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
56.20
Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 8.70GSS 3 (2) Miles: 24.00Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.50GSS 3 Miles: 10.00Asics 2140 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.70

8.7 miles / 9:18 avg. From house around noon. Mostly sunny, 36 degrees. Easy digression run.

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 8.70
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles / 1:07:48 / 8:28 avg. Early lunch run, from work and about the town. Overcast, 32 degrees. 

Mile splits: 9:02, 8:37, 8:38, 8:11, 8:31, 8:26, 8:15, 8:04.

GSS 3 (2) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
5.50

I'm so excited about this I just had to share it with anyone who might read my blog today...

I get to run on the treadmill tonight!!!!!!

5.5 miles / 47:31 / 8:39 avg. On the TM. It was all I imagined it would be, and more.

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 1:26:24 / 8:38 avg. Hazy sunshine, 32 degrees. One mile boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. (Had the place to myself).

Intentional progression run. It's a challenge to try to increase you pace each mile by just a little, because if you increase too much from one mile to the next, it's hard to keep up.

Mile splits: 9:29, 9:02, 8:57, 8:48, 8:38, 8:38, 8:28, 8:15, 8:05, 7:57.

GSS 3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles / 9:45 avg. A muddy slog out on the dykes of the bird refuge with the dogs. So muddy in some places I had to stop and re-tie my shoes because the weight of the mud was threatening to pull them off. A lot of fun! When I got back to my jeep, the moon had just risen in the East above snow capped mountains, and the sun was just sinking in the West. The moon looked extra white against the blue sky. The effect of all this color felt like turquoise on my mind. A beautiful evening.

Rest day tomorrow.

Asics 2140 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
16.00

16 / 2:18:20 / 8:38 avg. Noon. Mostly cloudy, 36 degrees. Cold wind. Bluff trail / roads around West Davis County. Started out too fast with the first three miles at 8:18, 8:19, 8:10 then ran around MP (8:30) for most of the rest of the run with some 8:50's and a 9:00 for the 14th mile. The last mile was 8:33. Overall felt okay. Legs are a little weak. Probably from running mostly flat parkway trails most of the Winter. I should also add that I didn't take in any water or food during this run.

GSS 3 (2) Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
56.20
Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 8.70GSS 3 (2) Miles: 24.00Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.50GSS 3 Miles: 10.00Asics 2140 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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