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
12.50

6:15 AM,  8 miles, from house to LPT, out and back. Moslty cloudy, balmy 33F, light wind out of the North. Extremely slow and easy pace, except for the part where I raced a backhoe up an overpass. The backhoe won.

1:30 PM , 4.5 miles on the 1 mile boardwalk loop at the shoreline preserve. Overcast, 40F, wind 10 MPH NNE. Felt much better this afternoon than I did this morning. Same with Friday's double. Hmm. 38:52/8:38

 

Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 8.00Asics DS 13 Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kelli on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 14:59:49 from 71.219.100.181

2 runs a day?? WOW. I always say I am going to do it, but rarely do!

You will beat the backhoe next time!!

From Nevels on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 16:18:00 from 131.204.15.93

I prefer racing bulldozers, myself...

From JD on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 17:11:27 from 64.65.159.206

Kelli - if I ran as fast as you I wouldn't need to split my runs, I could get it done with just one run.

Nevels - bulldozers intimidate me, kind of like circus clowns.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 17:13:10 from 198.241.156.7

I hear that two runs a day are better than one. If you're feeling better on the second one than on the first, maybe there's something to it. I say that maybe I'll do it in the summer. We'll see. It will probably be too hot in the afternoon.

From Nevels on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 17:13:19 from 131.204.15.93

I'd be scared to run with circus clowns, too.

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 20:21:35 from 67.171.56.164

I have a feeling the backhoe cheated.

Great miles today, JD.

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