On the back of my success in 2024 with the “2024km in 2024 Challenge” I have decided to up the expectations in 2025 by challenging myself to run 2500km in 2025. While I know that this will be a little bit of a stretch and will definitely challenge my endurance over the year, I know that it is something achievable, that is, as long as I stay uninjured!
I have decided to approach this BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) by breaking it down into smaller targets to hit over the course of the year as follows:
Goal 1 – Three month targets.
In breaking down the goal, I have set a smaller target to hit every three months which will be equal to a quarter of the overall total. This means I will need to run 625km every three months. I have broken the three months challenges up as follows: January – March; April – June; July – September; October – December.
Goal 2 – Term targets.
While setting three month targets is great, I find that having the definitive end can be a danger in providing a full stop to where I am up to. I have overcome this by continuing my “Term Running Challenges”. Each school term I am going to aim to run a minimum of 450kms, this will create an overlap with the three month goals.
Goal 3 – Monthly targets.
While having the above medium sized goals is great, they are still a little too big. To overcome this, I will break down the goals even further into “Monthly Goals”. I need to run 209km a month to achieve the goal of 2500km for the year. Each month I tend to run more than this, so I am going to continue with my “200km Challenge” for each month.
Goal 4 – Weekly targets.
This last goal is the most important one, the one that if I focus on all the above will be achieved. Calculating out the kilometres I need to run each week is around the 48km mark. I am going to aim to run 53km each week, this being similar to what I have run previously. The runs will be broken down into 2 x 12km runs on the first two days of the week, 5km run on the middle day, and 2 x 12km runs on the next two days followed by two days rest.
Looking forward to what’s ahead.
This year’s challenge is a really exciting one. I am confident that it will be possible to achieve but it will take a considerable amount of planning, commitment, and a little luck to stay uninjured! I am going to aim to write one post a month as an update into how the challenge is going.
Here we go – bring it on!
