It is hard to be satisfied with life if you’re never satisfied with yourself and your own efforts. 2019 has been a year where I trained harder than ever but didn’t quite get the results I’d hoped for. Whilst I got one PB this year I’m not quite satisfied with my diet and strength training.
I’m a firm believer that if you keep turning up and are honest with yourself in trying to improve every aspect of your training then the results will follow. After Dublin 2019 I set about making a plan for 2020. The aim is to do some shorter A races on route to the big goal in October. Those A races are highlighted in bold below. I’m committed to learning more about strength training and nutrition, which is increasingly important as I get older.
Lanzarote November 24th — 10K Road
Lanzarote November 25th — 13K Volcano (Mountain)
Lanzarote November 26th — 5K Beach
Lanzarote November 27th — 21K Trail
December 3rd — Indoor 1 Mile
December 17th — Indoor Mile
December 26th Streets of Wicklow 5K
December 28th Ardagh 10 Mile
January 1st Tom Brennan 5K
January 5th Dublin Masters XC
January 12th Leinster Masters XC
January 14th — Indoor
January 28th — Indoor
February 8th — National Masters XC
February 11th — Indoor
February 18th — Indoor
March 8th National Masters Indoors
April 5th — National 10K
April 19th National Road Relays Masters Team
May 10 — Sportsworld 5 Mile
June 10K — TBC
Late July — Half Marathon TBC
August — Half Marathon 5–6 weeks out from Dublin
Dublin Marathon 2020
