2007 Resolution Review

It's time to review last year's resolutions to see how I did.

• Complete an ultra - either 50k or 50 miles - This one has been around for awhile and once again, I didn't sign up for anything longer than 26.2. Maybe this year will be the year that I finally go long.
• Complete the Chicago Marathon in under 3 hours - As you've probably heard, Chicago was a sweltering race this year. I was on pace to go sub-3 through the first 20 miles but after that the heat became too much. I was very happy with the sub-3:10.
• Run a 5k in under 18:20 - 3 5ks and neither one was under 19. The first one was on the extremely muddy Big Dry Creek. The mud made the race extremely fun but very slow. The second was the Grand Lake 5k so the altitude and climbing didn't make it possible there. The third was on the new Panerathon and I was pretty tired from a long race season.
• Run a 10k under 38:00 - I only did one 10k, Bolder Boulder and while I was under 40, I didn't get under 38. The triathlon focus didn't allow any other 10ks.
• Average 22 mph on bike during an Olympic distance triathlon - 40k bike - I raced three Olympic distance races, Loveland Lake to Lake, Boulder Peak and Rattlesnake. At L2L, I averaged 21.9 for 30 miles. At Rattlesnake, the average was 21.9 for 25 miles. At Boulder, I finally broke 22 averaging 22.1 over the hilly, rolling 26 miles. Oh yeah, at Harvest Moon, I averaged 23 mph over the rolling 56 mile course.
• Run under 40:00 during an Olympic distance triathlon - 10k run - I was close but didn't quite get there. At Boulder Peak, I ran 41:16, at Rattlesnake it was 42:11 but the really good race was Loveland Lake to Lake. At L2L, I went 40:10.
• Finish under 2:20 at an Olympic distance triathlon - 1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run - I probably would have been under 2:20 at Boulder Peak if the bike had been 40k instead of 42k. At Boulder Peak, I finished in 2:20:53 so those 2 extra k's were probably it. At Rattlesnake with a true 40k bike, I shattered the 2:20 mark finishing in 2:15:40.
• Get one new person to complete a triathlon - Not one person but 5 new people joined me this year at Mini Ha Ha.

Overall: 3 successful resolutions out of 8