The Perils of Self Betterment

December 2014

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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
132.00
MR00 Miles: 3.00Kinvara3 II Miles: 24.00Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 7.50Virrata 2 Miles: 14.00Kinvara3 Miles: 9.00Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 30.00Kinvara3 III Miles: 21.50Virrata 1 Miles: 15.00Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.00Virrata Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

7 miles / nice-n-easy. from house/campustache/cemetery/hood.

pm - 3 tm

WT 48miles

MR00 Miles: 3.00Kinvara3 II Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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11.00

8 miles / 8:15 avg. concentric minority. progression run.

8:49, 8:42, 8:30, 8:20, 8:03, 7:52, 7:34, 8:12

pm 3 on the treadmill

WT 44 miles

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 3.00Virrata 2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles of languor on the boardwalk loops at the nature preserve.

WT 48 miles

Kinvara3 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles / easy. buffalo ranch trail starting from the fairgrounds.

WT 41 miles

Virrata 2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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10.00

10 miles 8:28 avg - minority/crestview (figure eights)/minority - progression run

9:42, 9:25, 8:53, 8:39, 8:26, 8:24, 8:11, 7:48, 7:48, 7:33

WT 41 miles

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 10.00
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yard work instead of running.

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12.00

12 miles / easy. minority/golden/rainbow/mortuary/up-n-over/wasatch/church.

WT 43 miles

Kinvara3 III Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - easy - wasatch/golden.

WT 36 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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0.00

i didn't choose easy week, easy week chose me...

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4.00

4 miles. easy street loop.

WT 30 miles

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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13.00

13 miles / 8:16 avg. campus loops from home and back. temps in low 30's and light snow - ideal conditions. really good run.

8:45, 8:31, 8:38, 8:11, 7:59, 8:10, 7:58, 8:21, 8:17, 7:59, 8:17, 8:12, 8:11

WT 33 miles

 

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 easy on the treadmill

WT 37 miles

Virrata Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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10.00

10 miles / 8:37 avg. bluff trail from jensen park. easy progression run -

9:13, 9:06, 8:56, 8:37, 8:33, 8:27, 8:18, 8:10. 7:58, 8:54

WT 31 miles

Kinvara3 II Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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11.00

11 miles / 8:56 avg. from work/northeast territory. great weather, just took it easy and finished better with the last two miles @ 8:25 and 8:14.

WT 38 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
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7.00

7 easy from work minority/golden/whitesides

WT 45 miles

Kinvara3 II Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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7.00

7 miles / 8:31 avg. minority/crestwood gumbo. well dangit. i was having a great run. had a lot of energy and was thinking i could go maybe 12+ miles today. then a twinge in my achilles in mile 7 suddenly became a very sharp pain, so i hobbled my way to 7 miles then had to walk another mile to get back. hopefully the walk did good. i'll stretch today and see how things feel tomorrow. a twinge in the achilles is common enough, i'm thinking it's strained because i've been taking so many days off lately.

WT 35 miles

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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yep. the ol' achilles feels pretty jacked up today. i may try a gentle treadmill run on friday.

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3.00

3 miles easy on the treadmill. i think i've nipped an otherwise serious injury in the bud. the achilles wasn't nearly as painful after two days rest and today's 3 miles on the treadmill actually had it feeling a little stronger towards the end of the run. i think i'm going to stick to the treadmill for the next couple of runs and just continue to take it slow. before this injury, i was hoping to start "training" at the beginning of january for the winter series - but now i'll just have to play it by ear. i'll see how next week goes but todays jog was very positive.

WT 17 miles

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - 1.5 on the treadmill and 3.5 on the road (from work - crestview/easy street). achilles sore but not broken.

WT 15 miles

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 1.50Kinvara3 III Miles: 3.50
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6.00

6 miles on the rio grande parkway. no achilles pain, just feels a little tired. i felt really good and wanted to run farther but decided to do the smart thing - hopefully i can maintain that attitude through the rest of this week.

WT 21 miles

Kinvara3 III Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - easy street/crestview. things are okay with the achilles. going to take caution to the extreme for another week before speeding up in preparation for the 5k on feb. 7th - and the many races beyond.

WT 19 miles

year end summary: 2014

things started out sort of blah, finally rising to mediocre by october or thereabouts, then finished the year with a big whimper.

hopefully 2015 will bring better, and more, running.

7 year basic stats:

year        total miles        avg per day run        weekly avg.

2008    1317            6.6                      25

2009    2654            8                         51

2010    2578            9.2                      49

2011    2618            9.4                      50

2012    3083            8.4                      59 (ran every day)

2013    1177            6.7                      23

2014    1716            7.2                      33

 

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Kinvara3 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
132.00
MR00 Miles: 3.00Kinvara3 II Miles: 24.00Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 7.50Virrata 2 Miles: 14.00Kinvara3 Miles: 9.00Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 30.00Kinvara3 III Miles: 21.50Virrata 1 Miles: 15.00Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.00Virrata Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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