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
64.30
GSS 3 Miles: 32.50Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 12.50Trail Shoe Miles: 10.30Asics DS 13 Miles: 5.00Asics 2140 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
20.50

7:15:22 AM. Clear, temps were around 55F when I started, 65F when I finished. Fairground/Clarke/Glovers Lane loop.

Stopped briefly at miles 15 and 18 for water and GU. My fastest mile was 8:19, my slowest was 10:17. I went .1 mile longer than my long run a couple of weeks ago, but I ran the distance almost 5 minutes faster. Average pace was 17 seconds per mile faster.

3:10:24/9:17 avg.


GSS 3 Miles: 20.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
5.30

6:30 AM. Clear, 58F. 'Round the hood.

Easy recovery jog.

Add edit:

1200 calories. 78 grams of fat. 3,420 mg sodium. 81 grams carbohydrate. 54 grams protein...what am I eating for dinner tonight?

Hint: it's not tofu.

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 5.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(10)
Total Distance
10.30

9:45 AM. Clear, 79F. Urban assault from the shop.

Kind of a weird time of day for me to run, but that's how it had to go down today. I'm actually kind of liking running the roads around here. Early enough in the day the traffic isn't too bad. Around mile 6 I found myself at the high school track and did a couple of miles there. I ran a couple of quarters "fast". It wasn't speed work, I just wanted to see how fast I could go while still maintaining a relaxed form. the quarters were 97 and 95 seconds with a quarter easy in between. That's a 6:24 pace. I'm thinking maybe I could break a 6:30 for a mile today.

In high school my senior year, our PE coach whimsically had us run a mile one day. Me and another kid, the high school "burnout", beat the class and ran around 5:40. I often wonder if I had gotten into track in high school how I would have done. I also wonder if  I could break a 6:00 mile sometime in the future with a little work. Needless to say, I'm not a threat to the local elite runner.

Trail Shoe Miles: 10.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
12.00

Early lunch. Sun, temps 85 - 91F. Bluff trail.

Ugly.

But done.

GSS 3 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
12.20

6:30 AM. 7.2 miles. Clear, 72F.  Clarke lane/Fairground loop.

A lot of other runners out. Nice morning. We've got another cold front coming through this weekend!

Lunch run. 5 miles. Mostly sunny, 90-ish degrees. One mile boardwalk loops at the nature preserve.

My total miles for the week ending today is 71.3!

Asics DS 13 Miles: 5.00Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 7.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(12)
Total Distance
4.00

Active rest run with the dogs on the fire break road.

Looking forward to the cooler weather coming in tonight.

Asics 2140 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
0.00

Saving it for tomorrow.

Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
64.30
GSS 3 Miles: 32.50Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 12.50Trail Shoe Miles: 10.30Asics DS 13 Miles: 5.00Asics 2140 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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