The Perils of Self Betterment

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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
10.60

5:23 AM (Garmin Standard Time), Couldn't sleep so I ran early. From the house to LPT out and back. Mostly cloudy, 43F, light wind. Very easy pace today. Good end to an easy week. Hope to do 60+ next week, then a couple of 70 mile weeks, then short taper, then Ogden Half, then start training for TOU marathon, then win the lottery, then get better looking.... 

Trail Shoe Miles: 10.60
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Snoqualmie on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:42:14 from 67.171.56.164

You crack me up!

I wish I could say I'm going to hit 60's or 70 in the near future. My easy pace would have to increase dramatically. Not impossible, but maybe I should put on my blog: "...then sprout wings on my feet." Have a great weekend!

From JD on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:28:08 from 64.65.159.206

Yeah, it's easy for me to say it...now I'll just have to do it.

Besides, you've got Eugene coming up soon. You'll soon be tapering. You've logged an amazing amount of mileage these last few months.

Have a great weekend as well, fellow heathen! :-)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 17:13:41 from 71.229.164.25

Congratulations on getting up early. I slept in today. Good luck with those last two items. If you manage to do them, let me know how you did it.

From lysa on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 17:19:14 from 76.23.52.240

60 mile weeks? i wish i could say that! you are an inspiration.

From JD on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 17:29:58 from 64.65.159.206

Carolyn - your run rocked the free world today - nice going!

Lysa - my body has held up pretty well through the 60 mile weeks. 70 miles is unknown territory, wish me luck. Thanks for saying I'm an inspiration. Did I ever tell you that you are the wind between my cheeks?

From Adam RW on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 13:06:04 from 98.202.223.65

I like your plan for the year. Can you share the second to last with me?

I'm finally looking forward to TOU. I'm 75% sure that I will be joining you at the line. Don't think I'll be in shape enough to break my course record but it is a great course none-the-less.

From JD on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 13:34:21 from 64.65.159.206

Thanks Adam. It's been great watching your patient but sure recovery. To hear that you may be running TOU is the greatest news to me. I may be trying to get the course record for slowest in my age group. :-)

From Kelli on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 13:51:35 from 71.219.84.191

Great job JD!!! And thanks for the blog and subsequent entries. I so needed to laugh today.

So, when you win the lottery, will you continue to run or will you find a new hobby? I think I would pay someone to do all of the hard training for me.

I am thinking of dropping to the Ogden half. Do you think they will let me? I decided I want to see my husband finish (and hopefully get that BQ). It would be lame to come in an hour after him, when all of the excitement is gone.

From JD on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 20:20:54 from 32.176.77.75

Well, if they let you switch you would be required to pace me through the first 6.5 before taking off to get your PR, so I hope you can make the switch.

From Kelli on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 21:55:48 from 71.219.84.191

I would gladly do it for the full 13.1, I am done killing myself for PR's. I think one attempt a year is good, and it should be at the same race every year to make it fair. Hobblecreek is fast, I will stick with that one. You should consider running Hobblecreek, it is a great 1/2.

From JD on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 22:10:31 from 32.176.77.75

I ran Hobblecreek, once, years ago when my "training" constisted of 2 or three runs a week. I think I blew through the first 10K with the fastest pace I had ever run and then hobbled through the last 7 miles for a 1:59:something.

Whether you run the full or half, your going to really well with the training you've been doing.

I don't believe your husband runs a marathon an hour faster than you...really?

From Kelli on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 22:26:12 from 71.219.84.191

Actually, we have only run two marathons and I beat him by 30 minutes the first time and a minute and a half the second time. BUT, he has been a training fool all winter and has taken this very seriously (and I just kind of do what I want when I want). He is on track for a 3:12. So, at the rate I am going, he just could beat me by an hour! I am a dang good coach, I "write" up all of his training for him, and look at him go!

You need to give Hobblecreek another go. It is the best half I have run.

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