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
53.80
Treadmill Shoe Miles: 7.00Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 8.60Asics DS 13 Miles: 6.00Trail Shoe Miles: 8.00GSS 3 Miles: 10.00GSS 3 (2) Miles: 14.20
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles / 1:01:46/ 8:49 avg. 11:00 AM. Easy recovery run on the treadmill.

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
8.60

8.6 miles / 1:15:00 / 8:43 avg. Early lunch run from work. Sunny, 39 degrees. Took quite awhile to warm up today. One of the greatest feelings is when the body finally loosens up, the effort becomes easy, and the body feels strong.

Mile splits: 9:26, 9:14, 9:03, 8:35, 8:34, 8:32, 8:30, 8:15,  + .6 mi. @ 8:07 pace.

Hey whattayouknow - an unintentional progression run!

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 8.60
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / 47:33 / 7:55 avg. Lunch run, Bluff trail. Overcast, 39 degrees. I didn't pick a good day to try to run hard. I struggled the whole way and just never opened up. Still a good effort for me.

Mile splits: 8:15, 8:00, 7:59, 7:53, 7:53, 7:30.

Asics DS 13 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
8.00

Easy 8 / 9:32 avg. Noon. Bluff trail. Mostly cloudy, 40 degrees.

Trail Shoe Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 1:23:28 / 8:20 avg. Late run (2:30 PM) on the legacy parkway trail. Sunny, 47F. Shorts, glove liners, and for the first time in several weeks just a single long sleeve top. Suffered through some gastrointestinal acrobatics throughout the run. Actually had to "stop and drop" in mile 9. Very rare for me. It might have been the Great Harvest ham and cheese sandwich I had for lunch. I snarfed it down pretty quickly and only about a half hour before the run.

Mile splits, 8:55, 8:23, 8:32, 8:31, 8:27, 7:51, 8:04, 8:13, 8:29, 8:00.

Rest tomorrow.

GSS 3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
14.20

Easy medium-long run. 14.2 miles / 9:04 avg. Cloudy, sunny, light rain at times, low 40's. Was planning on a longer run but the body wouldn't cooperate so I cut it short. I'm fine with having an off day. What concerns me though is the idea that an off day could fall on race day. If I felt like this in the first ten miles of a marathon, I'd have to just drop out.

Happy to get in the miles today in spite of the lack of energy and heavy legs.

No computer access for me until tomorrow night. What will I do with all that free time?

GSS 3 (2) Miles: 14.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
53.80
Treadmill Shoe Miles: 7.00Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 8.60Asics DS 13 Miles: 6.00Trail Shoe Miles: 8.00GSS 3 Miles: 10.00GSS 3 (2) Miles: 14.20
Weight: 0.00
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