The Perils of Self Betterment

March 2018

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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
133.00
Steenbergers Miles: 15.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 32.00Rednotevenmad Miles: 36.00Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 42.00AltraTorin2 Miles: 3.00Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles - 9:02 avg - tm (kneehab)

skiing yesterday and my legs feel fine

WT 24 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - 8:50 avg - tm

10am

WT 28 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
7.00

7 miles - redlobsta/baptist/crestview/wasatch

8:30am - overcast,mid 30's light north breeze

WT 31 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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0.00

ski day. dawn patrol payed off with good parking and fresh tracks. time for napping

Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles - 8:53 avg - tm (kneehab) post ski day jog

11am

WT 24 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 - 9:20 avg - redlobsta/churchgoldenrainbowadamswood/wasatch

8am - sun, lower 20's to upper 20's. just an absolutely beautiful morning for a run

WT 25 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - paceless - redlobsta/wasatch

10;30am sun, high 30's

WT 29 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - 9:15 avg - redlobster/diamond/wasatch

left knee was sore the first couple of miles and i was considering making it a three miler but it loosened up nicely in the third mile and didn't bug the rest of the run

1030am - sunny, upper 40's

WT 32 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles of kneehab on the tm - 9:02 avg

715am

WT 31 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - wasatch/whitesides pass/aspen/kimberly/rainbow/easy st

pc, mid forties (first run in short sleeves in a while)

WT 30 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles - 9:10 avg (2:27 negative split!) - bluff trail from jensen park north out and back. was nice to run here again, it's been awhile. so i went out the first 5 miles pretty slow since this is the longest i've run in several months and i had intended to run a negative split for the last 5 if i felt up to it. with two and a half miles to go i was on pace to maybe get a 1 minute or so negative split when a runner coming towards me turned around before we crossed and was now heading the same direction as me. a very fit looking woman, pushing a stroller...well, i couldn't catch her! i got close a couple of times but then she would pull away. finally with about a mile left i was able to pass her and i thanked her for kicking my butt. my last mile was the fastest at 8:13.

the knee bugged a little throughout the run but i've developed a stride which seems to alleviate some of the impact of the left knee.

mostly sunny, upper 40's

WT 37 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles of kneehab on the tm - 8:52 avg

10:30am

WT 32 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles 8:48 avg - tm

1130am

WT 32 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - from home - parknride/ward rd loop

1pm - overcast, upper 30's, a few sky drizzles here and there but the slush that had come down this morning was melted away

WT 31 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 miles - 8:57 avg - tm

11am

WT 31 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - 8:49 avg - tm

3pm

WT 30 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles - owens/easy st

noon - i cut my run short because i had accidentally packed the altra torins which is a zero drop shoe and the shoe i was wearing when my knee injury occured and i haven't used them since. so i don't know if it was the shoe or not but my knee was getting pretty sore within the first mile and i decided to just run three today and hopefully any pain from todays run is just my knee getting stronger

WT 23 miles

AltraTorin2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles - 9:17 avg - bluff trail north out and back from jensen park. tail wind out, headwind coming back. in spite of the headwind i managed a 1:42 negative split

mostly sun, low 40's

945am

WT 30 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
3.00

3 easy on the tm - 8:55 avg

1030am

WT 29 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - 8:52 avg - tm

11am

WT 28 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - easy st/hill/church/wasatch

early lunch run (11am) miles were easy, and moist

WT 30 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
2.00

2 miles - tm - went to bed last night with a pretty severe headache and it was still with me this morning, i thought maybe a run would help. it didn't. live to run another day.

WT 27 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - 8:50 avg (mile 4@8:19) tm 

2pm

WT 30 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - 8:41 avg - tm

noon. a combination of work responsibilities and a desire to keep strengthening my knee without injury has netted three treadmill runs in a row. March is going well for me running wise (ie; consistency, no injury), but April will be the real test as i'll be increasing my mileage and doing a much higher percentage of my runs on the road.

WT 24 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - 9:12 avg - redlobster/baptist loop, last mile@8:31

partly cloudy, upper 40's and a pretty good 12mph breeze out of the NW

WT 25 miles

 

Rednotevenmad Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 - redlobster/church/rainbow/valeria/adamswood/wasatch

9:30am - sun, upper 40's, light north breeze

WT 29 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - 8:47 avg - easy st/golden/wasatch

9:13, 8:59, 8:52, 8:33, 8:22

sun, mid 50's

WT 29 miles

*March is my highest mileage month in 17 months. and to illustrate further how little running i've done recently, April will be my highest mileage month in three years!

Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - 9:09avg - rail trail from kaysville smiths out north and back with Chandra

4:30 pm - mostly cloudy, mid 60's breeeze out of north (headwind out, tailwind back)

WT 34 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
133.00
Steenbergers Miles: 15.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 32.00Rednotevenmad Miles: 36.00Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 42.00AltraTorin2 Miles: 3.00Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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