The Perils of Self Betterment

August 2014

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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
197.00
Kinvara3 II Miles: 42.00Virrata 2 Miles: 44.00Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 14.00Kinvara3 III Miles: 20.00Virrata 1 Miles: 41.00Kinvara3 Miles: 36.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - easy progression splits through mile 6 then easier the last two. golden/rainbow/valeria/whitesides/wasatch.

9:47 (!), 9:26, 8:54, 8:52, 8:37, 8:27, 9:15, 8:45

WT 47 miles

Kinvara3 II Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles easy pace - north to cemetary loops then south to campus loops then home.

WT 45 miles

Virrata 2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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8.00

easy 8 - super post rain morning. convoluted minority/golden rainbow

WT 47 miles

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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2.00

2 miles. well that sucked. just had zero energy or strength or anything. didn't feel like dealing with it or "pushing through" today so i quit at 2 miles. carry on.

WT 42 miles

Kinvara3 III Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
13.00

13 miles / easy pace. emerald loop. moved slow but felt energetic the whole time. legs started getiing tired the last couple of miles. water stop at emerald park (9.2 miles).

WT 41 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - recovery pace - whitesides julie aircraft loop.

WT 39 miles

Kinvara3 II Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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7.00

7 miles - 6 of which were on the high school track. nice and easy on the legs.

WT 36 miles

Virrata 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles / 8:42 avg. north from home/cemetary loops. easy progression splits:

9:31, 9:17, 8:55, 8:28, 8:11, 7:55

WT 42 miles

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles / easy - minority conglomerate.

WT 40 miles

Kinvara3 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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10.00

10 miles / very easy pace. fastest mile was my last @ 8:53. minority/crestview/minority/rainbow/nayon cherry nalder/wasatch

WT 48 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles / 8:19 avg. easy street out and back. progression run.

8:51, 8:31, 8:15, 7:42

WT 52 miles (my first 50 mile week since june 2013...)

Kinvara3 III Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 from work - north east/mortuary/whitesides

WT 47 miles
 

Kinvara3 II Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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16.00

16 miles / slow jam. from home - park-n-ride/campus/botanical garden/cemetary.

a good week with wednesdays run giving a 7 day total of 52 miles, my longest week in 14 months. todays 16 miler is my longest single run in 23 months. so i feel confident in now proclaiming to be headed in the right direction.

WT 50 miles

 

Virrata 2 Miles: 16.00
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busy catching up on yard/house work - perfect timing for a two day mini break while i build a mileage base back into my body. I'm hoping to get at least 20 more years of healthy running out of this bag of bones - 🏃

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11.00

11 miles - easy. crestview/golden/rainbow/mortuary. intermitent light rain.

WT 39 miles

Kinvara3 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
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7.00

7 miles / easy pace. nayon/cherry/nalder.

WT 42 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles / 8:00 avg. from work - easy street. short progression run.

8:35, 7:58, 7:52, 7:37

WT 38 miles

Kinvara3 III Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 - crestview/wide church

WT 46 miles

Kinvara3 II Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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11.00

11 miles / 9:01 avg. from work, rio grande north o&b

WT 41 miles

 

Virrata 2 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
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10.00

10 miles - 9:00 avg. from work - minority/adamswood. last two miles were the fastest @ 8:31, 8:35.

WT 51 miles

 

Kinvara3 III Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles. minority/church. felt like a pile of junk this morning. pushing through a run like this always pays off -

WT 45 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
13.00

13 miles - bluff trail from jensen park. super tired when the alarm went off this morning and i knew the temps were going to be cool today so i opted for a later run. got started around 10 am. first couple of miles were hopeful then it became clear this would just be a run for miles - no pace. felt fine at the turn around point but started to notice my pace slowing with each mile even though my effort felt the same. the last four miles were extremely difficult mentally. the desire to stop and walk was super strong. but i knew to just keep shuffling along and that it wasn't the end of the world, though it felt like it. all in all a good crash. 9:21 avg.

WT 51 miles

Kinvara3 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles sorting out yesterdays mess. easy/golden/church

WT 53 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - wasatch/adamswood/mortuary

WT 51 miles

Kinvara3 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
12.00

12 miles / 8:45 avg. from home, north to the cemetary for loops then south to the campus for more of the same. 

WT 52 miles

Kinvara3 II Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
197.00
Kinvara3 II Miles: 42.00Virrata 2 Miles: 44.00Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 14.00Kinvara3 III Miles: 20.00Virrata 1 Miles: 41.00Kinvara3 Miles: 36.00
Weight: 0.00
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