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

Wed, Jan 18, 2012

Total Distance

3.00

so i've had a "toothache" for the last couple of weeks that's been getting worse and last night it got really bad. this morning at 8:30 AM i found myself in a dental chair. i had some dental work done last summer and was hopeful that would be the end oif it for a while. anyway, another tooth dieing - lots of pain, nerve damage. he did a partial root canal for now, and i guess in a few months i'll go in for the full monty. in a weird way, i like these procedures.

i still intend to keep the streak alive, and will get out tonight for a "gentle" mile or two, then lay low with short easy miles the rest of the week.

3 miles at MFT with dog. warm (36F) and rain. very easy pace.

WT 47.6 miles

twenty-four

Bandito's Miles: 3.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kam on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 15:32:41 from 68.66.163.179

Good luck with the gentle miles. Keep the streak alive!

From JD on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 15:35:41 from 70.96.78.149

thanks Kam. i just barely left a comment on your blog about the kinvara2...a fine fine shoe.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 15:42:25 from 24.18.125.122

I hope that tooth is feeling better soon.

From JD on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 15:46:32 from 70.96.78.149

thanks Rattletrap - tooth pain sort of takes the fun out of the run.

From Lysa on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 16:23:12 from 67.166.122.134

Again??? Oh man, that stinks. Sorry about the pain. And that is weird that you like those procedures. I've never had one before. knock on wood.

From JD on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 16:30:35 from 71.32.200.226

yes again! this is the third major dental procedure in as many years. i guess i'm making up for having virtually no dental drama the first 45 years of my life. dang!

i think i like the procedures because i associate them with eliminating the pain.

From allie on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 17:02:47 from 161.38.218.168

i'm sorry. i understand what you mean though, when you say that in a weird way you like these procedures. i recently had a root canal and it was totally miserable yet entirely carefree. i have never heard such sounds, nor seen more exotic tools than i did that day. painless, refreshing torture.

rest up and enjoy your gentle miles this evening.

From JD on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 17:37:44 from 71.32.200.226

thanks Allie. painless, refreshing torture - lol!!

From Lysa on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 18:06:40 from 67.166.122.134

That's why women like child birth. They associate it with "get this thing out of me NOW!!"

From Stacie on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 19:18:13 from 67.166.127.0

Whoa I'm shocked by the zero. will have to check back later.

I didn't mind my root canal. It was like 2 hrs long though. Is that normal? So true about painless, refreshing torture. I enjoyed laying (lying?)back in a chair for hours and not having to take care of anyone.

From Steam8 on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 00:41:50 from 166.70.55.77

Sorry about the tooth trouble! I hate those days! I hope it is feeling better so you were able to get out again today. It was a warm one!

From Lysa on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:54:00 from 67.166.122.134

So you ran 3 on lortab? That's pretty impressive. Sounds like it was nice too with the rain, easy pace, and the dogs.

From Stacie on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:37:44 from 67.166.127.0

phew

From JD on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 15:39:54 from 70.96.78.149

thanks Steam and Stacie -

Lysa - the lortab came after the run/before bed.

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