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
0.00

I'm taking today (Wednesday) off this week instead of yesterday (Tuesday).Looking forward to the run tomorrow (Thursday).

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 16:52:37 from 198.241.217.15

JD has learned the days of the week!

From Bonnie on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:22:55 from 128.196.228.134

Don't make fun of the old man Carolyn ...we have to do that so we keep reminding ourselves what day it is. JD,

I did not realize, until today, that you are only 2 years younger than me! Wow, the 70s were a blast weren't they ;-).

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:28:53 from 198.241.217.15

Hey! I was (relatively) conscious in the 70s!

From JD on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:29:02 from 70.96.78.157

Thank you Bonnie. It's young whipper snappers like Carolyn that we must have the most patience with.

Let's see, the 70's. Oh! You mean from first grade up until I got my drivers license. Oh yeah, real fun years there!

From Bonnie on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:36:25 from 128.196.228.134

ha ha ha ha ... I was in high school then, not much fun really, but very enlightening. I miss the clothes, and hair, and music, and discos ... sigh.

From JD on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:50:11 from 70.96.78.157

Good music, big hair, roller disco...and puberty. Good times!

From Metcalf Running on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:51:18 from 207.225.192.66

I'm right there with you JD and Bonnie. I was born in 1963 :)

From Bonnie on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 20:01:42 from 128.196.228.134

metcalf! You are squashed right between us!!

Big hair and roller disco -- ok JD now I will never be able to read your blog again without laughing ...

From Nevels on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 22:16:01 from 75.143.73.94

yeah, i've really been feeling my age these last couple of years...

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