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
51.35
Treadmill Shoe Miles: 40.10Asics 1130 Miles: 11.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
14.10

Got started at 9:47am GST (Garmin Standard Time :-)) Clear, sunny, low 40's, light breezes.

Feeling strong today. Legs feel beat up though, thinking it's time for new shoes.

How are other bloggers running on shoes that have 500 or 600 miles on them? I wonder if weight makes that much of a difference. I weigh 168 pds (lately). Could 20 or 30 pounds less body weight equal 200 miles of additional shoe life?  

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 14.10
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

Ran from the house to LPT out & back. Same route as usual. Shorts and t-shirt weather, this can't go on for much longer. Had a great run. Todays average pace was my fastest yet. I think I'm finally over the cold that's been dragging me down the last two weeks!

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
6.25

Fun run on the hilly fire break road. Sunny, 45F.

Like yesterday, my fastest pace for this course.

 

Asics 1130 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

Drove to LPT and ran eight miles. Mostly cloudy, 47F, light breezes.

Made an effort to run mile 5 "fast"". Ended up with 7:14 (this is fast for me). This is the first real effort I've made to run hard. It felt really good. I think with more practice I can improve my speed quite a bit.

Avg pace 8:43/mi.   (let's see this come down...alot, by Fall marathon time).

I just looked at 8 yr. old Jennifer Pachevs blog...she's faster than me. I'm being chicked by an 8 yr old girl! Lol!     If that doesn't motivate me, nothing will.

 

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

Easy 5 this afternoon at the jr high field with the dogs.

I'm thankful for it all. Without the bad, the good would have no meaning.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Asics 1130 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

Easy 10 from the house down to legacy park trailway, out&back. Partly cloudy, fresh post-rain, light fog 37F. Great morning for a run!

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
51.35
Treadmill Shoe Miles: 40.10Asics 1130 Miles: 11.25
Weight: 0.00
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