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Goals for May

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Goals for May 2014

What a weekend! It was one of those weekends full of amazing people, great memories and not enough sleep. The kind of weekend that leaves you exhausted come Monday morning, but with a huge smile on your face. I am so blessed to have a strong community of friends and runners who consistently make my day and that is something to be grateful for.

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If you follow me on Strava or Instagram, you saw there were lots of hills that were ran this weekend. I have a big hill race coming up next weekend and I want to be ready!

It is hard to believe that we are already in May. I have been ramping up my milage for my big summer races and so far I have been fortunate to remain injury free. It’s time to take a look at what I want to accomplish this May but first, let’s check out how I did in April. 

1. Foam roll and stretch every night before bed. C

Yeah…this was not a thing that happened. I had the best intentions, but I wasn’t able to execute it regularly because I found myself choosing between foam rolling and sleep, and sleep always wins. I did add a baseball and lacrosse ball to the therapy family arsenal so I feel as if I am more preventative than ever. I have made a huge effort to stretch and roll after ever hard run. Plus, our hot tub is open now, so there have been some long therapeutic soaks.

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Living dangerously

2. PR my next race. A+

 

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Check and check. Two races down in the books and both with a PR that shaved minutes off my old time. The interval training I have folded into my plan has been paying off!

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3. Stream line my schedule and instigate a bit more organization and time management. B

I have gotten better at my schedule and adding a few life hacks in to my days to help things flow more smoothly but I have realized that I thrive on being busy…almost too busy and until I can shake the habit, no amount of streamlining will add extra time to my day.

4. Organize my laptop. A++

I spent an evening at Starbucks with a latte and cleaned up my computer. It was fun to go back and find things I had written in undergrad and I even found a piece that I will be sharing in the upcoming months. SO nice to have a cleaned up computer.

5. Make big progress on my blog project. B

Blog projects always take longer than anticipated in my experience. I have had a number of meetings and developed the template, but there is still a bit to go…

Onto May! This month, I want to…

1. Increase trail running for Sulpher Springs and 5 Peaks Series. 

Lots of trail running friends have been shaken out of the wood work and I have been setting up more regular runs to go take in the local trail systems. I need to increase my hill training and technical skills so I am looking forward to adding more trails in May as the systems dry up and hope to add a brunch or two at the end!

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Past Sunday morning = Perfection. Long trail run and brunch

2. Increase community involvement. 

I have been given a really exciting opportunity to lead a running clinic with a local organization. I LOVE the community that I live in and I am excited to become involved in a new and exciting way.

3. Have a rocking race weekend on my birthday.

May 31 was the day that I first made a run into the world and I am celebrating with a weekend of racing. It kicks off with the Terra Cotta 5 Peaks run and ends with the Women’s Half Marathon in Niagara. I would love to see you at one or both of the races. They are my birthday parties. The race organizers just don’t know it yet…

4. Take one night off a week. 

I had alluded to my bad habit of busyness above and I am finding that it is getting just a little insane. For the sake of my training and mental health, I am reserving one night a week where I am home with nothing to do but get things done like cooking, laundry and blogging. Fingers crossed I can get an A+ on this one.

5. Spring clean!

It’s the time of year where my space and my car could use a little TLC and May is the month to tackle it!

What are your goals for May?

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Filed Under: LifestyleTagged With: 5 Peaks, Endurrace 8 KM, goal setting, Jessica Kuepfer, May goals, Niagara women's half marathon, RunWaterloo, spring clean, Sulphur Springs, Terra Cotta, trail running, TYS10K, weekend recapMay 5, 2014

Comments

  1. Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says

    May 5, 2014 at 7:39 am

    Nice recap, lady! You had a pretty stellar April, and I’m sure May will be the same. I am so so looking forward to your birthday weekend – Niagara is going to be amazing! I also can’t wait to take on the trails with you. Let’s pray for no more rain so that we can get out there asap!

    Reply
    • lacesandlattes says

      May 5, 2014 at 9:01 am

      I am hoping we can make it happen this week. I was out yesterday and it wasn’t TOOO bad, but be prepared to get those gorgeous Asics a wee bit muddy!

      Reply
  2. Terry Edwards says

    May 5, 2014 at 8:15 am

    Great Goals! What Running Clinic are you going to be leading?

    Reply
    • lacesandlattes says

      May 5, 2014 at 9:02 am

      I’m prepping a local corporation for their 5 KM. I am pretty excited about it!

      Reply
  3. kylejkranz says

    May 5, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    And sleep should certainly win. I used to foam roll 10-20 minutes every day, but have stopped that months ago without noticing anything other than more time in the day to do something more productive 😉

    Now, I only foam roll if I feel an area needs it. No more rolling for the sake of rolling.

    Reply
    • lacesandlattes says

      May 7, 2014 at 9:30 am

      I like your thinking, Kyle!

      Reply

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