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
54.00
GSS 3 (2) Miles: 11.30Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 26.20GSS 3 Miles: 10.50Treadmill Shoe Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.30

11.3 miles / 1:33:16 / 8:15 avg. Commute run from work to home w/extension. Started around 2:00 PM. Felt pretty good today and thought maybe I'd try to get a 1/2 marathon PR until I started falling off, hard, in mile ten. So I cut it short. 

Mile splits: 8:04, 8:08, 8:11, 8:30, 8:16, 7:50, 8:05, 8:18, 8:15, 8:34, 8:37, +.3 @ 8:00 pace.

GSS 3 (2) Miles: 11.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
6.20

6.2 miles / 52:22 / 8:26 avg. I was in Salt Lake this afternoon so I decided to run while there. I grew up in S.L. and I miss all the great running places. I parked at the capitol and took "gravity Hill" and 11th Ave to Virginia St. and came back. Going out was a steady climb, coming back a steady descent. Temps in the low 40's and light rain were nice conditions to run in. I had a faster mile coming back (downhill), but generally tried to keep this an easy run to recover from yesterday.

Mile splits: 9:08, 9:07, 8:49, 8:23, 7:24, 8:00, + .2 @ 7:22 pace.

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
0.00

No run today. Getting behind on the training the last week or so. I'll have some make up work to do.

Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
10.50

10.5 miles / 1:28:51 / 8:27 avg. Early lunch. Bluff trail. Overcast, 36F, light rain off and on. First 6 miles easy (8:45 avg), then 3 miles at my goal HM pace (7:56 avg for the 3). 

Mile splits: 8:49, 8:43, 8:49, 8:39, 8:39, 8:51, 7:59, 8:03, 7:48, 8:32, +.5@7:56 pace.

GSS 3 Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / 51:16 / 8:32 avg. TM after work. Short workout.

2.5 mi. warm up. 4 x 1/4 mi. @ 6:19 pace w/equal recovery. 1.75 mi. cool down.

I don't know why I chose 9.5 MPH for the intervals but it was too fast. I wanted to do more but I was fried. I definitely need to do more speed work. It hurts, I need more hurt in my training.

 

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
0.00

More rest.

Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
20.00

20 miles / 9:25 avg. Commute run from home. 30F, clear skies. Meandered around West Farmington for about 7 or 8 miles then headed North to Layton via the KPT. Got to work around 15 miles, got a drink of water, took a bite of banana, shed my pants and jacket (leaving two layer top and shorts), and ran the rest around neighborhoods in town. Pretty consistent, slow pace until the last mile which was the slowest mile of the run. My legs really started to crumble during the last mile. 

Possible Andy B. sighting on the KP,. passing in opposite directions.

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 20.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
54.00
GSS 3 (2) Miles: 11.30Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 26.20GSS 3 Miles: 10.50Treadmill Shoe Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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