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Outdoor Goals 2023

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Over a year ago, I wrote a blog post about my running goals for 2022. There were no reasons to write it all up on this blog but I think spelling it out really helped to stick to my goals. Since it’s only 2 days till the end of the year, I wanted to take some time to reflect on them and set new goals for the next year.

Reflection #

Personal (running) Goals for 2022

  1. Run a half-marathon (March 2022) ✅
    Only managed to run one in December but pretty happy with the time!
  2. 5 km under 25 minutes ✅
    My 5k PB this year was 25:05 in April at Tamagawa park run in Japan. I did run 5k in 24:58 on track 2 weeks ago though. Goal achieved!
  3. Run all 400 km of the 66 lake trail around Berlin ❌
    This obviously didn’t happen but did run the first leg of the trail. At least attempted.
  4. Run a trail run race ✅
    I did a 10k trail race in Berlin ( Herbstwaldlauf) which was super fun!
  5. Do all the above injury-free 😐
    There were a few injuries but nothing major. I had some pain in the sole of my feet (plantar fasciitis) from increasing my mileage too quickly. I also have some dull pain in my lower back but I don’t know if it’s from running or from my general bad posture. They were all blessings in disguise though. I learned more about my body, the importance of cross-training, and being patient with my training.

Overall, I’m pretty happy with how I did and how I progressed so far!

Outdoor Goals for 2023 #

My goals for 2022 were focused on running but for 2023, I want to broaden them to activities in the outdoors in general (since this is a blog about the outdoors after all).

For 2023, I want to focus on two main activities which are running and climbing.

Running

In terms of running, I want to do more trails this year and travel to more races. Here are some of my more quantitative goals:

  1. PB in Berlin Half Marathon
  2. Run 5k under 23:30 (or beat my PB from when I was 14 at 22:37?)
  3. Run a trail race > 20k (maybe Innsbruck? Maybe Ireland?)
  4. Volunteer at a trail race/sports event
  5. Travel for a race
  6. Enter a marathon relay as a team
  7. Explore some routes from the 20 Green Walks in Berlin or the 400 km of the 66 lake trail around Berlin
  8. Walk/run a long trail (Kungsleden in Sweden, 14 days in the summer?)

Other running-related goals include:

  1. Work on my core to prevent back pain problem
  2. Train more strategically (strength training, proper training and nutrition planning)
  3. Work on flexibility and mobility

Climbing

  • I’ve been trying to get back into bouldering recently and would love to go more regularly than once a week.
  • I would also love to do a top-rope course and a lead-climbing course sometime within the first half of 2023.
  • So I can go outdoor climbing in the summer!
  • A bit unrelated - I want to take a hiking/ski-mo course offered by the DAV (maybe even in German!)

I guess that’s kind of it for now. I’ll probably be updating this from time to time and will try to do a quarterly/bi-annual reflection on my progress.

Looking forward to the new year ahead!