The Perils of Self Betterment

May 06, 2024

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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
7.00

7 miles / 8:09 avg. MFT. Sun, mid thirty temps, southern breeze. 

splits: 9:41, (7:45, 7:54, 7:41, 7:40, 7:30), 8:46. (5 mile "tempo" 38:30 / 7:42 avg)

Just for this week I'm going to try something different. I've always felt that a big factor in my lack of speed is my mind. I feel like I've got a weak mind when it comes to running. So I'm going to attempt to shake my lazy brain out of its lethargy this week on each run by running 5 miles straight at under an 8:00 pace (my HMP is 7:54). So for each run this week I'll run a warm up mile, which can be any pace, then 5 miles < 8:00, which will put me at 6 miles for the run, then I have the option of stopping there, or running a cool down mile, or keeping the pace going for mile 7. This means I'll be running either 6 or 7 miles each day. I'm hoping by keeping the mileage low, my body will better handle my little daily speed test. This will just be through friday, on saturday I'll run enough to get my mileage for the week to at least 50 miles. Then next week I'll ramp up the mileage again. Anyway, should be an interesting experiment -

WT 51 miles

Hattori Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 15:46:26 from 24.10.191.18

i love experiments. this sounds like a good one. good luck.

From Lysa on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 19:59:24 from 206.29.182.152

Way to go Doctor. Well you said it out loud so now you have to do it. :) good thinking. And good luck. Just remember we're all counting on you

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 13:12:48 from 205.158.160.209

I like your strategy for the week and I think it will definitely help you. Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

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