Mid-Year Goal Update

I started off the year with some pretty lofty goals. With June come and gone we are officially half way through the year, so I thought it was a good time to post an update.

Goal 1: Run a combined 2,017 miles in 2017 with my wife. As of the end of the day on June 30th, Erin has logged 520.02 miles and I have logged 583.48 miles for a combined 1,103.5 miles. That puts us well ahead of pace.

My running progress

Goal 2: Bike 2,500 miles in 2017. As you can imagine, the year started off pretty slow as I was limited to putting in miles on a stationary bike. Over the last 2 months the mileage has really started to pile up. I am currently at 1,277.29 miles, again ahead of where I need to be for the year.

My cycling progress

Goal 3: Swim 75 miles in 2017. By design, I started the year off slow as I was only swimming 2 days a week. I have made up a lot of ground (or should I say water?) over the past month as my focus shifted to triathlon training. Currently I have logged 38.37 miles, mostly in the pool. 

My swimming progress

Goal 4: Log 150 strength training sessions in 2017. I've got no excuses here, but I am a little behind where I need to be. As of yesterday, I am at 70 strength training sessions. For some reason, when I run out of time or just don't feel like working out (often because I'm too tired) this is the thing I choose to skip. 

My strength training progress

Goal 5: Complete my first full marathon. It has been well documented in previous posts so I will just say that this goal was not met, and I don't have any additional plans to attempt it again this year. 

Goal 6: Complete a half-Ironman distance triathlon. I am signed up for the Legend 70 in Lawrence, KS on September 10th. Just a couple of days ago I put together my training plan for the remainder of the summer leading up to that race and am feeling pretty good about it. 

Goal 7: Set a new half marathon PR. This is the only goal that I have completed thus far. Originally I was thinking I would go for this one in a fall half marathon (possibly the IMT Des Moines) but I unexpectedly met this goal at the Drake Relays Half Marathon in April.

Half Marathon PR

Not running the marathon still burns a bit, but I have a feeling that isn't going to change until I actually complete my first one. Hopefully that fire inside of me will prove to be a good motivation. For all of the other goals I feel really good about the progress that I have made so far this year and am very confident in my ability to accomplish them.