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November 2012

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Location:

Bountiful,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Sep 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

 

5k  18:44  4 July 2012 C-ville 
10K  38:22  24 July 2012 DesNews
Half  1:22:30  18 Aug 2012  Hobble 
Full  3:00:35  29 Sep 2012 Huntsville

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sign up for a race > 5k, run well.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running. 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Trails Lifetime Miles: 551.40
Grass Lifetime Miles: 72.50
Pavement Lifetime Miles: 2225.20
Stroller Lifetime Miles: 438.80
Navy Crocs Lifetime Miles: 378.70
Nordic Track TM Lifetime Miles: 1015.77
Green Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles: 494.70
Orange Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 514.90
Glow In The Dark Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 461.25
Navy Blue Mirage Lifetime Miles: 216.90
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
109.100.00109.10
Pavement Miles: 47.70Stroller Miles: 17.50Kinvara Miles: 19.20While Mirage 2 Miles: 8.30Nordic Track TM Miles: 47.90Trails Miles: 13.50Green Mirage Miles: 29.40Navy Crocs Miles: 35.00Omni 9#3 Miles: 6.20
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.500.006.50

2 bikes, 1 stroller, 1 flat, too many cars.  I didn't like this run, but we all got home safely, despite the best efforts of inattentive drivers and little girls.  Lucky.

Pavement Miles: 6.50Stroller Miles: 6.50Kinvara Miles: 6.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.300.008.30

7 p.m.  Hope and change run while listening to election returns.  I had one good 1/2 mile pickup on the way home.  Today I feel a bit creaky.  I don't know if it's the run or yard working 2 out of the last 3 days.  This is my longest running layoff unrelated to a marathon; things have been busy.  If I'm not careful, I'll miss out on my 2000 miles in 2012 goal.

Pavement Miles: 8.30While Mirage 2 Miles: 8.30
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.500.006.50

It's been busy with fall cleanup and home improvements. Work too, I guess all that aside, I've learned definitively that I'm not a 2-3 runs a week runner. My mood and wellness have steadily declined. I'll be resuming a more typical 4-5 runs per week. 6.5 on the treadmill, 7-8-7-8-7-8 mph with a cool down. The run made an immediate difference.

Kinvara Miles: 6.50Nordic Track TM Miles: 6.50
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

After 17 driveways in the last 12 hours, I talked spencer into joining me for a trail run. We made a few first tracks, scared up 4 deer, slipped around a bit, and had a great time. Every available surface was buried. The single track was barely discernible as a crease in the expanse of white. I don't recall a more beautiful, rewarding run.

Trails Miles: 3.50Pavement Miles: 3.50Green Mirage Miles: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.200.006.20

Treadmill 10k after work.  I didn't go very fast.  It doesn't feel like the Kinvaras have any cushioning remaining.  I'll have to try them on the road and see if I get that result again.  I goofed off so much the last couple of weeks that I now have to run 31 mpw to finish with 2012 with 2012 miles.

Kinvara Miles: 6.20Nordic Track TM Miles: 6.20
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

Smells like 9 minute miles.  I need a donut.

Nordic Track TM Miles: 5.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

Big lunch + Chili's for dinner + flu bug = long night.  

So far we have 62.5% penetration with the infection.  At one point, all three upstairs bathrooms were occupied while I was holding puking Jack.  Things are (fingers crossed) improved this morning.  Poor limp Jack.  He's all wrung out.

Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.000.0012.00

Family run with Jack in the stroller, little A girls on bikes, Tami & I running.  We took Pages to Legacy to Glover then came home.  This was by far the longest ride ever for the girls.  We had a beautiful window of weather for a November Saturday, and enjoyed incredible wintry views of cloud, earth and sky.

Pavement Miles: 12.00Stroller Miles: 11.00Navy Crocs Miles: 12.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.200.005.20

With Jens, hatching a plan for the 10k on Thursday.  For how much he's worked, we figured abc goals of 47-49-51.  It was a great night, and we got to talk about stuff besides running.

Pavement Miles: 5.20Green Mirage Miles: 5.20
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

Tm slowly.

Nordic Track TM Miles: 6.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

Turkey trot with Jens. He ran 48:07, good for 3rd in his age. Grace ran 1:02, and didn't stop the whole time. They both got pies for awards. It was a beauty of a morning.

Pavement Miles: 7.00Navy Crocs Miles: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 birthday miles while watching bad football games.

Navy Crocs Miles: 5.00Nordic Track TM Miles: 5.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

These shoes are about worn out, but I like the colors and memories. Plus I misplaced my newer shoes...I may need to offer a few bucks to the little ones; they almost always find my lost stuff. Sometimes I wonder if they hide it and wait for the reward to be offered before "discovering" the missing item.

Trails Miles: 10.00Green Mirage Miles: 10.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

9 p.m.  Tonight I found out I can play tiny towers while running 6 and 7 mph.  Finding missing bitizens isn't possible, but elevating to floors and stocking are fine.  There was a dearth of competetive football games recorded by my DVR.  My shoes remain missing.  Darn kids.

Navy Crocs Miles: 7.00Nordic Track TM Miles: 7.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.200.006.20

6:45 a.m.  Treadmill 10k, sluggish 55 minutes.  Not much to report otherwise.  Oh yeah...air quality is 4th worst in the country.  Sorry if you live in Olympia, Port Angeles, Cowtown, or the Salt Lake Valley.  

Omni 9#3 Miles: 6.20Nordic Track TM Miles: 6.20
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.200.007.20

6:45 a.m.  After 2 toasts, I got a couple miles on the TM.  When I stopped to clear out my nose, I heard Jack in the next room shouting.  "Time to get up."  He was soaked.  I got him cleaned up, and ran out to the garbage can to dispose of the evidence.  It was surprisingly temperate.  I grabbed a shirt, spurned the treadmill and finished the run outside.  'Twas a beautiful, clear morning.  I visited Ricks Creek, drawing strength from the water spirit of melting snow.  Then I came home to chase the girls off to school, split a bowl of oatmeal with Jack, shower, and leave for work. (allie's oxford comma)

These morning runs make me pretty sluggish, and it's a long-lasting effect.  I think I prefer running in the evening and going to bed, waking up all recovered.  It is nice to have the evening free, though.   

Pavement Miles: 5.20Green Mirage Miles: 7.20Nordic Track TM Miles: 2.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:45 p.m.  I barely fit these in between work and going to see a play.  32 minutes.

Navy Crocs Miles: 4.00Nordic Track TM Miles: 4.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
109.100.00109.10
Pavement Miles: 47.70Stroller Miles: 17.50Kinvara Miles: 19.20While Mirage 2 Miles: 8.30Nordic Track TM Miles: 47.90Trails Miles: 13.50Green Mirage Miles: 29.40Navy Crocs Miles: 35.00Omni 9#3 Miles: 6.20
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