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
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles / 1:04:51 / 8:06 avg. Sun, 35 degrees. One mile boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. 

The releasing of the stress.

Splits: 8:36, 8:21, 8:17, 8:21, 8:00, 7:52, 7:40, 7:38.

Asics 2140 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kelli on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 19:32:21 from 71.219.71.229

NICE PACE!!! Is it just me, or are you running much faster than you used to??

I just noticed your marathon goal for 2010---3:37:12?

From JD on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 20:50:46 from 209.183.51.64

Thanks for noticing Kelli. Yeah, ever since TOU my pace has been much better. I decided to try and run a little faster in general since I've cut back on my mileage, which has been 40-45 MPW. You may have been right when you suggested (months ago), that I should try cutting back and see how I felt. I feel a lot better now. However, I haven't run more than 12 miles since the marathon. I'm going to have to start some long runs soon!

From Kelli on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 21:39:48 from 71.219.71.229

Every once in a while I am right! ;o)

In the winter, I just try to do one run a week that is 10-15 miles. So, I think 12 miles is a long run, but I am kind of messed up.

From Lysa on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 22:36:23 from 174.52.15.101

You both are awesome in my book. And ya, I remember JD complaining about his 8:30's and now here he is doing 7:30's. Good job to both of you for being an inspiration for headcases like me. And JD, im glad you got the stress release today. That always feels soo good.

From Snoqualmie on Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:30:12 from 24.18.192.33

Your splits look like a mathematical formula - faster, faster, faster. Don't you people have any hills out there? (I'm just jealous.)

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