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
48.00
Treadmill Shoe Miles: 27.00Asics 1130 Miles: 13.00Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Got out around 11:00 AM. 6-8 inches of fresh snow, 27F, it was still snowing lightly and a little windy when I started, visibility was an issues for a few moments during the first mile. Ran from my house to LPT then out & back. The parkway trail isn't plowed so I broke trail in the fresh powder for 8 miles (4 mi. out/4 back), when I got back onto the hard pavement it was very hard to find my stride as I'd been running in soft snow for the last hour. 

Slow pace but good effort given the conditions.

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
10.00

Three on ye olde treadmill this morning. Woke up late, probably the only run today. Supposed to take the dogs on an evening hike in the hills with some other dog buddies tonight. Should be cold...but cool.

pm:  7 more on the treadmill...treadmill...treadmill...treadmill...

Lots of treadmill this last week...some days I don't mind the weather/traffic of the roads, other days I just want nothing to do with either. But I'm determined to stay in condition over the winter, even if it means sacrificing myself at the altar of the treadmill more than I'd like. I'm already looking forward to Spring weather...and running with ten less pounds hanging on my frame.

Asics 1130 Miles: 3.00Treadmill Shoe Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
8.00

Run from house to LPT out & back.  Sunny, 30F, slight North breeze. Shorts, short sleeves over long sleeves, cap, glove liners. Sun on my legs in the middle of December.

Good pace for me today given the slippery surface conditions etc. Brisk head wind on miles 4 and 5.

8 miles/1:08:48/8:36 avg. 

Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

Nice and easy on the Legacy Parkway Trail this morning. Clear, sunny, 20F.

Thought I'd better run outside as the weather forecast calls for mostly treadmill over the next few days.

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
10.00

TM late this afternoon. Shorts, socks, shoes.

3 mile warmup. 10 x 2 min. @ 8:00 pace w/90 secs. easy in between. Cooldown. Actually after the sixth interval I ran an easy mile before doing the last four. The last minute of the last interval was at 7:24 pace.

Again, I don't know how much good these workouts are doing me. It sure helps to break up the monotony of the headmill though. It's a good time too!

10 miles/1:28:45/8:53 avg. pace.

Asics 1130 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

Four on the treadmill this afternoon. Thus ends another glorious week of mileage accumulation in the pursuit of fitness...won't you join us next week when James attempts to keep his base mileage up through the dark Winter months...

Time to do some snow shoveling!

4 miles/34:32/8:32 avg

Treadmill Shoe Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
48.00
Treadmill Shoe Miles: 27.00Asics 1130 Miles: 13.00Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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