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
Thu, Dec 31, 2009
Total Distance
9.20

9.2 miles / 8:46 avg. Noon, sunny, 31 degrees. A good stiff breeze out of the South. Nice and easy on the Bluff trail after a short day at work.

 

Year in Summary:

57 days with no running...

Total miles = 2,654.15

# of runs = 331

#of days run = 308

# of doubles = 23

Avg miles per run = 8.02

Avg miles per day run = 8.62

Treadmill runs = 32

# of miles on TM = 194.05

Avg miles per TM run = 6.06

Biggest month = 260.95 miles (April)

Most miles in a one week period = 81.2 (Aug. 29th - Sept. 4th) Non blogular.

All within the Sun - Sat blog week format:

17 weeks I ran less than 50 miles

21 wks between 50-60 miles

10 wks between 60 - 70 miles

4 wks between 70 - 70.4 miles

I ran one marathon (TOU PR of 15+ mins.)

One half marathon (Ogden PR)

Two 5K's (PR's)

One 6K

Not bad for my first real year of consistent running. I'm grateful, and frankly kind of amazed that my old body held up to this new regimen.


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Trail Shoe Miles: 9.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 17:07:57 from 67.186.209.5

Short days at work are the next best thing to no work days.

Nice run today and look at your mileage for the year. Impressive.

Happy New Year!

From april27 on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 17:31:29 from 99.188.251.180

How is the cold?

From auntieem on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 21:45:37 from 24.17.177.218

Amazed are you? Great run, great year. Happy New Year!

From Kelli on Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 01:09:42 from 71.219.95.151

WOW---NICE year in review. You have had an amazing running year for sure. Your miles are enviable, and you have stayed fairly healthy through all of them.

Now that you have all of that worked out, have you analyzed any of it? Like, what do you think is the difference/benefit of the high miles vs lower mile weeks? Sorry, I am always thinking!!! Your avg per day mileage is where I would like mine to be, but whenever i get there i fall apart physically. Just wondering what your thoughts are.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

From Snoqualmie on Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 01:12:04 from 24.18.192.33

Holy cow - what a great year!! I am impressed that you can gather all those statistics too. The ones that struck me were the 57 days of no running AND a total of 2,654! You've been beating up those roads! Happy New Year, friend!

From Metcalf Running on Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 01:30:13 from 97.126.137.68

Great Stats!! that is some crazy mileage! Have a Happy New Year!

From april27 on Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 13:49:31 from 99.188.251.180

Wow I'm amazed that you kept track! Great job!

From JD on Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 20:15:06 from 32.176.104.61

Thanks y'all!

April - my cold is hanging on. I don't get sick often so I'm trying not to complain. It'll pass.

Auntieem - yes, I'm amazed! I'm an old fart, and I jumped into the mileage relatively quickly (over an 18 month period). There were some close calls with niggling little injuries that could have just as easily blown up into major problems. This blog is a useful road map for navigating through injury issues though.

Kelli - I think consistent mileage makes a big difference in the long term. That being said, I think I was definitely over trained going into TOU last Fall. Being a rookie, I probably should have limited myself to 60 mile weeks and focused on more long runs earlier in the training cycle. As you had mentioned once, mileage IS an individual component for each runners personal success in the sport. There's a line, depending on where a runner is in his fitness, where running more miles will hurt rather than help the runners performance. No one formula can be right for all runners. The learning curve can be steep for new runners as we try to figure out what works best for us. That's what I love about running. Always more to learn, ways to improve ourselves.

From JD on Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 20:18:45 from 209.183.51.133

Also in answer to your question Kelli, I think my mileage total for the year was appropriate, and I'll probably repeat it in 2010, but this time I'll spread the miles out more evenly throughout the year.

I need to do a lot more speed work.

From Kelli on Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 13:13:32 from 71.219.96.112

This blog is great for going back and analyzing. I think you have done a great job this year and have learned from your running, so 2010 will be even better!

That mileage thing just has me constantly thinking and trying to find the best way to train smart (that and shoeless running, there was an article in the Parade portion of the newspaper today about it!) I have got to find the happy medium for myself, where I am getting enough miles but not falling apart the next week, that is a goal for the year I guess.

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