My goal on January 1, 2012 was to run over 1,000 miles this year. I ran 1,190.9. While a member of this site, I only ran 300 miles in 2011, and probably a total of less than 500 miles for the whole year. So this is more than double my miles for last year. Looking back over the calendar I notice several problems with my training for the past year. The first is that I was not very consistent. I ran 8 miles in January because of injury, I ran less than 31 miles a week through February, I hit a high of 42 miles per week in March, in April I craped out and only ran a total of 83 miles for the month, in may I ran 148 miles overall but the weekly milage varied from 15 miles to 41 miles a week, in june I ran until I hurt myself on June 18 but I only managed a total of 42 miles for the month running more than half the month, from July to August I was out with a sprained ankle, and August to September I got really serious about my training - running 182 mile in August and 189 miles in September, 40 more miles than any other month to date, in October I crapped out after the marathon and haven't really managed to get back up to speed since - running 133 miles in October, 73 november and 64 in december. It's been harder this winter to be motivated. part of that is the new job but part of it is also the cold weather. It was really easy to push myself when it was warm outside. For the new year I want to be consistent. It will probably take me some time to get back up to my desired mileage so I think I will shoot for 40 miles a week in January and February and get up to 50 a week by March. The two months of training leading up to the marathon were the best I felt running since I started doing it again and I think that was because of the consistency. With that in mind, my goal for the new year will be to run consistent distances. Because I don't want to be bogged down with specific numbers for the week I will try and keep my weekly mileage and days run consistent, meaning my goal is to run the above mentioned mileages by running 6 to 7 days a week. No more running 10 miles twice and a few 8's and missing several days. I think running every day, or at least 6 days a week, is key to making gains. I am also going to sign up for the Speedgoat this year so I will need a lot of hill training. I ran 163,606 vertical feet this last year. In light of what some of the rest of the members of this blog ran, that number seems pretty small. I would like to break 200K of vertical feet next year. If I am able to stick with my weekly mileage goal I should be able to break 2,000 miles for the new year, so that is my goal. I am also planning on running the following races: St. George 5k Lake to Lake relay Flag Rock Run Speed Goat 50k St. George Marathon Moab Trail Marathon I would like to run the 5k in under 21 minutes but that might be pushing it with my training over the past month. Lake to Lake is just a good time, Flag Rock I would like to run in 1:05:00 or less, Speed Goat I would like to finish without needing to be rescued or carried off the mountain, St. George Marathon I would like to run in under 3:00:00, and the Moab Trail Marathon I would like to finish in under 4:30:00. Now it's all out there, I better get running. | 