2022 Goals

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Hoping for a good year. Last year I was happy to complete my one goal, which was to complete Cleveland Steelman in under 6 hours. This was revised down from 5.30 following a knee injury. I came in at 5.42 which I was pleased with. Given the amount of time I spent in transition, sub 5.30 should be within my reach. So

  1. Steelman sub 5.30. Five minutes faster on both the run and bike, and 3 minutes less f**king about in transition should be plenty.

  2. Half Marathon PB. Currently 1.57, so this should be a no sweat. Given the amount of cardio I do, I’ll be disappointed if I cant get below 1.50. ( my HM during Steelman 2021 was 1.58 and my average heartrate was 135bpm, so I’ve got plenty in the tank.

  3. Improve my cycling strength. This is already ongoing. Have been doing strength work for 3 months along with bike power work. Would like to get my FTP up around 250watts, from 220 currently.

  4. Get more conditioning work / yoga done. I’ve tried before and always lose interest and give up after a few weeks.

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Transition at the steelman is barely 100m from the shore to the mount line!

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It’s Barely 20m :joy:

Over 10 minutes combined for transitions. Just unorganised.

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Not sure I should ask this, but would 00:00- 12:00 * 365 days count as 6 months?

If so might join you

Otherwise, will spectate and clap :+1:

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I dunno mate, you’re the doctor, you tell me.
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Yeah but you’re the tech brain. It’s a question of defining the parameters.

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Minimum would be 7 hours and max would be 14 hours. I would say the average over the year is 10 that is run, bike and strength/conditioning

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That’s a decent amount still :+1: I was just thinking of you saying quality over quantity and wondered how little one can get away with!

I think I averaged about 8h this year. Min 6h max 12h. I’m thinking about cutting it down a bit, but focus on decent sessions. A races are going to be standard and sprint distance which helps.

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Reinforces that I’ve never been able to bench! I’m definitely row>bench, and much bigger gap to deadlift!

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These may not be realistic, I got them off a website.

I’ve always found the row hard, I feel like I find it difficult to engage my late.

To be honest if I can 1x on all of them I’ll be happy

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I do 3-4 hours of S&C each week so it all adds up my longest work out would be 3 hours on the bike in zone 2 just working on endurance and keeping up the miles. My run sets are no more than 50 mins long with an easy 90 mins on a Sunday

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I would have thought if you can do x1.5 1RM for a seated row you could definitely do more than 3 pull-ups?

This had me thinking about what I used to be able to lift :pleading_face:

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Possibly. Its a long time since I was that strong and always assumed I couldnt do pull ups.

As I said above Ive always struggled with form for back exercises. These are minimum targets as well, if I can do more than 3 then great

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Another sport related goal for 2022. Get to 100 parkrun’s, currently on 84 and planning on running on Saturday.

Also to get a few more different courses, currently 17 and maybe do some more of the alphabet.

Fairly simple one this, hoping I might get a couple abroad as well :thinking:

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I’ve just snuck Into the dizzy heights of the forties. Hoping to get to 50 by March

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Sub 20 5k (20.03)
Sub 90 HM (1.32.02)
Not doing another mara this year, can’t take those long runs again.
Sub 5 at Cotswold Classic (best actually do some swimming)

If I can find the right races
23.30 10TT
1 hour 25TT
2h5 50TT

Should probably add in some non-time based ones

  • Get weight under 76kg (probably needed for the running time targets)
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I thought you meant you were turning 40. Wasn’t sure how you were then gonna age a decade in 3 months

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lol - yeah, that’s not clear having read my post back

:woman_facepalming:t3:

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is it too soon to say “ah fuck it, 2022 goals are out of sight….”? :joy:

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And another decade by March :flushed:

I think he wants to join the over 50’s thread :joy:

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