Goals for the 6 month term

So just looking for something to post in a lull of training.   I am still running, but now in a range of about 45kms per week (down from 60 to 100). 

Things are going well - however I've noticed some slight pain in the Achilles tendon.  Slight tendinitis, but manageable.  I've had unmanageable Achilles tendinitis twice in my life, so this one doesn't seem to bother me.   Most of my running has been on treadmills in the last little while.  Boring little things.  However I am getting used to it.  I love running outside, but when the sun is setting at 6:30pm it's pretty depressing and I don't want to go run in the dark (right now).  Give it a month maybe. 

I realize I'm not going to be able to do my Thurs run where I was doing grassy and/or random hills (sometimes just pathways up a hill like Mad Dog style) in the park in the evening anymore.  Even with a lamp head its pretty dark for those ones.  Oh well.

Onwards and upwards.

Okay so the only race I've signed up for is the 30k Around the Bay in Hamilton for March 25, 2012.  This one is one of the main pillars of tests - to see how you're doing for the May races.   Most likely I'll be running May 6th in my Sub 3 hr attempt.   There I've said it.  A sub 3 hr marathon attempt.   It usually more obtainable when it's written down and so that's what I've done.

I have plans to run other races in the meanwhile - there's a 10 miler on Boxing day, or an 8k in early Jan or even a half in the beginning of March.  In the past I was only doing a few races at a time, but last half of this year (July - Oct) has had me racing 2x a month and I've quite enjoyed it.

Well that's all for now.  I plan to take some more running on location shots this weekend.  We'll just have to wait and see!

Oh other results from the Mad Dog Scramble - It looks like I was 5/9 for my group (Wave 9) and 2/4 people from Wave 10 (super advanced) beat me.   It's not bad to fit in 50% of these guys I think it says a lot -especially when I started the first half k sprint I was 7th or 8th by the time we got into the park. 

That's all for now ~ cheers!