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

Hello my 7 followers, remember me?

So yeah, I've not been around for a while. I have to take responsibility and say I just got lazy the last six months of 2011. I can blame the heat, I can blame the rain, I can blame a lot of things but ultimately it was my decisions to stay inside that lowered my fitness level, it was my choices to indulge in too much sugar and snacks that caused me to gain so much weight again.

And the ultimate payback to those bad habits was a really slow Marine Corps Marathon, and then my first DNF at the Philadelphia Marathon, where I suffered a hamstring injury. Not quite a full tear, but the doc said I was smart to stop when I did, else I still wouldn't be able to run.

I got out for my first run of 2012 today, 3 miles in my Vibram Sprints. I plan on buying a pair of the Bikilas soon, primarily for the cover on the upper and slight increase in tread. Slow miles, but that's what happens when you're rebuilding your base. But it did give me some time to think about my 2012 goals.

2012 Goals:

• Break 1000 miles for the year
• Get back under 210 lbs
• Expand endurance coaching business
• Finish 2 fall marathons (looking at Chicago and Niagara Falls)
• Update TIR more frequently (see what I did there?)
• Get back to the Friday Five (more daily specials as well?)
• First Triathlon (taking suggestions!)