2017 Goals

So while I'm in writing mode, I'm going to get this down. And this year, I will achieve my goals. Unlike 2016.

1.   Complete 4 x 50 mile rides with Bugsy.
2.   Complete a multi-day with Bugsy.
3.   Complete 1 x 50 mile ride with Hazz.
4.   Run 2017 miles.
5.   Run a <30:00:00 100 miler.
6.   Qualify for WS100.
7.   Complete a 70.3 triathlon.
8.   Finish 40 books.
9.   Take 2 CE courses.
10. Minimum 10 minutes of self-care per day

A few of the goals are repeats from previous years, a few are new. My first half of 2017 is penciled in as follows:

February - Golden Gate 1/2 marathon.
               (- Catch ride at 20 Mule Team??)
March    - Way Too Cool 50k
April      - HITS Napa 70.3
              - V.E.T. 50 mile - Bugsy
              - Mendocino Coast 50k - Sweep running
May      - Quicksilver 100k
June      - France vacation

Other events include Pinhoti 100 miler in November, and likely rides include Hat Creek Hustle, Lake Sonoma, and Chamberlain Creek or Cuneo Creek. There's some talk of a Ride & Tie, possibly at Cache Creek. I hope to go to both WS100 and Tevis is some format. I should probably go to work every now and again, allow myself sufficient recovery time, mentally and physically. Oh, and hang out with my husband. This may be why he mentioned toying with the idea of tagging along on a run once in a while...

2016 Round Up

To properly do a 2016 round up, I should probably link to my 2016 Goals post. That I never got around to writing. Whoopsies. I did make some notes in a draft post with the intention of setting decent goals, and looking forward to going back and checking them off now. I guess it matters less since it was a spectacularly poor year for goal achievement. So what happened?

1. <7min mile - I have no idea, but I would be very surprised.
2. <30hr 100miler - Nope. 30:58:xx at Rio Del Lago
3. 2016 miles - Nope. 1769.9 miles. Closer than the previous year though (Goal 2015, Actual 1519.1)
4. 4 e-rides - Nope. 1 x 50 (Bugsy at Cache Creek), 1 x LD (on foot, with Jelly Bean), 1 x intro ride (15 miles with Sharif), 1 x 55 (Whiskey at Gold Rush Shuffle)
5. 80/20 clean eating - Not measurable, but still - Nope. I did great the 1st half of the year though.
6. one book per week - Nope. I think I finished about 12, which is pitiful.
7. entire length of beach - Nope. We may have gone to short beach once or twice?
8. learn to jump - Nope. We had one arena session and practiced a little on trail. He did jump out his stall-rest pen.
9. trail ride in just neck loop - Yes! Mostly, he was wearing a bridle, but the reins were only in my hand on the road section (safety first), and detached completely after a half mile of control check.
10. 120 riding days - Nope. 64 rides with Bugsy. Some riding on others, but not enough to add up to 120.

Half my goals were riding related, and since Bugsy took a 4 month hiatus due to his injury streak, many of those got shot down. Before that, we were having a pretty good year. And while I may not have achieved my running goals, there were successes. I set PRs at the half marathon, 50k, 50 mile, and 100 mile distances. I completely forgot to even try the sub-7 mile, and I'm very confident that I didn't hit it during a run that wasn't focused on speed.

Let's hope 2017 is a better year, in many respects!