What’s in 2016?

December 29, 2015 Faux Runner Comments 4 comments

December and January are times for looking back and setting goals and resolutions. I love reading how the past year has treated people. And what they plan to tackle in the next year.

2016 is a big year for me personally – I turn 4.0 in September and it’s also our 15th anniversary in October.

Races and Places

March 5th – Chattahoochee 10k

March 20th – Georgia Publix Half Marathon

April 24th – London Marathon. The BIG one for the year. My bucket list marathon. Also followed by a week long family vacation

June 28th – PTS Allatoona Sprint Triathlon

July 4th – Peachtree Road Race? (I included this as I end up running it every year and I plan to run again this year if we happen to be in town)

The second half of the year is still wide open. And I have a few options to pick from –

September 4th – Friendly century ride with friends AND Mr. FauxTriathlete for my birthday weekend.

September 24th – Augusta 2.0? Or a Relay at Augusta? Followed by a vacation during the kids’ fall break.

October 16th – Destination race with Mr. FauxRunner for our anniversary weekend? There’s a relay option to the race I’m looking at but ideally I’d like to run it *with* him.

October Last Weekend – Lottery for Marine Corps Marathon?

November First Weekend – Lottery for New York City Marathon?

So it is essentially Augusta 2.0 vs. a Fall marathon. My first pick would be the destination race if I could find a babysitter … but dependent on the lottery.

Goals

I’ve been chasing one goal for a long time – 2:30 in a half marathon and a 5:30 in a marathon. Having learnt the importance of consistent running / sport specific training, and having built up a good base for the past 18 months, I feel like I have a good shot this year if I continue with the lessons learnt. But having chased that beast 3 years ago and being scared from the experience when I kept falling sick over and over, I’m a bit wary of letting it consume all my energy. Doesn’t mean that I’m going to let it go though…

Every single race in 2015 was a target race with a goal time in mind (except Dopey), especially as there wasn’t a ton of races that I had signed up for. And it would be nice to just relax and kick back for a bit.

Life

A lot of these races will be dictated by my hopes for an India trip sometime. It’s been 4 years since I went home and saw my parents 🙁

I parted ways with a well loved workplace this past year, and I’m not yet sure what 2016 will bring. Will I look to go back to work for a little bit after my short term project is done? Or will I decide on a new chapter and stay at home with the minions now?

Mr. FauxTriathlete set his 2015 goals very simple – run 1000 miles in the year (more on that in the next blog). After that, it appears that he has his sights on a bigger goal, but he’s not sharing yet. And his work has been crazy busy these past few months, which I’m sure will dictate what we end up doing.