Goals and Plans of 2015 1/2/15

I am Spinervals Challenge finisher for the fourth time!  Now, year 2015 is promised to be a good year and Coach Troy asked our goals for the new year.  Goal setting is important, but setting good goals is just as important.  I make my students do it every semester, so I first thought I should line up goals, not plans.  It means that usually involves numerical value.  But I found a timely article from Training Peaks: if anybody is still looking for a little guidance.

Goal Setting For the Dreaming Season
http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/goal-setting-for-the-dreaming-season

Training distance goals

Increase both cycling and running

2015 cycling 6000 miles, running 500 miles

(2014 cycling 5459 miles, running 447 miles)

Race time goals

5K 30:00 (currently 31:30)

PR in long course Du at Esprit de She 5K/18 miles (2014 2:05:40)

Events Goal

Spinervals 32-Day Challenge Finish

Tour de Cure 100 miles

Now here is the list of events. I do not expect everything will happen.

January

1/10 (Sat) Fight Back 5K, McKinney, TX

http://www.getracing.org/#!fight-back-5k/cc6w
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1/17 (Sat) Hotcake Hustle 5K/10K Addison, TX

http://www.runproject.org/news/hotcake-hustle-5k10kfun-run

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1/31 (Sat) Plano Pacers Fresh Start 5K /10K Plano, TX

http://planopacers.org

February

2/21 (Sat) Fast & Furious Time Trial 15 miles, Ft. Worth, TX

or

2/22 (Sun) Fast & Furious Du 2-mile run/15-mile bike, Ft. Worth, TX

http://www.dallasmultisport.com/upcoming-events/event-calendar/fast-and-furious-duathlon.html

2/28 (Sat)

Cowtown marathon 5K/10K ,Ft. Worth, TX

http://cowtownmarathon.org

or

2/28 (Sat) Plano Pacers, Bead Dash 5K/15K

or

March

3/1 (Sun) Tough Cookies Du 1.5 mile run/10 mile bike, Copperas Cove, TX

http://toughcookiefitness.snappages.com/tough-cookie-duathlon

3/21 (Sat) Beauty and Beast Bicycle Tour,  34/46/53/67 miles,Tyler, TX

http://www.tbcbnb.com

3/28 (Sat) Plano Pacers, Spring Scamper 5K/10K

April

4/11 (Sat) in  LancasterCountry Ride, 42/62 miles, Lancaster, TX

4/18 (Sat) Ride for Heroes, 39/58/70 miles, Aledo, TX

http://rideforheroes.org

4/25 (Sat) Plano Pacers Hall of Fame Run 8K

May

5/17 (Sat) in 2014 Ride Against Cancer, Richardson, TX

http://www.methodisthealthsystem.org/wildride

5/17 (Sun) Metroplex Sprint Duathlon (part of the Grand Weekend)
2.5 mile/12.5 miles/2.5 mile

June

6/13 (Sat) in CollinClassic 64 miles, McKinney, TX

or

6/13 (Sat)- 6/14 (Sun) Wounded Warrior Half Marathon/10K/5K, Las Colinas, TX

http://dallasathletesracing.com/package/wounded-warrior-half-10k-5k/

6/20 (Sat)Tour de Cure 62/100 miles, Ft. Worth, TX

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/TourAdmin?px=6040656&pg=personal&fr_id=10227

July

August

8/8 (Fri) in 2014 Joe Pool Dam Trial by Tri Dallas Events

September

9/20 (Sun) Balloon Fiesta 5K/Half Marathon, Plano, TX

http://www.planoballoonfest.org/event-information/festival-runs

9/27 (Sat) in 2014 Waco Wild West 100 Bicycle Tour

http://wacowildwest100.com

or

9/26 (Sat) Plano Pacers Five Mile Fling 5 miles

October

10/4 (Sat) in 2014, Make A Wish ride 100k, McKinney, TX

http://wish100tx.org

10/25 (Sat)

Esprit de She Du Long couse 5K/18 miles, McKinney, TX

http://www.espritdeshe.com/page/show/721267-du-dallas#.VKbHSUvzGi4

November

11/7 (Sat) I am Second Run 5K/10K, Plano, TX

http://www.theiamsecondrun.com

11/14 (Sun) Bronda's Du/Long Course Duathlon National Championship 2-mile run/15-mile bike, Ft. Worth, TX

11/26 (Sat) Turkey Run Off  5K/15K

December

Spinervals Challenge