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
7.00

AM - 7 miles easy around the hood. 67F, breezy.

I read on an experienced runners blog yesterday how his legs always felt sluggish during a taper, so I'm not going to worry about how sluggish my legs are feeling during this taper.

Asics 2140 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kelli on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 17:21:04 from 71.219.96.151

Good thing we have those experienced runners to go to, huh?

Best of luck to you this weekend, in case I do not get a chance to pop in before then. For some reason I have been crazy busy...Anyway, you are going to do GREAT.

From auntieem on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 17:31:59 from 67.182.145.8

why do our legs feel sluggish? I know what you mean, but I don't get why it happens.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 17:33:43 from 24.8.167.243

I don't know why it happens, but you're right. You'll be fine for the marathon. Just try not to get stressed out this week. Easier aid than done, eh.

From april27 on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 22:04:12 from 99.188.251.180

Good luck! and your legs are probably just in shock...I think the same thing happens to my brain after a semester of school...it doesn't know what to do b/c I don't really have to think I can really do whatever I want. Your legs just don't know what to do. Physiologically--I have no idea of why this happens.

From auntieem on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 22:33:06 from 67.182.145.8

To me, its more psychological than physiological. I mean, I know that physically my body is tired, and this rest is good. But the runs seem like mental work when I'm supposed to be "resting", and that's wierd for me. Luckily, we still get track workouts, which will still be fun.

From JD on Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:58:12 from 64.65.159.206

Thanks you all. I'm really not worried about the sluggishness. It's kind of comforting that my body is in kind of a deep rest mode. Come Saturday morning it should be ready to roll!

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