What are your 2020 Fitness Goals?
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runnermom419
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What are YOUR 2020 fitness goals?
I’ve finally taken some time to write out what I’m hoping to accomplish next year. I like to get these written out before the New year.
Here are mine:
Finally get my sub 2 hour half marathon (Current PR is 2:01:54). I’m going to do this by dropping some weight (I run faster when I’m lighter), adding in quality speed/hill work weekly, and building to a long run of at least 14 miles (I fall apart the last 5K of the half, so building to a bit over the distance helps me a lot). I’m going to be smart about which half marathons I choose and be okay with saying “no” to races that are sent my way. I’m also going to work on PR’ing my 10K time. I’d like to go 54:30 for that (Current PR is 54:51).
I am also committing to yoga at least once a week. It helps keep me loose, helps me control my breath, and helps with my mental focus in running and all exercises.
Last but not least, a goal is to complete a century bike ride (100 miles). I’ll need to find a good training program for this, but am excited to tick it off my bucket list.
I’ve finally taken some time to write out what I’m hoping to accomplish next year. I like to get these written out before the New year.
Here are mine:
Finally get my sub 2 hour half marathon (Current PR is 2:01:54). I’m going to do this by dropping some weight (I run faster when I’m lighter), adding in quality speed/hill work weekly, and building to a long run of at least 14 miles (I fall apart the last 5K of the half, so building to a bit over the distance helps me a lot). I’m going to be smart about which half marathons I choose and be okay with saying “no” to races that are sent my way. I’m also going to work on PR’ing my 10K time. I’d like to go 54:30 for that (Current PR is 54:51).
I am also committing to yoga at least once a week. It helps keep me loose, helps me control my breath, and helps with my mental focus in running and all exercises.
Last but not least, a goal is to complete a century bike ride (100 miles). I’ll need to find a good training program for this, but am excited to tick it off my bucket list.
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I have several races planned for 2020.
A 5K in February
A 10K in March
A 15K in April
My second half-marathon in April.
No time goals for any of them.
My biggest goal for 2020 is to reach my goal weight. Which if I hit my goal for the end of 2019 means I’ll only have 20 lbs to go.12 -
I want to run a few 5k and 10k races and perhaps a half marathon, but I’m not sure about that yet!! I also want to practise push ups.
I did a couple of “invincibl” 10k obstacle courses this year and found them extremely boring because doing them with a group, you were only as fast as the slowest runner, and the second one was so muddy and slow it took nearly 3 hours!! So definitely don’t want to do anything like that again next year!5 -
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Stop injuring myself.
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Get back to the gym and weight lifting when my back starts behaving.
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Set a PR for a Century ride. Set my current PR of 5:47 this year and would love to get under 5:30 in what will be my 60th year. Booked a closed roads Century event in June 2020 and waiting to hear if another entry in August has been accepted.
(OP - message me if you want pointers towards a Century training plan, happy to help.)9 -
Sahale and Forbidden Peaks. That gorgeous looking meadow below the PCT at Harts Pass. Happy nights in the Pasayten.4
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1) I plan to ride 2000 miles total - between my outdoor bike and my Peloton.
2) participate in Pedal the Plains
3) complete my first half marathon
4) run the entire Bolder Boulder7 -
Suck less, which is to say - improve.
Race in the men's novice 1x at NW regionals in June.
Keep up with weight training at least through the end of the winter.
Gain more confidence in rowing and weight lifting.4 -
Tour of Flanders sportive (174km). Get a race licence upgrade to 3rd cat. Get round my local triathlon. Win some club TT trophies.5
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#1
Stop injuring myself.
#2
Get back to the gym and weight lifting when my back starts behaving.
#3
Set a PR for a Century ride. Set my current PR of 5:47 this year and would love to get under 5:30 in what will be my 60th year. Booked a closed roads Century event in June 2020 and waiting to hear if another entry in August has been accepted.
(OP - message me if you want pointers towards a Century training plan, happy to help.)
Careful here. I received a warning for doing this. Only offering to help someone. Apparently it's against the rules to request someone message you if I remember correctly.
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Breaking into the top 10 in the world for tested lifters of all feds for my current weight/age class for total lifted in powerlifting would be benchmark year.
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I would like to be 20lbs lighter and not feel so much in pain.
I know it's not a marathon run or lifting mark. I would like to be in better shape to do a mud run this coming 2020.
As a person who has dealt with chronic pain 24/7 for the past couple decades I feel this.
There is established evidence that resistance training helps with pain. I encourage you to reap the benefit of resistance training.
Good luck with your goal(s).4 -
My goal to hit my GW is in April 2020..... when that happens I plan to throw a huge 🎉4
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Get buff to smash the patriarchy 😁10
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Be able to do an unassisted pull up. That was my goal for 2018 and 2019 but is going to have to carry over yet again. Third time lucky!10
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SnifterPug wrote: »Be able to do an unassisted pull up. That was my goal for 2018 and 2019 but is going to have to carry over yet again. Third time lucky!
This is also my goal for 2020. My PT has given me work to do 3x a.week and I have bands to start the process. I managed around half a rep of a chin up on Thursday, which is at least a start5 -
I want to break 4 hours for the marathon. Current PR is 4:01:30. After that I want to drop pace goals and just race for fun. I'd like to race more, because I enjoy it, but feel so much self-imposed pressure to PR I don't do many, especially when my health is iffy.6
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I don't have any specific number goals yet, but through the end of this year I plan on finishing my weight loss (moreso fat loss, I don't really care what I weigh but some weight loss is necessary at this point for recomp) and then focus in 2020 specifically on lifting heavy heavy weights.
I've been doing lots of heavy weight lifting since September with StrongLifts, but I've started following some professional powerlifters on Instagram and have been really captured by the sport (mostly because I did sooo much cardio during the decade I was in the thick of my eating disorder and it only made me feel worse -- seeing women embrace the bulk has been lifechanging). I don't know if I'd ever actually compete in powerlifting, but for my own personal training I'd like to try things like clean and jerk, etc -- lifts I would have never thought about trying even two months ago.5 -
my goals are simple
1. Continue to be a regular visitor to the gym (at least three workouts a week)
2. 10 unassisted pullups/chinups (getting there!). I can do 13 with some cheating (swinging and not complete up and down....but can do about 3-5 nice and clean
3. cardio cardio cardio4 -
My 2020 goal for fitness is kind of hard to measure in the gym - so, as far as the gym goes, stick with my workouts, and don't give in to that need for a "break" and instead just adjust my workouts (something I've not been great about in the past).
Reasons for needing to stick with things and keep pushing is that next summer I will be making my debut appearance on the pro-grid (MotoAmerica) Stock1000 race(s) as a wild card at a couple/few rounds. No matter what, I'll be at the Laguna Seca round.
Racing against a bunch of guys, half my age, on a bike that not too many women choose to tackle. My own fitness is one thing that I have 100% control over, and I am dead set on that not holding me back this coming year like it did this past summer.6 -
Break 3 in the marathon and break my food addiction. I know I can do both if I get out of my own way. 8 minutes and about 25 lbs standing in between me and those dreams5
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