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Centerville 5k Freedom Run

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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
Sat, Jul 02, 2011
Race: Centerville 5k Freedom Run (3.1 Miles) 00:22:07, Place overall: 79, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
5.10

5 miles / Ran a 5k in Centerville with a 2 mile warm up before the race. Ran it 30 seconds slower than last year. I'm fine with it because I haven't been training well, and last night, this is no exaggeration, I literally slept about an hour. I took some allergy meds around 11:00 PM. Usually I fall asleep before they kick in so it's not an issue, but last night for some reason I didn't fall asleep at my usual time and just tossed and turned until the wee hours of the morning. Then I had to get up for the race.

It was a lot of fun though. Lysa and her husband Scott ran, as well as Scott's brother  (my old buddy Gary), and my wife Annie. This is the second year in a row that we've all done this (Gary's first year), so it's dangerously close to becoming a tradition. Good start to the weekend. Achilles made no protest at all (maybe just the slightest tweaking, maybe). A good little workout for me.

WT 41.5 miles


Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 5.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lysa on Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 12:23:37 from 67.166.122.134

I think you did awesome considering NO sleep! Good job making it a 5 miler day instead of a 3.1 I should have done that. Oh well, good times. Fun to see you guys as always.

I think this particular 5k is a good tradition. The Sandy city one is around a mall parking lot..worst run EVER! Plus the Centerville one goes to a cause.

Great morning! now go lie down.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 14:59:59 from 76.25.72.82

Sounds like a nice tradition. Now take a nap.

From allie on Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 01:04:34 from 24.10.191.18

that sounds like a lot of fun. i am glad your achilles is behaving and that you were able to get a nice workout in. hope you get some sleep tonight!

From Steam8 on Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 18:06:12 from 166.70.55.77

It is so fun to run with friends and family. What a great way to start off a holiday morning.

I have the same problems with allergies right now and I am the same...usually, if I take an allergy pill at night it knocks me out. However, every night before a race, I toss and turn until the alarm goes off! Anxiety! ha! Sounded like a great run!

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