OK – Let’s be honest. I drafted my 2012 goals during an annual training lull and scheduled the publication for one minute past the new year – 1/1/2012 00:01 – the first post of the year. That said, as I started training in earnest for the planned April marathon (my first), the running volume steadily [...]
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2012 Goals, like, for real.
Posted by keith on 2012/02/03
http://keithmeisel.com/2012/02/337–2012-goals-like-for-real/
2012 Goals
Complete a full marathon Finish the Hawk-I-Tri in less than 60 minutes (current PR: 1:07.34) Improve my time in the 5K (current PR: 25:14.8) Improve my time in the 10K (current PR: 52:48.5) Complete a Century ride Complete a 70.3 (half iron man) triathlon
Posted by keith on 2012/01/01
http://keithmeisel.com/2012/01/329–2012-goals/
Well finished is good begun
My weeks of slacking off are now, officially over. Counting backward from the date of my projected first marathon, I had a couple weeks to whip myself back into shape (physically and, it turns out, mentally) and in large part I have done that. I knocked the dust off my treadmill, built up some calluses [...]
Posted by keith on 2011/12/19
http://keithmeisel.com/2011/12/323–well-finished-is-good-begun/
And so it begins…
October 16th I ran the Detroit Free Press half marathon. The plan was to take a little break after that to clear my head. And so I did. This week I started training again in earnest. I know – 7 weeks does not a ‘little break’ make, right? Years ago a friend and I planned [...]
Posted by keith on 2011/12/06
http://keithmeisel.com/2011/12/311–and-so-it-begins/
Martian 10K
In 1977, Pete Riegal published a formula for predicting performance at a new distance based on past results. The formula is based on the theory that when distance doubles, performance slows by 6%. Based on his formula, and given the Shamrocks and Shenanigans PR of 25:14.8, my predicted 10K time was 53:23. The Martian 10K [...]
Posted by keith on 2011/11/02
http://keithmeisel.com/2011/11/144–martian-10k/
Shamrocks and Shenanigans
As you may have concluded, “Shamrocks and Shenanigans” is a St. Patrick’s day race. Only five weeks removed from the disappointing Super 5K, I was steeled to the prospect that I may not get a PR here either, if for no other reason than the course was much hillier than the one at the previous race. Whatever. I [...]
Posted by keith on 2011/10/31
http://keithmeisel.com/2011/10/100–shamrocks-and-shenanigans/
501 to Super 5K
In January of 2011, I joined the Running Fit 501 team, a group of runners all intending to run a marathon (half or full) at the end of the 6-month training program. I’d seen the team advertised, but it always felt a bit out of reach to me. The weekly workouts were organized around two [...]
Posted by keith on 2011/10/31
http://keithmeisel.com/2011/10/73–501-to-super-5k/
The blog is dead… long live the blog
Nearly eleven months ago I posted The Finale with the intention of shutting down my fitness blog. Though I enjoyed the writing (and still enjoy returning to old training posts) the focus had strayed far enough from the initial intent as to be unrecognizable, and I decided to shut it down rather than continue to [...]
Posted by keith on 2011/10/31
http://keithmeisel.com/2011/10/68–the-blog-is-dead-long-live-the-blog/