| 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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| Kinvara2 Miles: 6.00 | Kinvara3 Miles: 221.10 | MR00 Miles: 58.20 | Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 101.90 | Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 69.60 | Virrata Miles: 274.90 | Kinvara3 II Miles: 212.50 | Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 97.30 | Kinvara3 III Miles: 131.20 | Green A5's Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 6 miles from work. sun and 10F - perfect shorts weather. WT 38.3 miles
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| | making the most of what amounts to a week off from running. recharging a bit. picked a good week for it too in terms of weather etc.
WT 22.3 miles
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| | 10.6 miles / 8:37 avg. from work, rio grande - north WT 16.6 miles
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| | easy 8. from work - north east hood. somewhat sunny. and hot. WT 24.6 miles
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| | i chose to not run today. expect more of the same throughout the month of january. really enjoying the downtime. anticipating a lot of quality x-training with the shoveling of the snow over the next couple of days.
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| | taking extreme non-running to a whole 'nother level this week!! at least my weight is remaining stable...
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| | a full week with no run. i feel awesome! so this break has given me a new perspective about this running blog. in the back of my mind are little creeping doubts about getting back to the mileage in a couple of weeks. will i have the motivation? do i even want to keep running consistently this year, and keep trying to incrementally bring down my race times etc? checking in on other runners everyday here on the blog and reading about their workouts and experiences is so motivating! right now my mind and body are in hibernation mode, but i can feel the excitement percolating in the back of my "being". and that's in large part because i'm able to stay in touch with the spirit of this crazy sport through Fast Running Blog. so, you know, thanks fellow bloggers.
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| | running is like medicine. i've been without my meds now for 8 days...hmmm. | |
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| | 5 miles / 8:24 avg. rio grande - south. i'm back. baby. WT 5 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 7 miles / 8:26 avg. rio grande - south. WT 12 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 7.00 |
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i was going to run today but work got crazy, and it's cold, and i AM taking the month of January off basically - so i just let it go. maybe tomorrow. my purpose this month is to put running on the back burner, which is actually easier than it sounds. my weight is starting to creep up. i'm living the dream.
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| | even though the running is very sparse this month, i'm still trying to keep my blog active with posts like this one which say nothing. in terms of weather conditions i picked a good month to take a break. well, that's all for now. it was nice visiting with you all. have a great day.
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| | 5 easy miles on the slick, foggy rio grande parkway before work. WT 12 miles
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| | more time off... i have been getting plenty of physical activity though with my new snow removal x-training regimen. i'm excited to see how my body responds to having a month basically off from running, followed by a six week build up to a half marathon. meanwhile, i'm morphing into quite the fatty.
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6 miles for lunch on the rio grande - south / 8:43 avg. january stats: 7 runs 47.6 miles (6.8 miles avg. per run) 6 pounds gained. this month long break was just what i needed. i feel rested and recovered (and fat). and mentally i am looking forward to building up some mileage again. WT 11 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 4.1 miles from work - north east hood. 8:53 avg. WT 15.1 miles
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| | 6 miles on the rio grande / 8:03 avg. didn't get started until 2 pm. pleased with how good i felt today. good pace considering my current state of un-fitness. splits: 8:31, 7:58, 8:18, 7:52, 7:58, 7:42. WT 16.1 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 8 miles on the rio grande for lunch. 8:37 avg. WT 24.1 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 8.00 |
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| | 6 miles on the rio grande for lunch. again. 8:25 avg. first 30 mile week i've had in a while. WT 30.1 miles
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8 miles - same place, same time of day. 8:42 avg.
WT 32.1 miles
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6 miles / 8:50 avg. this morning while driving i noticed that the rio grande parkway in farmington had been plowed! this is unprecedented! so i drove to an access point and ran from there. taking the parkway all the way to the the 1/4 mile farmington creek trail that loops around the fairgrounds, which is also plowed. this means that my work commute run is on when i feel up to it again. also, i don't have to drive to the next town to run on the parkway, which i've been doing as i generally avoid the roads when i can in the winter. WT 28 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 9.1 miles / 8:55 avg. in an effort to shake myself from this life of dedicated inertia i've been living lately, i hitched a ride to work with my wife, therefore committing myself to a commute run home. don't know how wise a decision that is given my recent lack of training, but i knew that if i just took it easy i would be fine. i was fine, and the weather was spectacular. shorts (of course) and short sleeves! a good run. WT 15.1 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 9.10 |
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| | 7 miles / 8:32 avg. rio grande - south. lunch run. WT 16.1 miles
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| | 5 miles from work and through the hoods. 8:40 avg. WT 12 miles
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| | 7 miles on the roads from work / 8:43 avg. WT 12 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 7.00 |
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| | 4 miles - my ITB flared up at the end of my run on thursday, no doubt a product of my complete lack of fitness nowadays. so i took it really easy today in hopes that i could stress the leg just enough to strengthen it. i could feel the weakness in my knee throughout the run, but no pain.
WT 16 miles
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| | 6 miles from work and through the 84041 / 8:32 avg. WT 17 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 6.00 |
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4 miles on the rio grande / 8:23 avg. progression run splits: 8:39, 8:33, 8:22, 7:58 WT 21 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.00 |
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| | easy 8 / rio grande - north / 9:06 avg. WT 22 miles
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7 miles / 8:23 avg. MFT/LPT WT 25 miles
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5.3 miles / no pace - rio grande/whispering pine WT 20.3 miles pm edit: so i took a look back at my running one year ago and now am wondering who that person was last year. pretty motivating to read through the whole month (although August 2012 was pretty insane for me as well). i suppose i can get to that kind of mileage again - but i'm not as motivated without some kind of goal. here's to a safe buildup these next few weeks. a year ago my total mileage for the year up through March 12th was 551.3 miles. this year? 148.1 miles...hi, my name is James, and i'm a hobby jogger...
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| | no sleep. no run. but you can bet the yard cleanup is moving forward uninterrupted.
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| | 6.2 miles from work. 8 x 30 second hills repeats on golden ave. WT 18.5 miles
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| | 4 easy from work. my pace was so easy (re: slow) that i actually went backwards in time. WT 22.5 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.00 |
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| | 4 miles from work. just trying to get back in the habit of consistency. WT 26.5 miles
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| | 8 miles. from work. 8:47 avg. WT 22.2 miles
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| | 8 miles / rio grande - north. 8:26 avg. (1:15 negative split) WT 24 miles
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| | 4.2 miles from work. WT 20.2 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.20 |
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all day long with the chain saw and the shamefully overgrown fruit trees... WT 20.2 miles
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| | 6 miles, from work. 8:34 avg. WT 26.2 miles
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| | 6 miles slowly. rio grande - south WT 24.2 miles
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| | 5 miles. rio grande - north WT 29.2 miles
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7 miles. from work. including 6 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave. 8:54 avg. WT 28.2 miles
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| | 6 easy miles. rio grande - south. WT 34.2 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | easy 8. from work. WT 38 miles
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| | 6 miles / rio grande - south. 8:40 avg. WT 32 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 9 miles on the rio grande. warm, windy, and slow. WT 29 miles
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| | 3 really easy miles, late afternoon with Loki on the MFT.
WT 26 miles
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| | 8 miles. from work, north east. 8:25 avg. splits: 8:40, 8:47, 8:20, 8:34, 8:11, 8:18, 8:21, 8:10 WT 26 miles
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| | weather related excuses (ie; i've got my wimp on) for not running the last few days. back at it tomorrow. | |
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| | 9 miles / easy. rio grande - south/whisperin' pines. WT 29 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 9.00 |
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| | 5 miles. from work. super easy pace. WT 25 miles
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| | 6 miles. from work - NE loop. WT 28 miles
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| | anticipating a run any day now. just not today. | |
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| | 5.3 miles / 8:16 avg. from work, north east hood. last mile 7:53. WT 16.3 miles
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| | 8.3 miles on the buffalo ranch trail. 9:08 avg. WT 13.6 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 8.30 |
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| | 6.5 miles / 8:43 avg. rio grande - south. WT 20.1 miles
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| | 6 miles. jensen park/bluff trail. WT 20.8 miles
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10 miles / 9:08 avg. from work and through the hoods - north east. my last run of 10 or more miles was jan. 7th...
WT 30.8 miles
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| | 5 very easy miles on the buffalo ranch trail. warm. WT 22.5 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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5 miles from work. 8 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave, for variety / 9:06 avg,
WT 32.5 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 8 miles / rio grande - north. not warm. / 8:26 avg. 3:11 negative split! 8:50 avg going out. 8:02 avg coming back. last miles @ 7:51, 7:57. WT 28 miles
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| | 5 miles from work. 9:01 avg. WT 23 miles
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| | 10 miles from work / rio grande - north. 8:52 avg. 2:04 negative split. a lot of runner out this morning, a lot of them with bibs so there must have been some kind of race going on. ran across a gaggle of Van Buren Boys out by the Freeport Center. WT 33 miles
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| | out of town until tues. night. camping. (and maybe some running). | |
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| | never mind. no running on the trip. lots of rain however. pretty busy with work this week, i may just pass on any runs. but i might get one in. | |
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| | 5 miles on the buffalo ranch trail. / 9:10 avg. after a full week off it was nice to get a run in again.
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 6.2 miles / 8:40 avg. from work, NE. WT 11.2 miles
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| | 5 miles from work. 8:54 avg.
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| | 5 miles on the buffalo ranch trail w/Loki. 8:49 avg. WT 16.2 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 7 miles from work - NE. 8:42 avg. WT 17 miles
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| | 5 miles. from work. 9:11 avg WT 22 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 3 miles from work. 8:04 avg. WT 20 miles
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5.3 miles from work - east. 9:01 avg. WT 25.3 miles
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| | 8.1 miles. from work/rio grande - south/ 9:04 WT 33.4 miles
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| | 7 miles from, where else? work. NE. slippery transmission run. 9:04 avg. WT 35.4 miles
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| | 8 miles from work - NE. 8:34 avg. WT 31.4 miles
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| | 3 miles from work. 8:00 avg. finished in exactly 24 minutes. splits: 8:21, 7:48, 7:50. a little better than last weeks "3 miles at a hard-but-relaxed-though-nowhere-near-all-out-effort-for-a-rough-gauge-of-my-current-fitness-level-as-i-try-to-get-myself-back-into-shape" run. WT 31.4 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 3.00 |
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| | 5 miles. from work - NE. 9:00 avg. (and i had to run the last mile in 8:09 to to get that avg.). WT 31.1 miles
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| | 10 miles. from the shop, rio grande - north. 8:50 avg. Corbin Talley sighting. WT 33 miles
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| | 8 easy miles on the boardwalk at the nature preserve. 9:04 avg. WT 34 miles
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7 miles. from work - NE. 9:01 avg. all my runs these days are at an easy pace - but today was more so because my calves are still sore from monday's run in the very minimal, very flat new balance MR00's. haven't run in them for awhile. i usually try to work in at least one run a week with a flat shoe and call it a foot strengthening day.
pm - 4 miles on the LPT. 8:23 avg. splits: 8:40, 8:22, 8:27, 8:07
WT 37 miles
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| Kinvara3 Miles: 7.00 | Virrata Miles: 4.00 |
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| | 3.3 miles from work. 8:35 avg. yesterday's 11 miles (in two runs) was my biggest day this year. usually i would take today off but i'm now officially running again, so i am beginning the painful process of getting back into shape. i've averaged just over 20 miles a week so far this year, with the last couple of weeks over 30 mpw. so for june the plan is to work up to 50 mpw and hopefully maintain something close to that, and more, throughout the rest of this year, with an eye to making 2014 my best year of running ever. i hope to be getting pr's at 50 years old! WT 37.3 miles
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| | 5 ponderous miles on the buffalo ranch trail. 9:54 avg. WT 37.3 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 8.4 miles - rio grande/ellison. 9:27 avg. rough morning run. never loosened up, low energy. being out of shape can be difficult.
WT 35.7 miles
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6 miles from work - NE. very slow, re-commitment to the long view run. pm - 5 easy miles on the buffalo ranch trail. 85 degrees felt nice.
WT 38.7 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 | Virrata Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 4.2 miles from work to the hs track for some laps and back. 8:48 avg. 31.9 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.20 |
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| | 7 miles 9:47 avg. from work. butt ugly "run". labored breathing at 10 min. per mile. i seem to be getting in worse condition as the weeks go by... WT 35.6 miles
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| | 9.2 miles from work - NE. 8:55 avg. WT 39.8 miles
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| | 9 miles. easy. rio grande-north. WT 40.4 miles
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| | 6 miles from work-NE. 8:34 avg. WT 46.4 miles
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| | 4.2 low gumption miles. from work -NE. WT 39.6 miles
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8 miles from work-NE. 6 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave, then about a half mile and into 4 x 1/4 mile @5k pace (1:45, 1:43, 1:43, 1:46). i know i don't have the mileage base to support any real workouts yet. i just wanted to give my legs and mind a little break from the 8:30-9:00 pace routine i subject them to everyday. pm - 5 extremely easy miles on the buffalo ranch trail. windy.
WT 48.4 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 | Kinvara3 II Miles: 8.00 |
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| | 5 miles - the usual route. here's to finally experiencing better recovery between runs... WT 46.4 miles
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| | 6 miles on the buffalo ranch trail with Loki. that's Loki, the Greatest Dane(as far as she's concerned). WT 43.2 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 11.2 miles - rio grande south/deseret dr. / 9:12 avg WT 45.4 miles
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| | 6 miles NE route. 8:38 avg. WT 45.4 miles
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10.3 miles / from home - big western loop. today's run gives me the first 50 mile week in a very long time. WT 51.5 miles
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| | 8 miles from work - NE. 6 x 1/4 mile (target 1:45), 1:51, 1:42, 1:44, 1:45, 1:45, 1:43. 1/4 mile rest in between intervals.
WT 46.5 miles
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| | 4 miles from work - NE. 9:12 avg. WT 45.5 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.00 |
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5 miles from work. 9:08 avg. Sugarhouse Relay Carnival tomorrow. WT 44.5 miles
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| | no sleep . no run. no Sugarhouse Relay. this makes four races over the last two years that i've registered for but not shown up to. a pattern has emerged. that pattern resembles something you'd find in a cereal bowl, or on the crust of a finely made pie...
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| | 5 miles on the buffalo ranch trail. 88F when i started, 93F when i finished. forecast to hit 104F today, so i suppose i beat the heat. WT 38.3 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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7 miles from work - minority/sherwood/valeria loop. 4 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave. 8:52 avg. 6 months of downtime is over, back to running again. it's good to take some breaks here and there, but i let myself get completely out of shape this year. in times past, it was easy to whip myself back into condition. but this time has been a long slow slog. so remember kids, and by kids i mean those over 40 years old: if you're currently fit...STAY FIT!!
WT 39.3 miles
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| | 6.3 miles. boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. recent bout of insomnia has me running in the heat lately. 93F didn't feel too bad. WT 35.3 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 6.30 |
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| | 6 miles from work - minority/golden/colonial loop. 8:45 avg. WT 33.3 miles
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| | 7 miles on the buffalo ranch trail. got started around 11:30 am. it's funny how some days i can run in 90+ degree heat and feel great, but today with 80F i felt all beat down by the sun.9:12 avg. WT 36.3 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 7.00 |
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11.3 miles. rio grande - north. 8:56 avg. WT 42.6 miles
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| | easy 8 from work to the hs track, many laps, then back. WT 38.6 miles
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| | 6.2 miles from work - minority/church loop. 8:17 avg. felt better today than i have in...weeks? WT 38.5 miles
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8 miles - wasatch to golden for 16 x 30 second hill reps, then another 5 miles easy on the church/minority/frontage/hs track configuration.
WT 40.5 miles
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| | 3.3 miles - long run aborted. was going to run 12 today. felt pretty poopy right from the start and just got worse. WT 32.5 miles
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7 miles - wasatch/adamswood/golden/church. 8:42 avg. WT 25.3 miles * Nevels doppelganger sighting.
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| | 5 miles - frontage/church/golden/valeria/colonial/wasatch/gentile/earth loop. WT 22.3 miles
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hot-n-easy 5 miles on the boardwalk at the nature preserve. everything this week is going really well, except for getting the running in. this is the plight of the hobby jogger. WT 20.3 miles *the garmin 205 that i've had since i started this blog almost 5 years ago finally gave up the ghost. almost 13,000 miles of running and i never had any issues with it (i dropped it on concrete once and lost the audio, but after a while the audio came and went randomly. also, just once could i not get the satellite to load, i have no idea why). i was still getting 10+ hours on the battery between charges right up to the end. now i'm watchless until the new one arrives. *though only a hobby jogger, and running about 1/4 of the mileage i ran last year, my weight, after shooting up 10 pounds by the end of March, is now back down to within a pound of what it was in december after having run 370+ days in a row. i attribute this to good ol' calorie reduction (much less carbs), which is easy to manage when you're not really running any miles.
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| | easy 8 on the buffalo ranch trail. 10 am start, hot. WT 25 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 8.00 |
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4 miles on the MFT. so my current excuse for running such low mileage lately is that i'm caught up in a quagmire of "not-sleeping-therefore-not-running". but i'm not sure which came first. am i not sleeping because i'm not running enough to be tired out at night? or am i going through some kind of insane insomnia cycle that leaves me too worn out to run each day?either way, it's not enjoyable. WT 17 miles
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| | 6 miles - golden/rainbow. WT 18 miles
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| | easy 8 - frontage/minority/golden/colonial/whitesides elementary/wasatch...loop. WT 26 miles
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5 miles - easy progression run on the buffalo ranch trail. splits: 9:37, 9:12, 9:02, 8:50, 8:07 WT 23 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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7 miles / 8:32 avg. boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. didn't set out to do a progression run but things started leaning that way so i just went with it. splits: 9:31, 8:56, 8:33, 8:27, 8:17, 8:04, 8:00. WT 30 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 7.00 |
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| | 5 miles / 8:39 avg. - minority serpentine. last mile @ 8:15 WT 31 miles
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| | 3miles / 8:29 avg. golden/frontage out and back. splits: 9:25, 8:16, 7:46 WT 20 miles
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| | 5 miles on the buffalo ranch trail. late, hot, and easy. WT 20 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 5 miles minority loop / 8:36 avg. splits: 9:12, 8:33, 8:22, 8:28, 8:28 WT 18 miles
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| | 6 miles / 8:43 avg. wasatch/whitesides/church loop. progression splits: 9:39, 9:19, 8:46, 8:29, 8:16, 7:56. WT 24 miles
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| | 3 miles / 8:11 avg. minority out and back. splits: 8:58, 8:00, 7:34 WT 22 miles
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| | 9 miles / 9:10 avg. golden/church/valeria/colonial/adamswood/gordon/and back. WT 31 miles
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3 miles - golden/frontage/out and back. *garbage run*. i was surprised at the amount of garbage i found in a short 1 1/2 mile stretch. going out and back allowed me to pick through the area pretty well.
 thanks to allie for promoting the garbage run - edit: actually, thanks to allie and Fiddy for creating this event!
WT 34 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 3.00 |
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8 miles / 8:39 avg. wasatch/whitesides/adamswood/golden loop. put more effort in miles 3, 5, and 7 (7:33, 7:44, 7:55). i would have preferred that these splits got faster, the last one (mile 7) was mostly downhill too.still, always good to get out for a run, and overall i definitely feel better this week than i have in a while. WT 39 miles
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| | 5 miles. five of them easy. buffalo ranch trail. WT 39 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 9 miles / 9:05 avg. golden/church/cherry/nayon/oakridge/emerald park/gordon/snowcreek/wasatch/amongst others. WT 37 miles
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| | 4 miles on the fire break road - it's been a long time since i last ran this course (2 yrs?). hope to hit it often this Fall. ran today at 3:00 pm. warm out. WT 38 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 4.00 |
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5 miles / 8:20 avg. minority serpentine. splits: 9:01, 8:42, 8:24, 7:55, 7:38
WT 31 miles
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| | 7.2 miles / 8:36 avg. wasatch/golden/whitesides/church. WT 30.2 miles
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| | 5 miles / 8:21 - boardwalk loops at the bird refuge.
8:54, 8:24, 8:12, 7:49, 8:25 WT 30.2 miles
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6 miles / 8:54 avg. 6 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave. WT 27.2 miles
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easy 8 - golden/rainbow/valeria/adamswood/snowcreek/wasatch/golden/frontage... WT 31.2 miles
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| | easy 8 1/2, bluff trail from jensen park - out and back. started off feeling strong but faded quickly. strong headwind all the way back.
WT 34.5 miles
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6 miles / 8:34 avg. frontage/golden/church - 9:15, 8:53, 8:19, 8:34, 8:21, 8:02 WT 33.5 miles
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| | 4 miles on the buffalo ranch trail at noon.
WT 37.5 miles
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| | zero miles. living the life of the hobby jogger means that i can take two days off in a row and not give it a second thought. my back's been all twerked the last couple of days any way.
WT 26 miles
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| | 11 miles - frontage/golden/rainbow/valeria/whitesides/adamswood/east gordon/steep cherry/emerald/gordon/adamswood/wasatch...9:10 avg.
WT 29.5 miles
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| | 6 miles - the usual route. 8:56 avg.
35.5 miles
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| | 6 miles / 8:18 avg. usual route with additional church thrown in.
splits: 8:48, 8:12, 8:16, 8:11, 8:26, 7:57
WT 33 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 4.5 miles on the buffalo ranch trail / 8:34 avg
WT 31.5 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 4.50 |
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| | 10 miles - rio grande north ouit and back / 9:12 avg. warm and muggy but the cloud cover was nice.
WT 37.5 miles
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| | 9 miles - golden/rainbow/mortuary - 8:42 avg.
splits:9:17, 8:49, 8:43, 8:30, 8:33, 8:27, 8:35, 8:48, 8:35
WT 35.5 miles
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| | 6 miles - layton commons loops. 9:01 avg.
WT 35.5 miles
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| | 5 miles - jensen park/bluff trail - 7:57 avg
splits: 7:43, 7:42, 7:45, 8:23, 8:13 - i started off at what for me is a good pace (slightly better than half marathon pace) for the first three miles, but then crashed hard after that. excuses are as follows: 1) very poor sleep 2) hot - i started the run at 10:30 am. 3) age - i'm nearly half a century old! and, 4) genetic endowment, of which speed was not included.
i'm still happy with the effort as it indicates that i've gained a little more fitness over the last couple of months as i work to dig myself out of the lethargy i've rutted myself into.
WT 34.5 miles
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| | 6 miles on the buffalo ranch trail/8:35 avg. yard work this morning. ran at 2:00 pm.
splits: 8:42, 9:02, 8:22, 8:17, 8:59, 8:10
WT 36 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 6 miles on the hilly, rocky, fire break road with Loki. @ 4pm.
WT 32 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 7 miles / 8:33 avg. golden/rainbow/valeria
splits: 8:57, 8:22, 8:40, 8:40, 8:35, 8:24, 8:11
WT 39 miles
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| | 7 miles / 8:30 avg. boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. easy progression through mile 6 then cool down last mile.
splits: 9:04, 8:53, 8:31, 8:24, 8:07, 7:49, 8:40
WT 37 miles
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| | 5 miles / 8:18 avg. - golden/hill/diamond. rainy.
splits: 8:58, 8:22, 8:08, 8:05, 7:56. hey look at that, a progression run.
WT 31 miles
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| | 10 miles - rio grande south out and back / 8:48 avg.
WT 35 miles
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| Kinvara3 III Miles: 10.00 |
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| | 4 remarkably slow miles on the fire break road.
WT 39 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 4.00 |
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| | 8.2 miles - minority/golden/rainbow adamswood/whitesides/wasatch...8:42 avg.
finally a 40 mile week.
WT 41.2 miles
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| | 6 miles very easy pace - church/golden/colonial/mortuary/snowcreek/hillsden (lots of hills)
WT 40.2 miles
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| | 10 miles easy. boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. 9:06 avg.
WT 43.2 miles
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| | 4 miles golden/frontage - 7:47 avg.
splits: 8:16, 7:39, 7:33, 7:40
WT 42.2 miles
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| Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 4.00 |
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| | 8 miles / 8:36 avg. rio grande north out and back.
splits: 9:07, 8:36, 8:27, 8:45, 8:45, 8:22, 8:10, 8:43
WT 40.2 miles
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| | 9.3 miles / 8:50 avg. commute into work via the rio grande.
WT 37.3 miles
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| | 10.2 miles / 8:19 avg. minority loops + church/golden/rainbow/whitesides
WT 41.5 miles
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| | selling house. buying house. many many lists of things to do. running...backburner...
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| | 10.4 miles / 8:28 avg. rio grande/western drive - south to north and back. after 8 days off in a row i felt pretty good until the last couple of miles, but still had strength to the end. maybe i should make 8 off/1 on my new training regimen.
WT 10.4 miles
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| | 4.4 miles minority loop - 9:16 avg.
WT 14.8 miles
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| | 11 miles / 8:49 avg. bluff trail north from jensen park. good weather, easy pace, ho hum.
WT 25.8 miles
last year i hit my first 1,000 miles for the year at the beginning of May, this year it took until the second week of October...
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| | 6 miles/ 8:11 avg. minority loop.
splits: 8:26, 8:20, 8:11, 8:15, 8:05, 7:47
WT 31.8 miles
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| | 9.2 miles of perfect autumn misty morning commute. 9:12 avg.
WT 30.6 miles
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| | 6 miles / 8:44 avg. church/golden/colonial
splits: 8:53, 9:15, 8:46, 8:55, 8:29, 8:07
WT 32.2 miles
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| | 10.2 miles / 8:40 avg. commute run home. tried a little harder on mile 6 for a 7:55 split.
in a month or so my minimum required distance for the commute will be cut to 5 -ish miles (from the 9 miles it has been all these years).
WT 31.4 miles
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| | 9.2 miles / 9:11 avg. (mile 8 was an 8:10 so as to avoid getting chicked on the parkway). another beautiful autumn morning commute.
WT 25.4 miles
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| | 5 miles from work and about. 9:08 avg.
WT 30.4 miles
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| | 12 miles / 8:48 avg. bluff trail from jensen park north out and back.
WT 36.4 miles
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| Kinvara3 III Miles: 12.00 |
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| | 9.3 miles / 8:45 avg. commute home.
WT 35.5 miles
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| | 10 miles / 9:03 avg. big western loop (probably the last time i run this route...)
the good news is that over the last week i've averaged 10.4 miles per run. the bad news is that i've run only three times in the last week.
WT 31.3 miles
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| | 10 miles to work / 8:52 avg. light rain to start but it quickly cleared up. cool temps. nice.
WT 29.3 miles
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| Kinvara3 III Miles: 10.00 |
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| | 10 miles / 8:26 avg bluff trail from jensen park north out and back.
splits: 8:37, 8:12, 8:13, 8:26, 8:25, 8:28, 8:29, 8:56, 8:20, 8:15
WT 30 miles
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| | 10 miles / 8:52 avg. from work. first run in a week. Hobby Joggers unite!
WT 20 miles
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| | 10 miles / 8:56 avg. THIS was my final commute to work from our old house. probably. super terrific weather.
WT 20 miles
*that's five 10 mile runs in a row.. unfortunately those 5 runs were spread out over a two week period.*
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| | 10 miles / 8:46 avg. commute home. short sleeves /shorts weather.
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| | 6 miles / 8:40 avg. first run on a treadmill in over 4 years. i got a new(used) treadmill a few weeks ago and i've been keeping it here at work until we move into our new(used) house (hopefully later this week!). today was a good day to try my first run on it. works great. kept it at a 1% incline. it's got a little fan on it which doesn't really do much but gives a little flutter of air once in a while. looking forward to doing a lot of speedwork on the machine this winter.
i haven't been running much lately so it felt really good to sweat a little today.
WT 16 miles
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| | wow. i'm sure not a runner these day. we closed on the house, and are in the process of moving in. the combination of having a house on the market and buying a new one (well, old actually, built in 1909), has provided this hobby jogger with the perfect excuse to forego running for a while. hopefully things will settle down next week and i can get back into a routine.
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| | 5 miles - after a full ten days off in a row. first commute to the new house. got home in 4.2 miles and added on to get 5. the commute is generally downhill from home to work and thus uphill getting back home but the course is rolling so it's a nice mix. looking forward to running around the cemetery which is on the route.
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| | 5 miles / 8:48 avg. commute to work + cemetary loop. so the cemetary is .75 miles from my house. running the outer perimeter road gets you .65 miles per loop. one side uphill (not steep), the other down. maybe cool for some intervals sometimes.
WT 10 miles
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| | 8 miles / 8:33 avg. treadmill (always at a 1% incline). i put the treadmill in our "potting shed" it's an old one car garage, kind of dilapitated. it has electricity but no heat - perfect for treadmilling about.
WT 13 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 8.00 |
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| | 6 miles / 8:30 avg. treadmill
WT 14 miles
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| Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 6.00 |
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| | checking in. nothing to report. more mileage to come later.
6 miles / 8:30 avg. tready.
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| | 6 miles / 8:52 avg. from home to the cemetary for some loops, and back.
merry christmas
WT 6 miles
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| | 7 miles / 8:45 avg. from work - minority loops.
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| | the Year of the Hobby Jogger comes to a close. i'm proud to say that this years mileage is the least i have run since i started up running again (and started here on the blog). my first year back was 2008, and i covered 1,317 miles. this year i ran 1,177 miles. plus, i ended the year with my lowest mileage month with decembers total coming in at an ignoble 33 miles.
here's a breakdown of the last 6 years total mileages:
2008 - 1,317
2009 - 2,654
2010 - 2,578
2011 - 2,618
2012 - 3,083
2013 - 1,177
- i ran 174 times in 2013 (compared to 390+ times in 2012) and netted an average 6.7 miles per run.
- so yeah, i took full advantage of my hobby jogger status this year. i basically ran only when i really wanted to and it was convenient. i also didn't race at all in 2013. so i should be fully rested up now and ready to start training again. planning to start off slowly and carefully though. as it happens i am under the weather these last couple of days - so no runs until i feel better.
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| Kinvara2 Miles: 6.00 | Kinvara3 Miles: 221.10 | MR00 Miles: 58.20 | Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 101.90 | Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 69.60 | Virrata Miles: 274.90 | Kinvara3 II Miles: 212.50 | Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 97.30 | Kinvara3 III Miles: 131.20 | Green A5's Miles: 5.00 |
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