The Perils of Self Betterment

December 21, 2024

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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Jan 17, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

yearly mileage totals (actual running miles, not crosstraining etc)

2008 - 1,317

2009 - 2,654

2010 - 2,578

2011 - 2,618

2012 - 3,083 (ran everyday this year. PR's in half and full marathons, at age 48!)

2013 - 1,177

2014 - 1,716

2015 - 1,060

2016 - 951

2017 - 786

2018 - 1,058

2019 - 1,211

2020 - 1010

2021 - 1064.9

2022 - 1135.9

Short-Term Running Goals:

reacquaint myself with my long lost running freak, and then proceed to get my running freak on

run faster

increase mileage in the Spring 

keep running

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

run

 

Personal:

born in 1964. married 25 years. one wife one dog

6 ft tall, nation wide

"Engaging in a little suffering — however self-imposed, arbitrary and contrived — before breakfast each morning tends to demand some humility and injects some marked relief into the rest of the day, making things sharper, more inspired, more immediately aware of the powerful presence of being. And that seems really worthwhile." A. Krupicka

 

"I cruised down hills, churned up hills, and floated over the asphalt, existing in a world that seemed to lack the confinements of such ubiquitous rivets as time, obligation, or pain. I knew then that this was destined to be one of those serendipitous runs for which so many of 
us strive yet so rarely achieve." J. Nevels

 

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Switchbacksblack Lifetime Miles: 176.50
Kinvara11(2) Lifetime Miles: 362.50
Kinvara11blue Lifetime Miles: 327.70
Rincon2 Lifetime Miles: 262.40
Spg 4’s Lifetime Miles: 135.50
Skechers Razor3 Lifetime Miles: 160.90
Rincon2(2) Lifetime Miles: 85.50
Asics Noosa14 Lifetime Miles: 73.00
Sauconyaxon2 Lifetime Miles: 73.80
Mach 4 Lifetime Miles: 34.50
Total Distance
13.70

13.7 miles / 8:50 avg. Commute run home. Overcast, 33F. Easy today as I'm just getting miles this week, and I've got this nagging neck/shoulder pain thing the last couple of days. Kind of feels like I slept on it wrong or something.

WT 56.6 miles

Bandito's (2) Miles: 13.70
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kelli on Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 19:30:23 from 71.219.84.215

You are powering on, I need some of your energy! And some of your cold running gear, too. I can not make myself go out there. I am a baby this winter!

I am seriously debating the Buffalo Run now.....what to do. I really am not sure I could finish it and that scares me. I have a deep fear of failure!

Take care of the neck pain, it makes life miserable.

From Lysa on Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 22:28:14 from 50.8.107.35

What you need is some percocet and a hot bath. But don't drown. You are awesome btw for running a 1/2 marathon plus just for the miles..Good Job!!

From JD on Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 23:12:17 from 24.10.171.14

Thanks Kelli. Most days, like today, i just wear shorts and a long sleeve shirt, gloves and a hat. As long as it's not raining/slushing I can stay comfortable on the run with surprisingly little. I'm just discovering this this year of course.

You'll do really well if you do the Buffalo Run. I know because that's how you roll. Maybe I should get me some of that fear of failure and I'll perform better at races!

Thanks Lysa. After all the pain killers this summer from the dental work, I never want to even look at another pain pill! I won't even use ibuprofen anymore. But a hot bath I can do.

From nevels on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 09:27:35 from 155.74.2.253

jd: solid mileage

kelli: do it... you know you want to...

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 14:10:53 from 198.241.174.15

You are doing really well in the mileage department.

I hope your neck feels better soon. That's the pits.

From Kelli on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 15:33:03 from 71.219.84.215

I just read all of the info and, man alive, it seems confusing! I am afraid I will get lost! Then I got to the part about animals and what to do about charging Bison....SERIOUSLY???? I am scared. Total chicken.

JD, shorts, really? I shoveled the driveway in shorts today, but my legs turned purple!!!!

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