During my last career break in 2011 I set myself a number of goals, some of which were achieved, some weren't. I'm going to do the same this year. As before they are a 'stretch target', I don't expect to achieve them all but some of them would be good.
The following are some general goals:
- Learn to Kite-surf.
- Learn to surf on a real board, not a boogie board.
- Take Vern down the west coast of France, across Northern Spain and into Portugal.
- Take Vern through Germany to Tuscany or maybe even further south.
- Go camping in Northumberland.
The following are event driven goals:
- Run one leg of the Cambridge Half Marathon relay - Complete, Team 1970 finished in a very respectable 2 hours 15 minutes exactly. I ran the whole of my leg.
- Complete the Wiggle Saddle Spring Sportive 100 mile epic route on 7th April - Complete, we did it, finishing in just under 7 hours and with an average speed fast enough to earn a silver medal. Loads of training was needed and sadly the UK weather was freezing. Even on race day there was snow still in the ditches.
- Swim in both the 1 mile heat and the 5km heat at the Great East Swim - Complete well sort of, I trained and I trained. I was swimming quickly putting in PB's all the time. I managed to swim 3 miles non stop in 1 hour 23 mins. Sadly though the swim was cancelled due to strong winds making it unsafe for the safety crews. Bugger. Next year maybe?
And finally ...
- Work out what to do next!