The Perils of Self Betterment

November 2012

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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
241.30
Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 54.00Kinvara3 Miles: 78.20Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 37.70Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 25.00MR00 Miles: 26.20Kinvara2 Miles: 13.20Hattori The 2nd Miles: 7.00
Weight: 160.86
Total Distance
17.00

7 miles / 9:18 avg. easy from work etc, etc.

pm -  10 miles / 8:34 - commute home. overcast and temps in the upper 50'sF. almost perfect.

WT 67.7 miles

three twelve

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 7.00Kinvara3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
4.30

4.3 miles of rest. from work - north east. magical outside this morning.

WT 64 miles

three thirteen

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 4.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
12.00

12 miles / 8:46 avg. from work - emerald park "loop". tired legs today.

WT 70.8 miles

three fourteen

Kinvara3 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 161.20
Comments(5)
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles / 7:55 avg. on the MFT/LPT. not feeling it today. i ran miles 2,4, and 6 quicker than the rest (7:11, 7:04, 7:05), and struggled pretty much the whole run. 

WT 72.8 miles

three fifteen

Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 7.00
Weight: 159.60
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Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 from work - north east. 8 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave. light out.

WT 66.8 miles

three sixteen

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 8.00
Weight: 160.40
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:34 avg. from work, rio grande - north. 2 mi. warm up, 6 x 1/2 mi. w 1/2 mi. easy in between. 2.5 mile easy to finish the run.

splits for 1/2 miles (target: 3:15): 3:19, 3:12, 3:18, 3:17, 3:19, 3:20.

i never do workouts like this so i didn't pace it out so well but i plan on doing speed more regularly now. still a rewarding workout today.

WT 64.5 miles

three seventeen

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 10.00
Weight: 160.60
Comments(1)
Total Distance
5.40

5.4 miles on the bluff trail. crap run. love those.

WT 63.7 miles

three eighteen

Kinvara3 Miles: 5.40
Weight: 161.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.20

10.2 miles / easy. from work - north east. perhaps the last short sleeves, hat and gloveless, early morning run for awhile. 

WT 56.9 miles

three nineteen

MR00 Miles: 10.20
Weight: 161.60
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles from work in the cold and snow. 

WT 56.6 miles

three twenty

Kinvara2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles - sunset on the LPT. easy pace. some sun, some snow. a mellow end to an unintended cut back week.

WT 54.6 miles

three twenty-one

Kinvara3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles / 7:27 avg. progression run on the MFT. splits: 7:59, 7:37, 7:22, 7:17, 7:01.

WT 52.6 miles

three twenty-two

MR00 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 161.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles / 9:30 avg. from work. looks like i'll be taking it real easy for the next several weeks. this will be kind of my break for the year. maybe 35 - 50 miles a week. i need to do this for my mind as much as for my body. physically i feel good, but i've been feeling a little mentally fried the last few weeks. so i'll still be running everyday but i'm not going to make any extra effort for mileage. i should still be able to top 3,000 miles for the year - by far a lifetime PR. in fact, i've already beat my year mileage PR. i'll use this break as an opportunity to experiment with some nutrition changes i want to make, and to work on speed a bit.

WT 48.6 miles

three twenty-three

 

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 4.00
Weight: 160.20
Comments(3)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles easy, from work - north east. i didn't look at my watch until i got back to the shop and saw i was at 9.67 miles so i kept going to make 10. it was nice to not think about distance or pace today and just lope around the hoods in the sun. 30F is pretty much perfect running temp when the sun's out. 9:10 avg.

WT 48.6 miles

three twenty-four

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 10.00
Weight: 161.00
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Total Distance
7.00

7 miles / rio grande north and south. 8:31 avg.

WT 50.2 miles

three twenty-five

Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 7.00
Weight: 160.80
Comments(3)
Total Distance
12.00

6 miles from work - north east. 10 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave. 9:05 avg.

pm - 6 miles from work - rio grande south. 8:45 avg. short sleeves in the middle of november :-)

WT 52 miles

three twenty-six

Kinvara3 Miles: 6.00MR00 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 161.60
Comments(3)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles easy from work - east and back. balmy 38F.

WT 52 miles

three twenty-seven

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 4.00
Weight: 160.40
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Total Distance
10.40

10.4 miles / 8:08 avg. from work - rio grande north. felt good this morning. negative split = 25 seconds per mile faster for second half.

splits: 8:32, 8:23, 8:26, 8:22, 8:10, 8:00, 7:52, 7:57, 7:56, 7:59, + .4 @ 7:50

WT 52.4 miles

three twenty-eight

Kinvara3 Miles: 10.40
Weight: 161.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 miles of ease on the buffalo ranch trail with Loki.

WT 50.4 miles

three twenty-nine

Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 3.00
Weight: 160.60
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles, over easy for lunch, from work, north east style. 8:50 avg.

WT 54.4 miles

three thirty

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 8.00
Weight: 161.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
6.20

6.2 miles for lunch. from work - south east flavor. 8:25 avg. 

WT 50.4 miles

three thirty-one

Kinvara3 Miles: 6.20
Weight: 160.60
Comments(5)
Total Distance
18.40

9.2 miles - easy commute to work. cows, cats, horses, and very few people 8:56 avg.

pm - 9.2 miles. commute home. overcast, 55F and a slight headwind made for perfect conditions to run. all mile splits fell between 8:10 and 8:39. felt stronger this afternoon compared to this morning. 8:30 avg. for the run.

WT 62 miles

three thirty-two

Kinvara2 Miles: 9.20Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 9.20
Weight: 161.00
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Total Distance
4.20

4.2 slugly miles on the MFT post holiday meal/languor.

WT 54.2 miles

three thirty-three

Kinvara3 Miles: 4.20
Weight: 160.40
Comments(3)
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles easy from work. south east. working off a minor cold the last couple of days. 9:12 avg.

WT 57.2 miles

three thirty-four

 

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 7.00
Weight: 160.80
Comments(2)
Total Distance
14.00

14 miles on the bluff trail from jensen park. sunny, 42F when i started, 42F when i was finished. good run for me. 8:26 avg.

WT 60.8 miles

three thirty-five

Kinvara3 Miles: 14.00
Weight: 160.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles on the MFT. 7:28 avg. splits: 8:15, 7:18, 7:10, 7:16, 7:20

WT 62.8 miles

three thirty-six

MR00 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 160.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
5.20

5.2 miles from work at lunch. north east route. feeling lazy today. 9:10 avg.

WT 60 miles

three thirty-seven

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 5.20
Weight: 160.80
Comments(3)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles / 8:33 avg. easy progression run on the boardwalk at the nature preserve. started really rough today. i've had a cold the last five days and it's been affecting my sleep. i guess that's why it took so long to warm up today. splits: 9:46, 9:33, 8:55, 8:31, 8:23, 8:08, 7:53, 7:16. the last couple of miles felt great.

WT 61.8 miles

three thirty-eight

Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles. from work. to call this run craptastic would be an insult to crap.

WT 46.4 miles

three thirty-nine

 

this is horrible news - 

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 3.00
Weight: 163.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
12.00

12 easy miles on the hilly north east route from work. 8:54 avg.

WT 54.2 miles

three forty

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 12.00
Weight: 162.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles / 8:36 avg. from work. everything easy except miles 4,5,6 @ hm (7:44, 7:40, 7:48).

WT 54.2 miles

three forty-one

Hattori The 2nd Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
241.30
Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 54.00Kinvara3 Miles: 78.20Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 37.70Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 25.00MR00 Miles: 26.20Kinvara2 Miles: 13.20Hattori The 2nd Miles: 7.00
Weight: 160.86
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