The Perils of Self Betterment

March 2021

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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
80.80
Kinvara11 Miles: 45.60Kinvara5 Miles: 7.90Graynine Miles: 18.30Kinvara9 Miles: 3.00Switchbacksblack Miles: 2.00Switchbackblack2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.20

5.2 miles - fort lane loop - 9:35/9:23(5)

1038am - sun, mid 30's

WT 7.2 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 5.20
Weight: 0.00
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3.70

3.7 miles - buffalo ranch trail - 9:37/9:18(1)

854am - sun, mid 30's

WT 10.9 miles

Kinvara5 Miles: 3.70
Weight: 0.00
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4.20

4.2 miles - fort lane loop - 9:24/9:06(3)

1026am - overcast, upper 40's

WT 15.1 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 4.20
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - campus loops (drove there) - 9:14/8:47(5)

1020am - sun, upper 40’s

WT 18.1 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - from home - nichols trail loop (counter clockwise), 10:15/9:39(3)

843am - overcast, 40f

WT 13.2 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - golden loop - 9:30/8:56(4)

953am - partly sun, upper 30's

WT 17.2 miles

Graynine Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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3.00

3 miles on the treadmill - walked for a 1/4 mile, ran 3 miles, walked for 3/4 mile. piriformis "injury" is very slowly improving (it's been 4 weeks). i'm just grateful that i can run on it. i'm hoping that by keeping these runs short and easy with some big breaks inbetween things will strengthen and heal over time.

9am - tm

WT 16 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 3.00
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2.00

2 miles - snowbasin/sardine peak - slushy packed trail made "running" difficult - covered 2.5 miles round trip but ima logging 2 miles. hoping the unstable footing is good therapy for my piriformis situation.

100pm - sun, mid 40's

WT 13 miles

Switchbacksblack Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - campus loops from home - 9:29/9:15(4)

931am - mostly sun, upper 40’s

WT  13 miles

 

Kinvara11 Miles: 4.00
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4.30

4.3 miles - rio grand from smiths north out and back - 9:38/9:19(4)

941am - sun, mid 40's

WT 13.3 miles

Graynine Miles: 4.30
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - front loaded fort lane loop - 9:47/9:12(6)

1004am - partly cloudy, low 40's

WT 19.3 miles

 

Kinvara11 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.20

4.2 miles - drove to campus for loops - 9:01/8:48(4)

1210am - partly sun, low 40’s

WT 18.5 miles

Kinvara5 Miles: 4.20
Weight: 0.00
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5.30

5.3 miles - cemetery loops from home - 9:20/9:03(2)

908am - mostly sun, low to mid 30’s

WT 19.8 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 5.30
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - buffalo ranch trail - 9:57/9:17(4)

929am - sun, upper 30’s, annoying breeze out of the south

WT 19.5 miles

Switchbackblack2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - campus loops - 9:18/9:07(4)

925am - mostly cloudy, mid 30’s

WT 17.5 miles

Graynine Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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3.50

3.5 miles - crestwood loop from work - 9:26/8:53(3)

849am - sun, mid 30's

WT 21 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
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4.40

4.4 miles - campus loops - 9:30/9:27(3)

936am - sun, mid 40’s

WT 21.2 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 4.40
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - campus loops - 9:29/9:15(4)

1015am - sun, mid 30's, a steady, chilly, and obnoxious breeze out of the north

WT 19.9 miles

Kinvara11 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - fort lane loop - 9:37/8:58(6)

943am - sun, mid to upper 30's

WT 21.9 miles

Graynine Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
80.80
Kinvara11 Miles: 45.60Kinvara5 Miles: 7.90Graynine Miles: 18.30Kinvara9 Miles: 3.00Switchbacksblack Miles: 2.00Switchbackblack2 Miles: 4.00
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