What are your 2020 Fitness Goals?
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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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.)
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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Survive Mont Tremblant half-iron triathlon.
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Dump some fat.
Fit back in my time trial suit.
Race IM Cozumel.2 -
Upright, and still rowing, as a baseline goal. I haven't gone to rowing camp in a few years, but I coach I know is running several camp sessions at a nice spot in my state this year, so going there for a week would be a good goal.
It'll be my Medicare sign-up year (late 2020), and I think my former employer's Medicare supplement insurance will cover Silver Sneakers gym membership. I'm a Y member now, will probably keep donating, but it changes the options. Not quite ready for the Silver Sneakers classes, I think, wonderful though they are as a community resource.3 -
spiriteagle99 wrote: »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.
I shifted to a “race for fun” approach last year after my first marathon. My goals since have been summed up in one sentence “do epic *kitten*”
My race performances of the last 6-12 months indicate that my existing PR’s are incredibly soft and with a bit less racing and more performance oriented training, I could significantly improve them.
But then I looked at my race plans for 2020 and there’s not one single race/event that I don’t want to experience. I’m just not willing to scratch any of them (which I would need to in order to really train for a new PR).
Racing for fun, for the experience, to see phenomenally beautiful places, to run in places that don’t generally accommodate people/running, and with zero pressure for a PR or really any performance expectation-has been the best move I ever made. I still train because you really can’t “wing it” on a marathon or 100 miles of races in 8 weeks, but I train to be reasonably conditioned to finish the events. So much more than “just finish” but less intense than “PR or Die”
Anyway-I have really loved my running and training life since changing to a race for fun/experience philosophy.
My 2020 goal is to remain healthy enough to be able to do all the events on my list. Kicking off with a marathon in New Orleans in February. Then a buffalo run or Canyonlands half in March. Possible half in April (Myrtle Beach). Another in June (Grand Canyon or Thelma & Louise). Then more in the fall. I will PR (or care about PRing) exactly zero of these events. But they will be awesome!
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Marathon in spring. Goal: finish and not die.
Half marathon in spring. Goal: better than last year's 2:28.
Drop a few more kgs. Sub 60 would be nice.
Overall goal: consistency (3 runs, 2 bike commutes, 2-3 strength sessions per week)3 -
Goals for next year are:
1 - hit GW of 150ish and get BF to 15% so I can start recomp/possibly bulk
2 - run 5k in under 25mins
3 - run 10k in under 1 hour
4 - hopefully find my abs that have been lost for a decade1 -
1. Carry on with my existing lifting programme
2. Bulk slowly adding about 1 to 1.5 pounds a month.
3. Start dieting this time next year or possibly a bit earlier depending on whether I stick to (2) or put too much on too soon....
4. End up with a bit more muscle and a bit less fat this time next year.
5. Rinse and repeat in 2021, as long as I’m happy and 1 to 3 were enjoyable.3 -
Make eating keto my permanent lifestyle. Started on 9/25 and I'm down almost 23 pounds. Easy for me to follow and not cheat. Also want to build in strength training especially push ups....(it's a struggle now). The biggest goal is to continue on with the healthier choices I've made in 2019 and not to give up or give in.2
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I'm deciding still. My original goal was to compete at Indoor Rowing nationals at 55 (which I turned last week). However, a long term back injury recovery has made it where I'm no longer that competitive. Then, I was going to row in San Diego as a consulation and my "special needs" dog is not doing all that well, so that might put that that hold.
I think, for now, it's best for me just to continue on improving performance while watching the back at the same time. As I age, I'm more continually grateful just that I can exercise and train as hard as I do moving into the second half of my fifties.
I do want to get back to more regular and progressive lifting. Thinking about taking on a couple 1000 heavy KB swings in a month (on top of all the rowing -- getting back to over 200K meters a month).1 -
Love the goal, the place and the race!BrianSharpe wrote: »Survive Mont Tremblant half-iron triathlon.
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