2012 plans

Jumping the gun for some, but since I am done this year with races, time to start penciling in plans for 2012.

Looks like Napa is a 50/50 at this point (March).

Julie and I are hoping to go to Europe in SEPT or OCT if it is still there. NOT doing Athens I guess! Perhaps Venice, Marathon Medoc or Turin and then if we just stay in UK/IRE then Dublin or Liverpool. There is also the Beirut, Lebanon marathon, but I may as well do Athens, right?

And if Europe falls through or ceases to exists, then maybe Canada somewhere, or who knows what...

Any exciting plans for you all?

I don't know about exciting, but I'm already planning for 2012 as well.

I'm looking at the Canyonlands Half Marathon in March if I get in through the lottery.

I will be doing the Bolder Boulder 10K again at the end of May.

I will run the USAF again, but I'm not sure of distance. I will likely do the half as the MCM is my goal race for 2012.

I will run the Marine Corps Marathon at the end of October.

I'm not sure what I will finish the year with, or what other events I add, but those are my pillars for next year.

January: Houston is heading to be unplanned.
March: Rock n Roll Half Dallas.
April: Eugene Marathon if I still have the interest in this thing.
June: Dallas All Comers Track Meets.

January: Houston Half (currently, might switch to the full for a long run and TX)

April: Boston

May: Daughter's High School Graduation

June: Move to Cleveland

Summer: Rest

August: Daughter off to college

Fall: Vacation

January 2012 - Disney Marathon

Rest of 2012 - try not to get fat

January 2013 - maybe Goofy

Half Marathon or 15k in Florida during the kids' break?

May 2012 Sugarloaf Marathon

June 2012 Mt. Washington race and Half marathon here in Augusta

August 2012 Beach to Beacon 10k

Fall Marathon TBA (If I have to stay on the Coast, maybe the Cape Cod or another Portland, Maine Marathon. If I can travel, anything is possible.)

I also start training for Boston 2013 and Comrades 2013 during the fall of 2012.

healdgator wrote:Rest of 2012 - try not to get fat

Too late for me.

Well, nothing specific, but I'm toying with the idea of a 50k or even a 50-miler next year.

The 50k might be the Forest Park 50K in late May.

Or (if I was feeling totally crazy), it might be the Beacon Rock 50k in mid-June...

Either would be good training for the Mount Hood 50 Miler in late July.

And it's possible, in theory at least, that I might consider running the Eugene Marathon in May as a training run (especially if there are fellow 365ers there...) and maybe a return to the California International Marathon (as a relay? or more? hm).

I could do some of those, all of those, or none at all... I'll just have to see how it goes.

Plans are a lot less stressful (and binding) when you're just toying with the ideas. Cheaper, too.

Jan - Mississippi Blues Marathon. Pacing 3:35 group

March - Little Rock Marathon. Offered up pacing services. I have not heard back yet

April - Nashville Marathon. Hope to race

Oct - Chicago? Would like to pace Chicago. (Anyone know someone "in the know?") or Marine Corps????

Dec - Memphis Marathon Hope to race

I'm not quite done for the year - have a half-marathon a week on Sunday, as my legs have been feeling good enough since Loch Ness to make me feel that a half PR is a possibility...

Only one race inked in for next year at this point - the Edinburgh Marathon at the end of May. I'm not sure at this point if I want to try for two spring marathons (if I go this way, the other is very likely to be Lochaber in mid-April, which would give me six weeks between the two) or if I want to run a few shorter races in the run-up to Edinburgh.

I don't have any plans for the second half of the year at this point - based on past experience, this is probably a good thing (as I have a history of only being able to put together a few months of training before the injury bug bites...) Health permitting, Loch Ness is definitely an option after this year's positive experience - there's also the possibility of going a bit further afield and running another marathon in the US, seven years after my first.

Napa - March 2012.

Beyond that nothing definite. Probably a fall marathon, but there are two or three possibilities: Outer Banks, Twin Cities, St. George.

After my eff'd up foot heals,... for some stupid reason, I'm thinking about running a marathon next Fall. Race plans so far are: Texas Independence Relay in March, (what is wrong with me????) Indy Mini HM in May, Bayshore HM Brewfest in May, and if I run a marathon it will probably be Chicago because it sure as hell can't be hot again next year. Probably ditch the 5K Nat Champs if I run Chicago, Maybe run the 15K Champs in Buffalo Labor Day weekend.

That's all assuming this pain in my foot is gone by the time I get back from vacation next week...If it's a stress fracture (xrays Oct 27th) I'll be out for a while. Hell, maybe I'll retire from from running.....

I believe I'm taking the year off from racing but 2013 should be a good running yr.

I am thinking 100 marathon in 50 weeks! logistically it sounds hard.



Usually I have my 2012 plan sort of sketched out by now but it all depends on how I do in Philly.

Tentative bigger races

Feb. Cherry tree 10 mile (3rd year running it) becoming my favorite race

March Napa Valley Marathon - if I can swing the vacation time as a fun run

Maybe:

HM maybe in April

Marathon Nov or 50 mile race using marathons as training runs.

Ill know more after Philly!

Still working diligently on 2011, but I am signing up for Burlington again on Memorial Day weekend, since I deferred and have therefore alreadu paid for it! Not sure what else.

Start training for my 50-miler in August in late January
I hope to volunteer at the Umstead 100 Ultra in March in NC
May - Indy Mini HM
A June marathon in Indiana - not decided which one yet.
At least 1 or 2 50Ks somewhere as prep for my 50-miler
August - North Country Ultra 50-Miler in Michigan
October - Chicago Marathon
December - Tecumseh Trail Marathon

March Madness Half in March.

Boston in April

Dances with Dirt in September

Starting to ponder about Chicago in October.

2012 = run

Nick Morris wrote:2012 = run

I'm doing that, too.

March - A training marathon somewhere or just solo.

April - Tri Valley 15K or if I can find a Half later in the month instead.

May - Bayshore Marathon. First BQ attempt.

August - Falmouth Road Race. If I get in. Plus a training marathon probably solo.

Sept - A Half somewhere.

Oct - Hartford Marathon & Cape Cod Marathon.

I have not decided what I want to focus on for 2012, this is the only thing planned as this time

April - Illinois Marathon (actually going to race it this year, did it 2 weeks after Boston the past 2 years)

Still undecided, other than the USATF Cross-country champs in St. Louis in February. There's a good chance I might take last place.

Boston.

Yosemite custom marathon (starting at Tuolomne, going over Clouds Rest, up Half Dome, down to Happy Isles).

Enjoy summer and hibernate fall, as per usual.

January - Houston 1/2 marathon, Olympic Trials viewing as well

February - Maybe a 10k, if the weather is nice

March - Texas Independence Relay, see you there Dave B

May/June - Rice All Comers Track Meet

Rest of 2012 - Maybe a full marathon or another round of 1/2's.

Dave-O wrote:Still undecided, other than the USATF Cross-country champs in St. Louis in February. There's a good chance I might take last place.

Well I'll beat you to it when I take last place in Seattle at the USATF Master's Nationals in Seattle in December.