You there, you forumites, you need to pick a goal for me for 2008. I'm indecisive and need some help.
Of course we all know that fellrunning and fellracing are fantastic pursuits in their own right, but there's something about having a really challenging target that makes it all the more satisfying.
Having a goal gets you out on a crap night, and getting out on a crap night makes you feel very satisfied about half an hour after you get back in. Those endorphins - you gotta love em.
As well as getting out more, a goal that's a real stretch is also more likely to make you work harder when you do go out. You're straining harder at the end of each of those intervals, and you do more of them.
After 5 months of goalless running since 2007's target was obsessed about, prepared for and (thankfully) met, I'm looking for another one.
Don't get me wrong - these months since the BGR have been great! No pressure, no worries, just run how you feel. OK, people i used to beat have been ahead of me but so what!?
I'm getting bored of that now and want a goal. I don't want to do another big round yet, but instead, I want to choose a race, pick a target and really go for it. I;ve always wondered how well i could do if i focussed on one race for a long period and did my absolute best. People usually train for a season, or a round, but a single fell race? I know i never have.
So, what's a mid-packer like me to do? I aint quick but can really get the most out of what I've got through preparation. I know there's the odd person who never thought i;d make the BGR cos i'm not too fast. I want a goal that has every chance of not being met - a real stretch. Some ideas for a mid-packers dream include...
- Sub four hour Jura (done it once in bad weather and didn't break 5 hours!)
- Sub 3.30 Borrowdale - current pb 4:17
- Sub 2:15 Sedbergh - current pb 2.53
Any other ideas? (Three peaks is out of reach - alas!)
I'm really struggling to come up with something so any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
ST