Alameda Runners – Get After It!

I have a goal of placing in a race in 2016.  Now that I have a goal, it is time to start working toward that goal.

1. Get started. I went for a 5-mile jog at 10:00 minutes per mile.
2. Analyze ways to achieve your goal.
3. I tend to eat a lot more than I did five years ago.
4. I drink less water than five years ago
5. I exercise a lot less than five years ago
6. My body is a lot healthier than it was five years ago
7. I am a lot weaker than five years ago
8. Create a plan
9. Realizing that I was frequently injured in the past, I cut down on the number of run days. I am afraid that reducing the amount of running that I do will hurt my chances for placing in a race but I feel that showing up healthy will increase my chances of placing in a race.
10. The plan that I will post is a running plan. I will post the training plan after Alamedarunners II shows up to teach me how to format an excel document for posting.
11. I chose a running event in September as my target race.
12. I am going to race in 3 triathlons between now and the event that I am attempting to place in.

I picked two Brazen Racing events in September for my goal of placing.  I will be happy if I can reach a top 5 in both races.  Reason for my selections:

1. I love Brazen races
2. I like these courses.
3. Both courses are very hot and very hilly.
4. If I can achieve my hill climbing mentality for training, I have a good chance of placing in these races.

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