Did I Achieve My 2024 Running Goals?

Time to look back on 2024 and see how my running went. Already did the basic statistics and compared those to 2023. It wasn't pretty. I expect my goals were not achieved either. Let's take a look at them:

1. Finish top 10 in the Mahomet 5K road race. Fail. I did run the race and finished in 12th place overall (1st in age group). Not bad! But not top 10. Am I disappointed? Not really. This is a solid performance for a 58 year old! 

2. Run a 6:21 mile. Success! Didn't try many times, but I did run a 6:15 mile on the roads. Should have tried hard on the track to beat that time. Still, a good effort. Happy.

3. Run 1:42:10 in the half-marathon on the KRT. Fail. Never really tried to run fast on the KRT or anywhere else. My best half-marathon effort was 1:50. I am sad that I did not run faster than 1:50, but 1:42 is pretty fast. Think I would have been happy with 1:45. 

4. Run 22:04 in a 5K or 45:50 in 10K. Fail. My fastest 5k was 22:16. Pretty close!  And I'm happy with that finish time. Never ran a 10k race or time trial. Need to try more 5k and 10k time trials at the KRT (flat packed dirt). 

5. Run 40:00 on the 5-mile Lake of the Woods trail course. Fail. Never tried to run the full 5-mile loop fast. Maybe I was afraid of how slow it would be, but it just didn't happen. 40 minutes is pretty darn fast on that trail. Especially for an old ultrarunner! 

I was successful in 1/5 goals. Not very good. Oh well. I was pretty close to achieving two of those goals (#1 and #4) so I almost made 3/5 goals. That would have been a good year. Maybe 2025 will be better. I'll set those goals soon.