Quest for 4:00 - The Training of an Irish Runner

I've read that in pursuit of a big goal, you need to set steps, benchmarks, milestones, etc. along the way. Two areas that I need to work on as I head towads a sub-4 marathon are my bodyweight, and current race speed.

So, my first milestone date is March 21st at the Shamrock Half Marathon.

My goal is to run under two hours. Currently, my official half marathon PR is about a 2:13, although I ran 2:09 at the half split during the Richmond Marathon.

Along with that, my weight goal is to be under 200 lbs again for the half. I briefly hit 199 while training for MCM and Richmond, but the holidays & my trip to Disney World (or I should say, the bad habits I maintained during those periods) put my back up to about 211.

I will track my weight every Sunday between now and Shamrock.

Have you set any mini goals as you progress to you big one?