December 26th, 2013 1:54 PM by Eric Fang
It is almost end of the year 2013. And as usual,we will contemplate the accompishment of the pastyear and will have a plan for the new year.
I completed running 1727 miles this year(Will finish 6 miles Friday; 8 miles Saturday).Though I reached my gal of 1500 miles, I think I could do better.
First for my running, I think I did great for thefirst 8 monthly, I knew what my goal was, and I ran slowly most of the time; and my goal was losingweight. But I think I lost my focus after August.After Sep 2nd Labor Day Race, when my pace was about45 seconds faster than last year, I focused too muchon the race; for the two half marathon races(Oct & Nov)and my first Marathon. Even though I can "show off" howfast I can run now, but I did not reach my goal of weight loss.
I checked my blog of the last year. See the link.I only lost 5 lbs this year(though my weight was around 170lbs the beginning of 2013). And I gainedabout 3-5 lbs during my Marathon Training.
So for the year of 2014, I will focus more on the weight loss and wil run a few half marathon with my daughter and my wife.
The running goal: one 10k race; 3-5 Half Marathons;one marathon. Weight loss goal: 165 lbs any time in 2014(Just reach it, though it bounces back sometime).For the running pace, I hope I can run 7:15 per milefor my 10k and half marathon; and 8 minutes per milefor marathon.
And let's review it the end of year 2014