The Perils of Self Betterment

September 2011

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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
247.60
Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 57.20Hattori Miles: 28.30Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 21.20Musha 3 Miles: 39.00Bandito's (2) Miles: 32.50Musha 2 Miles: 40.40Bandito's Miles: 19.00Mt101 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:18 avg. From work. Noticeably cooler.

WT 41.4 miles

Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
5.30

5.3 miles / Easy, from work. 

WT 46.7 miles

Hattori Miles: 5.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:40 avg. On the LPT.

WT 48.7 miles

Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
0.00

It's been a very busy and productive week for me, and I was planning on running today but my body demanded rest. I guess I'm not 42 any more...

 

Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
15.00

15 miles / Easy pace. Mostly cloudy, temps in the low to mid 70's. Drove to the nature preserve in west Farmington and ran a bunch of the 1.2 mile loops on the flat dirt trail there - then ran the 1/2 mile to the buffalo ranch trail and ran that 4 mile loop then back to the preserve for a couple more loops. Felt kind of blah today, slow pace but just plugged steadily along.Nice to get 2+ hours of running in, it's been a while.

WT 43.7 miles

Musha 3 Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles / 8:06 avg. From work - post rain. Comfortable temps. Felt good so I tried to pace up a bit. For my ability level, an 8:06 average pace represents a solid effort training run.

Splits: 9:00, 8:04, 7:52, 8:05, 7:54, 7:55, 7:53

WT 47.3 miles

Bandito's (2) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:28 avg. From work. Sunny and warmbutnottoowarm.

Splits:9:12, 8:22, 8:23, 8:14, 8:17, 8:31, 8:26, 8:31, 8:17, 8:29

WT 57.3 miles

Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles / beyond easy pace.

51.3 miles

Bandito's (2) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / easy. From work. Blah, blah, blah.

WT 52 miles

Hattori Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles / 8:28 avg. LPT @ 1:00 pm. Sun, 82F. 

WT 50 miles

Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / 8:15 avg. MFT/LPT

Splits: 8:41, 8:17, 8:09, 8:44, 7:43, 7:52

WT 56 miles

Musha 2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.30

10.3 miles / easy. From work, mostly cloudy, nice temps.

WT 51.3 miles


Bandito's (2) Miles: 10.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
6.20

6.2 miles / easy does it. From work. I wasn't going to run today, but then I did.

WT 50.5 miles

Musha 2 Miles: 6.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
12.00

12 miles / easy. From work. Really, super, nice, uber, excellent weather for running.

WT 52.5 miles

Musha 3 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles / 8:45 avg. From work.

WT 55.5 miles

Hattori Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:26 avg. From work. Weather to run for.

WT 59.5 miles

Musha 2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
11.00

11 miles / 8:18 avg. Progression run. I ran from work to the high school track (.5 mi.) and ran10 miles on the track (my legs really needed that soft, flat surface today), then .5 miles back to work. 

Splits: 9:14, 8:54, 8:31, 8:38, 8:22, 8:14, 8:07, 7:51, 7:32, 7:29, 8:34.

WT 62.5 miles

Bandito's Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
11.20

AM - 6 miles / 8:28 avg. MFT with the wife and dogs. Nice day out there.

PM - 5.2 very easy miles at the bird refuge. Taking advantage of this amazing weather.

WT 67.7 miles

Musha 2 Miles: 5.20Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
5.20

5.2 miles / 9:38 avg. From work. "Day off" run.

WT 62.4 miles

Bandito's (2) Miles: 5.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
8.00

Easy 8 / From work. Same weather as the last 6 days.

WT 64.4 miles

Musha 3 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
11.20

11.2 miles / easy from work. Status quo on the weather.

WT 63.6 miles

Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 11.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / from work. Kind of an interesting run. The first 5 miles I wasn't feeling too great and was at 47:27 (9:29 avg.) so I thought I'd just head back and make it an easy 6 mile day. But then I realized that I was feeling warmed up and loose, so I tried picking it up. I ran the last 5 miles in 41:24 (8:17 avg.). So I'm glad I didn't quit.

Splits: 9:57, 9:19, 9:31, 9:40, 8:59, - 8:26, 8:27, 8:26, 8:08, 7:56.   / 8:53 avg for the run.

WT 66.6 miles

 

* Over the summer I had gotten in the habit of inconsistency , missing 8 to 10 days a month. So for September I'm trying to get back in the habit of running everyday. I've missed one day so far, and have run the last 18 days in a row. Other, more experienced runners are always saying consistency is key to becoming a stronger runner - I'm learning that this is definitely true.

Hattori Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles / easy. From work. Weather.

WT 63.6 miles

Musha 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
11.00

11 miles / 8:29 avg. From work. Mostly sun, temps in the low to mid 80's. I ran an easy 3 miles (9:05 avg.) to the H.S. track then ran 7 miles with a goal of keeping the pace under 8:20. Splits for miles 4 through 10: 8:17, 8:19, 8:18, 8:14, 7:58, 8:07, 8:13 (7 miles/8:12 avg). Cool down mile 8:44.

WT 63.6 miles

Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
8.00

Easy 8 / 9:03 avg. MFT/LPT. Weather: Ideal.

WT 60.4 miles

Bandito's Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Add Comment
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles / sad little run. Count this as a rest day.

WT 59.2 miles

Musha 3 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
12.20

12.2 miles / easy. From work. The weather just sucks these days! 9:02 avg.

WT 63.2 miles

Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 12.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:17 avg. From work. 2 miles warmup felt good so I decided to do 1 mile on and 1 off.

Splits: 9:13, 8:47, 7:39, 8:39, 7:32, 8:47, 7:40, 8:46, 7:27, 8:19.

I ran in my mt101's, a super lightweight, minimalistically inclined trail shoe that happens to make a mighty fine road shoe as well.

WT 62.2 miles

Mt101 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / 8:23 avg. MFT. 85F - didn't get out until 2:30 PM.

WT 58.2 miles

Bandito's (2) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / easy. From work. It felt good to go real easy today. I could feel my legs processing the information they've received this week. 9:35 avg.

WT 57.2 miles

Musha 2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
247.60
Hyperspeed 4 (2) Miles: 57.20Hattori Miles: 28.30Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 21.20Musha 3 Miles: 39.00Bandito's (2) Miles: 32.50Musha 2 Miles: 40.40Bandito's Miles: 19.00Mt101 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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