The Perils of Self Betterment

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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, Jan 29, 2011

Total Distance

10.00

10 miles / 8:23 avg. LPT/Cattle rd. loop. Overcast 32F.

WT 51.3 miles

Junk Shoes Miles: 10.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Lysa on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 17:10:18 from 50.8.74.241

8:23 avg. That is awesome.

From JD on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 17:18:05 from 209.183.51.45

Thanks Lysa. A 20 miler at a 10:23 avg would be awesomer. I need to get some long runs in.

From Stacie on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 18:13:14 from 174.52.12.218

Wow. You're fast.

From Lysa on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 18:51:53 from 50.8.74.241

JD-ditto.

From JD on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 19:24:20 from 209.183.51.63

That's funny you two. There are dozens of runners on this blog for whom an 8:00 minute mile isn't possible for them to comprehend. Their easy runs are 7:30's or whatever. I have to work hard to keep an 8 minute pace. But that's one of the great things about running, it's individual, and speed is relative to each person. I'm hoping I can get a little faster before I get to much older. Too bad I didn't try to get fast in my twenties. Here's to each of us improving ourselves and getting stronger!

From Lysa on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 20:23:38 from 50.8.74.241

It's true its all relative. It's hard not to feel inadequate when you see what other people can do though. I guess we all need a sign to look at before we walk out the door that says, "you are cool BECAUSE YOU are doing it!" or something like that.

From april27 on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 22:04:27 from 99.188.251.180

Lysa--I printed up a quote in my office--"You are faster than a couch potato" or something like that.

From Lysa on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 23:25:23 from 50.8.74.241

april27- I love it! And it does put it in perspective doesn't it.

From Stacie on Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:59:23 from 174.52.12.218

I almost got on the treadmill this morning and then thought of your TAP and told myself "If he can do it, so can I!" (I'm very tempted for wed. 5 degree day)

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