219. Is My Race Goal Too Aggressive?

www.run4prs.com We always hear about time goals. I want to break 4 hours in the marathon. I think I can run X pace for this race… but what about non-time based goals? Are there other ways to set goals for your races? Is there a benefit to setting non-time based goals?  Time goals are great for figuring out about what pace you want to run for the race, but what if you have a rocky day. You don’t want to feel like a failure if you don’t hit an arbitrary time goal. YOU PUT IN SO MUCH WORK & already are a big winner! The training is the hardest part of things. You committed to something and worked hard to get there. Race day is a hard day but it is a cherry on top of the training cycle. What did NOT go well! How you want to feel the second half of the race Executing your mental game Finishing is an accomplishment Setting A, B, C, D goals Looking at race history: Happiest race? Slowest race? Funnest race? Most carefree? Most dogs counted?