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
Totals
Total Distance
70.20
Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 18.50Trail Shoe Miles: 12.00GSS 3 Miles: 30.65Asics 2140 Miles: 8.30Barefoot Miles: 0.75
Weight: 0.00
Sun, Aug 30, 2009
Total Distance
5.30

Nice recovery run with Chad on the Bear Lake road. Legs felt fine after yesterdays long run.

8:53 avg. 

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 5.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Mon, Aug 31, 2009
Total Distance
7.50

Hot lunch. Easy. Around Layton.

Trail Shoe Miles: 7.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
Total Distance
15.60

AM - 9.2 miles. Clarke/Glovers lane loop. 61 degrees, partly cloudy. Moderate pace.

So much nicer to run in the morning.

 

 2nd run. 6.4 miles. From the shop, Golden Ave/Wasatch loop. 80F by the time I finished. Started this run less than 3 hours after finishing my first run this morning. A little tired at the start but felt better as the run progressed and had energy still when I finished.

 

 69.4 miles for week ending today.

 


GSS 3 Miles: 9.20Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Wed, Sep 02, 2009
Total Distance
8.30

Early lunch run. 82F, mostly sunny. From the shop, Golden ave/wasatch loop. 

Felt really fatigued all morning. Probably from logging 49.4 miles over 4 days, that's a lot for me. So I was happy to get 8 miles today at a decent pace. Today's run was definitely a case of mind over matter. I just did not want to run until about 3 miles into it, then everything sort of clicked in my head. My body/legs were still tired but I felt this surge of strength in my mind. Good feeling.

Asics 2140 Miles: 8.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Thu, Sep 03, 2009
Total Distance
12.20

Lunch run. 80 - 84F, sunny. Golden ave/wasatch/emerald park.

Started out feeling great, struggled the last 3 or so miles. Ran mile 8 barefoot on grass at emerald park, where I also filled up on water. 

GSS 3 Miles: 11.45Barefoot Miles: 0.75
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Fri, Sep 04, 2009
Total Distance
11.30

AM. 6.8 miles. Clarke lane loop. 64F, clear.

Very tired this morning.

 

PM. 4.5 miles. Late lunch run on the fire break road. Sunny, 90+ degrees. Felt much better than I did this morning.

Yay! My first ever 80 mile week! It went like this:

Sat. 21 miles, Sun. 5.3, Mon. 7.5, Tues. 15.6 (double),  Wed. 8.3, Thurs. 12.2, Fri. 11.3 (double). Total = 81.2 miles.

I'm going to run tomorrow and Sunday, then take Monday off as the start of my taper for TOU.


Trail Shoe Miles: 4.50Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.80
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Sat, Sep 05, 2009
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles. 80 degrees, mostly cloudy, light wind from WSW.

5 mile tempo (target pace 8:30). After 2 mile warmup: 8:42, 8:34, 8:36, 8:12, 8:16, (42:20/8:28 avg.). Then a couple of recovery miles, then last mile in 8:33.

Felt sluggish to start but really strong once I got into a rhythm.

1:28:28/8:50


GSS 3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Totals
Total Distance
70.20
Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 18.50Trail Shoe Miles: 12.00GSS 3 Miles: 30.65Asics 2140 Miles: 8.30Barefoot Miles: 0.75
Weight: 0.00
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