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
55.80
Trail Shoe Miles: 4.00Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 18.70Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.00GSS 3 Miles: 14.10Junk Shoes Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

The weather today is probably the nicest yet this season. Very light wind, sunshine, 55 degrees. And I'm not going to run...and I'm okay with that. 

The yard beckons.

Weight: 0.00
Comments(10)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles easy on the fire break rd. with the dogs. Overcast, windy, 65 degrees. A good time was had by all.

Trail Shoe Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
10.50

10.5 miles / 8:50. Cloudy, dusty, WINDY, 60 degrees. LPT

Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
11.10

5:30 AM - 6.1 miles / no pace per mile. From house/fairground loop. Windy, cold, light snow. I wouldn't have really known it was snowing but for the street light display. Two hours of sleep.

PM -  Drove home at lunch and ran on the treadmill.

5 miles / 41:03 / 8:12 avg.

 

 

2 mile WU (17:20 / 8:40 avg.)

4 x 1/4 mi. @ 6:31 pace(9.2 mph) w/equal distance recovery. (miles 3 & 4 @ 7:43, 7:40)

1.25 CD (mile 5 @ 8:20) 





Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.00GSS 3 Miles: 6.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments(11)
Total Distance
8.00

Easy 8 on the TM after work. 8:50 avg.

GSS 3 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
8.20

8.2 miles / 8:33 avg. Early lunch run. From work and about the hoods. Partly cloudy, 37 degrees, a little wind.

Splits: 9:16, 8:49, 8:32, 8:28, 8:20, 8:32, 8:17, 8:09, + .2 mi. @ 8:27 pace (almost a progression run.)

Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 8.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
14.00

14 miles / 1:53:36 / 8:06 avg. Commute run from work. Upper 30's temp, wind around 10 MPH from the W (mostly cross wind for me), mostly sunny.

1/2 marathon PR by about 2:40! 13.1 miles in 1:45:56 (8:05 avg.)

After the first 4 miles, I realized I was feeling pretty good and decided to do a 6 mile tempo at my goal half marathon pace. After mile ten, I had finished the tempo portion and let off the pace but realized I was in for a good HM PR on today's training run so I tried to keep pushing a bit.

The funny thing is I almost called off the run today because I woke up this morning feeling a little nauseous and my joints were sore. Also, I didn't start the run until 1:00 PM, and I spent most of the day whining and obsessing about the crappy weather. Fortunately I decided to go ahead and get a run in because it went really well!

Mile splits: 8:31, 8:17, 8:21, 8:29, {7:56, 7:46, 7:48, 7:56, 7:48, 7:45,} 8:13, 8:15, 8:00, 8:24.

Also the last 10 miles of this run constitute a PR of 1:19:58 for 10 miles. Just a hair under 8:00 avg. pace. Nice.


 

 

 



Junk Shoes Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
55.80
Trail Shoe Miles: 4.00Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 18.70Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.00GSS 3 Miles: 14.10Junk Shoes Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
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