IMHO HR mixed is about the only realistic goal for most people.
So while you think Honor Roll is a realistic goal for most...
LoL no, i don't think Mixed HR is a reasonable goal!
Realistic... reasonable... kinda the same thing, aren't they? I was quoting you, though...
But I agree with your re-thought... no, HR is not a reasonable (or realistic) goal for me. Which is why I chase the DXCC Challenge. Or when you said 'Challenge points', did you mean that yearly thing? If you meant that, then I agree with you... I'm not quite up to chasing that yet either. I still have enough HF band fills and re-working my 6m grids (QTH change) with my little 100 watts and low antennas (30' above ground max) to keep me busy.
The way things are today, no. Honor Roll is no longer a reasonable goal for anybody just getting in within the last 5-10 years, at least as it exists under the rules at the moment. I got really lucky and started down my path in 2001, and if I'd been more attentive and a bit luckier I'd be at the top of the Honor Roll at the moment, but I let three get away. I'm at 337 Mixed HR, 337 Phone HR, and 333 CW HR. I'm two back of Digital HR now, but I have my doubts I'll ever get the last two I need, barring a miracle.
The Marathon is something I enjoy every year. I've never competed for the actual award, but I use the process to see how many I can bag mixed high power every year. 2016 was the best-ever, with 268 DXCC and WAE entities worked, plus all 40 zones. I doubt we'll ever match or better that.
5 Band DXCC is something that can be done in a couple of contest weekends if you get lucky. My best-ever was 4 bands (10-40), and 77 on 80m in CQWW a few years back, and that's with one modest antenna per band, 1500W and a tower up to 62 feet. I use DX Labs for award and band-mode tracking. You can enable the "Leaderboard" function in Spot Collector to alert you when each piggyslot comes up on the cluster.