My RUNNING health and fitness goals for 2009

Really I want to run consistently, but that’s not really a goal and I’ve been pretty good about running on a consistent basis in the past couple of years. So here are my short, medium and long term goals.

1. On May 31, 2009 I will have run the Unser Half Marathon in April and the NM Run 4 the Zoon 10 K in May as part of my training for my second marathon.


2. On Labor Day 2009 I will have run the La Luz trail run on August 2 and the New Mexico Half Marathon on September 6th.


3. By the end of 2009, I will have run my second full 26.2 marathon (Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio November 15 or New Las Vegas Marathon December 6th), or have immediate plans to run my second marathon (Rock 'n' Roll Arizona January 17).

Of course I have to have some contingency plans here. I don’t know exactly when the Unser Half Marathon is, and I may be traveling for that and/or the NM Run 4 the Zoo this year. That’s ok. I can still run 10K on my own and very likely find a half marathon another time this spring. It is just a bit early for these smaller events here in Albuquerque or around NM.

I do need to build in some rewards. I will be developing my training plans, and as I go I will be building in the rewards based on percent of training runs completed per month.