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
45.50
GSS 3 Miles: 19.50Asics DS 13 Miles: 6.00Trail Shoe Miles: 7.00Asics 2140 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

7:10 AM. Clear, 77 degrees, humidity 44%. Fairgrounds/Glovers Lane loop.

9 nice and easy. Lots of sweating.

GSS 3 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Spent the day dealing with sprinkler system issues. No heavy lifting, just lots of digging, sawing, glueing, 2 trips to Home Depot, exposure to heat all day, shook up my eating/drinking routine, frustration, etc. Now I'm stiff from being bent over for hours. No run.

Good times!

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Total Distance
10.50

Early lunch. Sun, 74 degrees. Bluff trail out and back.

Felt good at mile 6 so I did 6 x 2 mins. @ 7:30 avg with equal recovery. Then I basically bombed the last mile and a half.

GSS 3 Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
13.00

5:57 AM.  7 miles. Clear, 59 degrees. Round the hood/LPT etc.

Moving really slow this morning. Passed a smoker, inhaled 2nd hand smoke...what's that, like, 48 seconds taken off my life?

Early lunch run. 6 more. Clear, 80 degrees. One mile boardwalk loops at the nature preserve.

There was a tour group out there today, about thirty people. I ran the opposite direction they were going. The boardwalk is 6 feet wide, as I was approaching the goup on the first lap, they parted for me and I ran through the middle of the group while they cheered, gave me high five's etc. It was pretty cool!

Asics DS 13 Miles: 6.00Trail Shoe Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
8.00

Lunchtime run. Clear, 91 degrees. Heat and hills on the fire break road.

Asics 2140 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
0.00

Well, I'm not going to run today. Gasp! I'm pretty worn out for some reason. I feel fatigued all the time lately. I'm hoping an easy week will help me get rested and get  the miles I need over the next six weeks to prepare for TOU, before the taper.

It's 100 degrees today! For lunch I'll go get me a couple of books I've been wanting to read, "Born To Run", and "Once A Runner", and some GU since I've got to do some longer runs here soon.

Good times!

Add: I also picked up a book called "Why We Run" by Bernd Heinrich. Looks pretty darned interesting.

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Total Distance
5.00

Nice run this morning on the pipeline trail in Millcreek canyon with Lysa (on the blog) and Scott (not on the blog). 

Good to catch up with old friends, running in a beautful place on a beautiful summer morning! 

Asics 2140 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
45.50
GSS 3 Miles: 19.50Asics DS 13 Miles: 6.00Trail Shoe Miles: 7.00Asics 2140 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
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