:30

10K: 51:00

Half Marathon: 1:55

Continue To Work On My "Core" Drills

The last two years has seen me going to the Physical Therapist's office.  I've learned a lot of things that more or less has kept me healthy over the past few years.  At times throughout the year, I've gotten very diligent about it and then I'll go weeks without doing anything. 

I think the exercises and drills I've been taught, have improved my form and increased my durability.  I need to do them more consistently -- at least twice a week.

Do A Destination Race

This always excites me: travel someplace new or do a race I haven't done before.  It always stokes my interest and fires me up.

My goals are really conservative.  I can always re-evaluate them as the year goes on.  I still don't know exactly where I am at given all that I have gone through in 2024.  I'll be sure to check in with myself and reevaluate what I can do to achieve this year's goals.

Note:

Usually by now, you'd see WAY more races listed for 2025.  However, we are talking about leaving the Salt Lake area.  Where? I think I have some clues but until something gets 100% committed to, I'll keep it on the downlow.  It looks like "it is going" to be happen this year, but still not 100% sure.  So I'll be going week to week on races until I know for sure.

Upcoming Races

01/18: 2025 Break the Freeze 5K - South Jordan, UT (Confirmed)
01/25: 2025 Sun Half Marathon - Ivins, UT (Confirmed)
02/23: 2025 Las Vegas Half Marathon - Las Vegas, NV (Confirmed)
03/01: 2025 March Madness 10K - Woods Cross, UT (Confirmed)
03/15  2025 Lucky 13 10K - West Jordan, UT (Confirmed)
04/26: 2025 Salt Lake City Half Marathon - Salt Lake City, UT (Confirmed)