2019 review

2019 was an absolute gem of a year!  Let's review my objectives from this time last year:

• Be 1st M50 in 50% of races - Done!  I did a tally over Christmas but lost the piece of paper.  But I did hit this fairly easily.
• Bag a sub 18-minute Southampton parkrun - Done! I did this twice, on 18 May and 31 August
• Get top 3 M50 in the RR10 league - Done!  (I managed to get 1st M50)

I'm attributing this to:

• Simply building up more and more race experience
• Taking an iron supplement, having been asked not to donate platelets as I was low in haemoglobin
• Doing more targeted training, for which I'm absolutely indebted to the lovely, fabulous Mrs S and her incredible training wisdom and detailed plans. Thank you, my darling lady - what a coach!

The fun and games of the year are nicely summed up in my RunBritain rankings profile, which has moved from 3.0 to 1.2 this year:

So this year, I want to:

1. Finally nail 10 miles in under an hour
2. Qualify for the England Masters marathon team at Milton Keynes
3. Get my RunBritain ranking below 1.0
4. Pace another runner to achieve a significant goal

Roll on 2020!