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
10.00

10 miles / 8:24 avg. ran from the shop to the high school track. i was feeling pretty good but around the six mile point a hot spot that i sometimes get in the hattori's developed. it's really distracting and slows me down a lot when that happens. luckily i was only a half mile from work so i ran back, put a bandaid over the hot spot, switched shoes, put on a dry shirt and headed out to finish my run. after stopping though i couldn't pick up the nice pace i had had before. pretty warm out this morning.

splits: 9:37, 8:08, 7:32, 7:53, 7:57, 8:24, 8:53, 8:36, 8:45, 8:17.

WT 60.6 miles

 one seventy-four

note: these kinvara's are insane. even with 640 miles on them they still have a lot of cushion! after switching from the hattori's (flat, thin shoe), the old kinvara's felt almost too soft.


Kinvara2 Miles: 3.90Hattori The 2nd Miles: 6.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Stacie on Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 12:51:34 from 67.186.246.187

hey I ran farther than you today. But you ran twice as far for the week and faster all the time.

Sorry you had to stop and change shoes and lose your mojo:( I don't know if I'll ever get to the track where my daughter cheers at 5:45 am! She says they are working on the track all morning for cheer. I asked if there are people trying to run on the track and she says "I DON'T KNOW MOM!" and rolls her eyes. Track hoggers. Is that allowed?

From nevels on Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 18:07:04 from 64.134.191.43

having spent the last several years abusing shoes and my feet, whenever i put on shoes that feel a little squishy, it kind of weirds me out...

nonetheless, nice running, and solid consistency. (i should pretend to be consistent one day... maybe even more than one day...)

From Thayne on Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 19:54:22 from 74.62.137.114

good job keepin it goin with the switchup!

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