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
4.25

Easy TM run. 

This just in: it's remarkably easy to turn a treadmill OFF.

I just started reading "The Call Of The Wild" by Jack London. Oh my goodness!

Asics 1130 Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From snoqualmie on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:29:55 from 67.171.56.164

But much harder to hit it with a sledgehammer. Best to just stay away...

Oh, Jack London. Makes me cold just thinking about it.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:46:24 from 71.229.164.25

Snowed in, eh? I'm sure you got more snow than we did. We only got about an inch. It looks all pretty and white now.

From JD on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:46:49 from 64.65.159.206

Snoqualmie and Carolyn - you two are hard core - get out the door very early no matter what the conditions - dedicated runners who put me to shame every day when I read your blogs! Good job! You have the true spirit of running in you and I can only hope to acheive your level of dedication someday.

Thanks for the inspiration!

! (This is an exclamation point, in case any one was wondering!)! :-)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 15:10:55 from 198.241.217.15

I can't speak for Snoqualmie, but I would probably run on a treadmill more often if it were more convenient. As it is, I have to drive 10-15 minutes each way in order to use a treadmill, and I just don't have that much extra time in the morning.

There are situations where I will break down and use the treadmill. For example, if we had more than a couple of inches of snow, I would go for the treadmill. We haven't gotten that much snow here all winter. However, I have run on the treadmill twice for weather-related reasons, once because of ice and once because of single-digit temperatures.

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 16:30:01 from 67.171.56.164

We've got a "nice" (ha) TM in the basement. Vile thing.

Thanks for the compliment. :) And btw, you wild thing, using punctuation for its original function!

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