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Running Goals for the Year of the Run

posted by Chris Barber

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2010 is the Year of the Run, which of course gets us at SeriousRunning.com very excited.  Excited like the start line of the marathon you’ve been training 5 months for kind of excited.  We are excited for another year of running, another year of experiencing new runs and attaining new goals.  What are your running goals for 2010?  We would like to hear your story and share it in our blog.  Please send a message to info@seriousrunning.com.  We asked our Facebook fans this morning what their running goals were for 2010.  Craig Ashley said, “Hopefully, I will complete my first ultra-marathon in 2010.”  Heather Utrata said, “2:55 marathon.”  Caren Rubinson Lipkin and Chris Dean McIntyre both spoke of attaining goals despite knee injuries and improving their health.  All great, differing goals!  Check out Run DMZ for some good tips for determining your running goals for 2010.  Whatever your Running Goal is, we are here to help you become a serious runner in the 2010 the Year of the Run!

One great way to start the New Year is by doing it old school; that is, celebrating New Years Day by meeting the New Year’s sun coming up over the horizon like our ancestors did before clocks were invented.  Be there when the New Year really starts.  The Wall Street Journal agrees and wrote, “ The Case Against the New Year,” shouldn’t be celebrated at the strike of midnight in the midst of the New Year’s celebration madness, but rather at sunrise.  We at SeriousRunning.com agree, it should be a day of reflection and planning.  New Year’s celebrations don’t have to be a celebration of debauchery and excess, but can be a celebration of the excitement of the upcoming year’s goals and experiences!

SeriousRunning.com suggests waking up to the calm 2010 New Year’s Day morning, lacing up your running shoes, putting on your winter running gear, and welcoming the New Year as the sun shines over the horizon.  The rise of the sun brings with it the excitement of the unknown of the New Year.  A new chance to accomplish and achieve more as a person and as a runner.  Be the runner you want to be in 2010.

If you must celebrate the New Year with debauchery and excess, then punish yourself by an early morning run on New Year’s Day.  And definitely tell us about the goal you made for 2010 on that run too at info@seriousrunning.com.  Happy New Years Serious Runners!

Comments

  1. Run DMZ says:

    Thanks for the mention in the post, and the ego-boosting comment on the blog. And good luck to you and everyone who hopes 2010 is “the year of the run.”

  2. Marc says:

    My annual running goal is to run the year in miles. So for 2010, my mileage goal will be 2,010 miles. I think it is an achieveable goal for a “Serious Runner”.

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