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
43.90
Kinvara2 Miles: 14.20Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 14.20Hattori The 2nd Miles: 3.50Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 9.00Mt101 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

11 miles - i had a smidge of work to attend to this afternoon so i ran to the shop (and i'll drive a work van home). sun, temps in the low 50's. perfect weather except for the wind. "oh when will i run, by the wind unfettered?". slow, tired legs today.

WT 60 miles

 

one-twelve

Kinvara2 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
4.20

4.2 craptastic miles. LPT from front runner. i think i'm going to pull back on the miles for the rest of the week, feeling fatigued the last couple of days.

WT 57 miles

 

one thirteen

Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 4.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.20

3.2 miles - 10 minutes per mile. from work. the body and mind have initiated a mutiny and i must comply. 

WT 49.9 miles

 

one fourteen

 

Kinvara2 Miles: 3.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
3.50

3.5 miles  / boardwalk loops at the nature preserve. low 50's, light rain. wow - i don't really know what to think now after three days of only being able to cover 3 or 4 miles, and uncomfortably at that. i was thinking today i would be fully recovered but would run only 6 miles just to be safe. i'm kind of perplexed at this point. my legs aren't tired or sore, i just have no drive. could this be a some sort of neural fatigue? i'm supposed to run home from work tomorrow afternoon, a minimum of 9 miles, and i have zero confidence that it can be done. i'm just going to have to ride this out - i'll run 3 miles a day for a month if i have to - but it kind of sucks.

WT 43.2 miles

 

one fifteen

Hattori The 2nd Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
9.00

9 miles / 8:38 avg. commute run home. such a relief after the first couple of miles and i realized things were back to normal. i tend to not freak out about all the little niggles, and fluctuations that a runner experiences on a day to day basis, but i was getting pretty concerned yesterday. i've just never experienced three days in a row of barely being able to run 3 or 4 miles out of myself, and having it feel like i was bonking the whole time. i still really have no idea what happened, but today's run felt normal thank goodness. i'm on the road tomorrow and i'll probably only run a couple of miles once i get my camp site set up. then hopefully saturday i'll be able to run some miles, especially given the light load so far this week. also i'll be off line until late sunday... 

 WT 47.7 miles

 

one sixteen

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles - very easy. first trail run i've done in many months. i ran on a motorcycle trail near my campground (camping in the temple mountain area). got the run in around 5 pm - after driving all day and setting up camp. 

WT 44 miles

 

one seventeen

Mt101 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles on the motorcycle trail near camp. this was a particularly challenging run for me because i haven't done any trail running for awhile and this one had lots of climbs and descents, lots of soft sandy terrain, as well as plenty of rocky technical sections. i feel like this run is just what i needed to break up my routine and fill in an easy week with an hour and fifty three minutes of challenge. i started the run at 10 am and it was getting pretty hot (80F) by the time i finished. 11:23 avg. 

WT 43.9 miles

 

one eighteen

Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
43.90
Kinvara2 Miles: 14.20Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 14.20Hattori The 2nd Miles: 3.50Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 9.00Mt101 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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