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
12.00

It's dumping snow. I can hear my treadmill snickering at me from the corner of the room. It knows I'm powerless against the allure of the treadmill at times like this. Serenity now. Serenity now.

(Time passes...)

I wasn't looking for a workout today, just needed something to break up the monotony of treadmill miles, so I devised the Goal Pace Tempo Medley:

2 mile warmup

4 miles @ GMP (8:27)

1 mi. easy

1.5 miles @ GHMP (8:06)  This is faster than my actual goal. I was going to go 2 mi. oops

.5 mi. easy

.5 @ G10kP (7:48)

.5 easy

.25 @ G5kP (7:24) Not a tempo. An interval of one?

1.75 warmdown

12 m i./1:45:20/8:47 avg.

My treadmill is stuck at 1.5% incline. Also the calibration is most certainly off  on this old machine so none of these pacings really mean much. But it was a fun way to pass time while running on a hamster wheel.

Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 13:23:40 from 71.229.164.25

More snow? Wow. I got out of Utah just in time.

From JD on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 13:27:27 from 166.128.181.87

Yeah, your timing is good. There's 3 inches in my yard, it's sticking to the roads, and still coming down hard. Glad I don't have to drive in this storm.

From snoqualmie on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 17:48:12 from 67.171.56.164

Very creative. Sounds like a good workout!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 18:36:37 from 71.229.164.25

Great workout!

From Kelli on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 14:41:54 from 71.219.100.181

That sounds like a really good work, and I agree---whatever it takes to pass the time on those dang machines!

This snow is ridiculous. I really am a fan of winter, just not running in it. I am ready for spring, but we will probably skip it and go straight to summer.

From JD on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 14:57:48 from 64.65.159.206

Thanks. It was kind of a hard workout. I need to start doing more intense runs a couple of times a week.

Winter won't let go. I'm telling myself to be patient, we'll have 6 or 7 months of nice, carefree, warm weather starting real soon. Or else they're going to have to put me in a rubber room.

From Chad on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:26:09 from 67.42.252.25

Nice workout, JD and especially on the treadmill.

From JD on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 13:31:14 from 64.65.159.206

Thanks Chad. Are you doing the wasatch steeplechase?

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