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
17.60

5:33 AM. 17.6 miles. Clear with temps in the low to mid 70's. From the house Clark/Glovers lane x 2. Slow going but I'm okay with an average pace of 9:02 for the run considering the first mile was 10:11. Negative split for the run also. Another nice thing about running from my house is the routes I use aren't totally flat. Today's run netted over 1,800 ft of elevation gain/drop. So it feels like a good balanced workout for the legs even when I'm moving slow.

Slacker July has come to an end. However, even though I took ten days off I still managed to get over 200 miles for the month. Hopefully I can maintain some consistency in August.  This coming week I have another dental procedure on Wednesday so I'll have to take at least two, and maybe three days off in a row.

Bandito's Miles: 17.60
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:33:28 from 174.23.226.74

nice long run today. i've had a slacker july too.

From Lysa on Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 16:55:56 from 174.52.25.64

Nice Run JD! I decided to keep up my tradition this week of NOT running at all. I know, its genius.

From Lysa on Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 16:57:36 from 174.52.25.64

good luck at the dentist! ouch

From auntieem on Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 02:28:10 from 82.66.244.251

You are no slacker! Nice long run! I just did my Sunday run! And you are still sleeping!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 11:38:23 from 24.8.167.243

I don't think that 9:02 is slow at all for a run of that distance.

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