Cesar Garcia Urbano Taylor

Setting SMART goals for runners It’s the time of year when runners set their goals for the 12 months ahead. What does running more look like ? In order to make it happen, you need to be more specific.   You’ve probably encountered ‘SMART goals’ if you’ve had an annual appraisal at work. They can feel a bit business jargon. But they make a lot of sense when it comes to running.   If you’re not familiar, SMART stands for: Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time based So if we’re intending to ‘run more’,  we need to break it down. If you don’t have a clear idea of what ‘run more’ means, how will you know how to make it happen and, more importantly, how will you know when to celebrate actually achieving it?  For this, César García Urbano Taylor mentions some tips that will help us with our intentions and goals. ‘Run more’ Be specific – do you mean more miles in total than you ran in 2018? Or more frequently? Maybe both. We need to know what i...

Coach Hillary Kigar advises on when it's okay to run while sick and when you're better off focusing on your recovery by staying in bed. Read the full article at Is It Okay To Run While Sick? on Women's Running . View Source

I follow a blogger that sets a word for their year, and the more I’ve been thinking about my goals, hopes and ambitions for this year, the more a word has sprung to mind. Invest I know that sounds strange,… The post Goals for 2019 appeared first on The Runner Beans . View Source

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I am back in training again, friends! I shared on Instagram that I’m working towards the Shamrock Marathon in March. Unfortunately, I’m also working on fixing this mystery injury so I can really get to serious training. I am hopeful that I don’t have to adjust my goal, but I’ll make a decision about that with my coach after the new year. If my achilles continues to not improve, I will switch to the half or 8k – I am committed to not running injured! But I thought I’d share a little bit about how things have gone since NYC (and Richmond – which I did six days after NYC Marathon!).  So I actually don’t have a huge training update because my training has been stop and go. I ran the Rehoboth Beach Half Marathon back on December 8th and that race went well. My only goal was to engage my glutes and that was a success! I ran 2:05:12, which was the fastest half I had run all year, even if it was a far cry from my PR of 1:50. I have of course had some really fun runs as well – including...