Goals for June
May was a success, fitness-wise. I achieved my goal of getting my weight from 173-177 (it varied a lot, depending upon how much I ate) to under 169 (168 last Friday). I finally broke 20 minutes in the 5k (19:30). And I improved at pushups (high for a single continuous set: 46). I didn’t quite get my bodyfat or waist as low as I would have liked, but it was a good month.
So now that it’s June 1 it’s time to set some new goals for the month. Since I will go on vacation in Yosemite starting June 28, my goal date will be June 26 — not quite 4 weeks from now. Fitness goals for that date:
1) Get weight down to 165 (will take hard core effort)
2) Get bodyfat down to under 16%
3) Get waist (at largest point) under 35 inches
4) Run 10K under 41:30 (that’s 70% age graded factor, pace about 6:40)
5) 50 pushups in one continuous set
6) Install pullup bar in my garage and get going on pullups to complement pushups
That’s six goals, which is a lot over a short time, but I’m already underway with most of them. I’ve got the 10K on my calendar; it’s on June 14, 13 days from now. My recent 5K pace was 6:16, so finishing a 10K under 6:40 pace should be doable. If I feel good I’ll try for sub-41 minutes (6:35 pace).
The weight will be hardest, because I know from experience that my current weight level is a kind of threshold I’ve reached several times over the last three years, but never broken past. At this level my body starts really telling me it wants more food, and I have a hard time saying no. The difference this time, I hope, is that my diet already is underway AND I’m increasing my running mileage. The last three weeks I’ve run 31.8, 32, and 34.3 miles. I plan to keep my mileage up in the 35 mile range through June. Saturday morning I had one of my best training runs ever: 13 miles in 141:16 — 7:47 pace. Losing weight and running SHOULD work together, with the running burning off the calories and the lower weight making it easier to run faster.
June 1, 2009 at 10:49 am
Those look like great goals!!
June 3, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Great goals for June. I turn 50 on your goal deadline. Good luck reaching those goals. Enjoy your journey as you keep moving forwards.