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
83.70
Mt101 Miles: 7.00Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 23.20Kinvara2 Miles: 22.50Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 31.00Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles on the buffalo ranch trail. the Leisure Sunday Morning Monster had a grip on me this morning and i didn't get out to run until 10:30 am. pretty warm out but some high thin cloud cover helped. easy pace. i tried to run two miles at mp with a half mile easy in between but failed pretty miserably. still good practice trying to push a little when fatigued.

WT 71.9 miles 

two twenty-four

Mt101 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.70

10.7 miles / steady state run / 9:01 avg. rio grande south/whispering pines out and back.

WT 74.2 miles

two twenty-five

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 10.70
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
14.90

10.4 miles / 8:23 avg. tempo tuesday. rio grande north. practicing mp goal pace (8:15).

2 mile warmup @ 9:15 avg.

7 miles tempo (8:10, 8:14, 8:14, 7:53, 8:02, 8:04, 7:54) 8:04 avg.

1.4 mile cool down @ 8:44 avg.

pm - 4.5 miles on the cattle road. hot. not purdy.

WT 74.9 miles

two twenty-six


Kinvara2 Miles: 4.50Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 10.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 around layton before work. lungs feel great. legs feel tired.

WT 75.6 miles

two twenty-seven

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
18.00

12 miles - rio grande south/deseret st. still with the tired legs. gaseous.

pm - 6 miles on the cattle road. slow. hot (94F). slow.

WT 79.1 miles

two twenty-eight

Kinvara2 Miles: 18.00Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
4.50

4.5 miles  - rest day. before work - church st. etc. really psyched with how good my legs felt this morning once i started running. 

WT 79.1 miles

two twenty-nine

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
20.60

20.6 miles / 8:52 avg. it's been a long time since i last ran long. yesterday after work i dropped a couple of water bottles along my commute route. this morning i left the house at 6 am and ran the clark/glover loop before heading north along the rio grande parkway toward work. mentally it's easier for me to run point to point when running long. i knew after the first couple of warmup miles that i felt okay and this wasn't going to be one of those "beat down" runs. i had water around mile 8, i wasn't really thirsty but i drank some for prudence sake. my next water was at mile 12, which was a mile and a half from my finish, so i ran a 6.5 mile out and back, had more water then finished the run.. the extra volume i've been running lately is really making a difference. i've noticed the last couple of runs that i feel like i have more oxygen; like i'm running at sea level or something. the first 10 miles were at a 9:03 avg, the second 10 were at a 8:43 avg. a 3:12 negative split! my legs didn't get tired at all until the last mile or so. really happy to feel strong after a rare 80 mile week.

WT 83.7

two thirty

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 20.60
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
83.70
Mt101 Miles: 7.00Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 23.20Kinvara2 Miles: 22.50Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 31.00Mt101 The 2nd Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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