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
66.60
Mt101 Miles: 4.20Junk Shoes Miles: 18.00Bandito's Miles: 11.20GSS 3 Miles: 12.20Asics DS 13 Miles: 5.00GSS 3 (2) Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.20

4.2 miles of recovery on the fire break road with the young' un / 10:32 avg.

On today's run I thought about how delusional it probably is of me to think I could run a 100 miler like the Wasatch 100. I'm thinking I'll give it another year and focus on completing another 50k, and perhaps try a 50 miler and 100k in 2011. If training goes really well this summer, I might consider running the Pony Express 100 miler in the fall. A relatively flat course. But yeah, I need more miles behind me, more strength, and more experience before tackling the mountain 100 milers. Fortunately I live in a place where I can run from my door and onto the Wasatch 100 course most of the year. I hope to take advantage of this often.

MT101 performance review: GRIPPY.

WT 60.5 miles

Mt101 Miles: 4.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
8.00

Easy 8. Form work. Mostly cloudy, 46F. Felt like Summer.

WT 58.5 miles

Junk Shoes Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
11.20

11.2 miles / 8:52 avg. From work. Overcast, 43F.

A veritable ugh-o-rama today.

WT 63.7 miles

Bandito's Miles: 11.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
12.20

12.2 miles / 8:46 avg. Bluff trail. Sunny, 34F. Started slow but managed MP for the last 3 miles.

WT 64.6 miles

GSS 3 Miles: 12.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:16 avg. On the LPT after work. Sun, 30F.

Splits: 8:44, 8:10, 8:22, 8:29, 8:44, 8:20, 7:59, 8:10, 8:00, 7:39

WT 65.2 miles

Junk Shoes Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles of rest / 9:31 avg. From work. Overcast, 25F (still shorts weather around here!).

My first 70 mile week in a while. Of course, it took running all 7 days to do it, but still...

WT 70.2 miles


Asics DS 13 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
16.00

16 miles. Commute run home after a short day at work. Overcast, a little sun here and there, a light mist/drizzle now and then, lots of slush afoot, 35+ degrees. Perfect. 8:55 avg.

This week I Favred a couple of old pairs of speedstar 3's.  They performed well. Very satisfying to know I can still use them considering they were mere moments from being tossed in the dog toy bin last Spring.

WT (an ominous) 66.6 miles

GSS 3 (2) Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
66.60
Mt101 Miles: 4.20Junk Shoes Miles: 18.00Bandito's Miles: 11.20GSS 3 Miles: 12.20Asics DS 13 Miles: 5.00GSS 3 (2) Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
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