2021 Goals

 It might be a bit presumptuous to do goals for this year given how last year went, but eh, screw it. Let's be optimistic.

Swim:
- bare minimum 150k in the pool (preferably 200k)(so depends on pools)
- back to my 10k/mo
    - this averages out to be about 2500-3k/week
- in the summer, get out for an OWS every three weeks (minimum)
- back up to 5k in the water (... pool time dependent, obvi.)

Bike:
- bare minimum 2k (mileage)
    - means 150-175/mo on average
        - minimum 125/mo
        - 30-40 mi/week
- to complete:
    - Lemmon climb IF FEASIBLE
    - Peak-to-Peak loop
    - Carter Lake ride

Run:
- bare minimum 500 mi
    - means 40 mi/mo
    - 10 mi/week
- do a track workout every three weeks in the summer
- aim for:
    - sub-29:00 5K
    - sub-2:20 half

Other:
- schedule the daily, but can do other strength (not gonna lie, getting a bit bored)
- yoga once a week
- stretch more on the regular
- add in more non-SBR still

Always:
- stay healthy and happy

70.3:
- swim
    - keep it sub-:50
    - sub-:48 if possible
- bike
    - sub-3:20
    - sub-3:17 if possible
- run
    - sub-2:45
    - sub-2:40 if possible
- ultimate hope: sub-7:00

Some of the run-only goals aren't super ambitious, but it's getting back to what I could do once upon a time. I want goals this year that are manageable and not too scary ... just in case it ends up being a shitshow again. I know the swim ones could tank hard, but even with not a lot of swimming last year, I managed over 100k ... and I know I could have done more than that even when pools re-opened.

Here's to 2021. May it be more athlete-friendly than last year.

December and 2020 Round Up

December ended up being a bit rougher than I originally planned. Hearing that the half we were sort of training for was cancelled threw a wrench in things and affected us more than I think we expected. After a week or two of not a lot of movement, things got better. Read on ...

Swimming: 9000m (5.59 mi)
Cycling: 120.28 mi
Running: 37.52 mi
Lifting: 31 sessions (5:14)
Other: one hike (1:20), one day skiing (2:00)

I probably could have done better in trying to hit 10k for the month in swimming, but eh.

My goal for the month was to hit 100 miles on the bike and I DID THAT. I do have the Stomp the Trainer 500 to thank for that - Tarsh of Stomp the Pedal took the Rapha Festive 500 and brought it indoors and while I knew there was no way I could hit 500km in 8 days (12.24-31), I could try to get in as much as I could. I ended up with just over 140km which tbh I'm really happy with. Plus it got me back on my bike, so that was a very good thing.

The run ... ended up getting better, even though it was way lower than it should have been. Oops.

What about 2020 goals?

Embrace the hill.
Ha, nope. I can blame COVID on this one. And the horrible wildfire season. I don't even think I rode up in Boulder this year due to circumstances and there aren't that many serious hills down by me. So really, I'm chalking this one up to the year being the year that it was. And I'm okay with this.

Drop my swim times.
... you know, I actually did start doing this a tiny bit near the end of the year. If I really focus on form and push myself, it does work. Who'd've thunk it? I mean, I still need to put in a lot more work, but given the fact that I wasn't able to swim for a good chunk of this year? I'm happy things didn't regress.

Keep working on my run.
My run is actually sort of starting to come around, so I think the consistency that I've been putting in with my run training (I've pretty much stuck with the running every other day thing for over two years now) is slowly starting to pay off. 

Lean out.
A little. Weight's stayed stable (which is a win as far as I'm concerned), but I am starting to see more muscle definition, particularly in places I haven't seen it before. So hooray to that.

Stay healthy and happy.
Done. Especially given everything that was thrown at us this year, the fact that I managed these two things is a MASSIVE win.

2020, you weren't my favorite year, but I've definitely had shittier in terms of working out. You made me appreciate swimming like never before by taking it away from me. You made me thankful for the trail system near my house. You made me thankful to live in Colorado, a state that didn't prevent me from working out outside during the worst of it in the spring. You helped me focus a bit more on strength.

I'm still glad to see you gone, though.