From: Michael Deimling <mikebev11@...>
Subject: Re: [fitHQ] Goals to Finish in 09?
To: fitHQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 6:36 AM

Hey group, haven't ran with you in a year, but I still keep planning too!.   Not up to the marathon level, but definetly plan on running some shorter races this year.

 

St. Patty's 5K

Bolder Boulder (will be 7 in a row!)

Maybe 10mile G.o.G.

Woodland Park 10K.

 

If i can get in better shape and get my heart rate a bit lower, maybe I'll shoot for the Rampart Reservoir Pony express run next fall.

I have to keep my heart rate below 170 or so, which slows me down now to about 9 minute miles.   But I'm still running!

 

Mike Deimling

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From: Jeff Owsley <owsley@comcast. net>
To: fitHQ@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2009 9:33:11 PM
Subject: [fitHQ] Goals to Finish in 09?

Hey, we need to get this FIT group going again! And this is a great
time to do it! I bet we all are thinking about what we want to
accomplish in this new year. Maybe we can get some weekend runs going
again that would help us reach our goals?

I know about 5 of us are doing the Canyonlands Half Marathon on March
21. Unfortunately, you have to go through a lottery process to have a
chance to register for that race and it is all over. What other races
are people looking at training for around that Spring timeframe (or
later)?

I hope everyone has fond memories of fitness from last year. I'm sure
there are also regrets, but there must be some accomplishments in there
too. I haven't told you all that I finshed the biggest goal I have for
my running - I qualified for Boston at the Tucson Marathon a few weeks
ago! I must say that there was a time when I didn't think I would ever
even RUN an event longer than a 10k and I thought a marathon would be
especially impossible for me to do. Because of training with the FIT
group, marathons became feasible to do, but the thought of trying to
qualify for Boston was totally impossible. Then I gradually started to
realize that by training properly, I just might be able to qualify - and
it worked! Very exciting!