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
Wed, May 20, 2009
Total Distance
14.20

6:00 AM -  9 miles from the house to LPT out and back. Cloudy, light, 65F, some light rain for a bit.

My legs have been tired all week, today was no exception.

 

1:00 PM - 5 easy one mile loops on the boardwalk at the nature preserve. Sunny, 71 degrees and 10 mph breezes to cool me down. It's funny how in the winter even a 1 mph headwind will make me angry, but when it's hot outside almost any wind is a relief.

Asics DS 13 Miles: 5.00Trail Shoe Miles: 9.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:05:00 from 198.241.217.15

It looks like you've got a high mileage day planned, with >9 in the morning and a PM run planned. You did just run a half-marathon, right?

From JD on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 13:05:24 from 64.65.159.206

Carolyn - I think the recovery time required after a marathon grows exponentially with each mile AFTER the 13.1 mark.

This will still be a mellow week mileage wise, and the pace is oh so slow and easy.

From Snoqualmie on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 16:32:27 from 67.171.56.164

The legs are *supposed* to feel tired. It's called recovery. lol I'm sure you'll be back to your zippy self soon.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 16:56:43 from 198.241.156.7

Did your legs feel any better on your afternoon run?

From JD on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 17:02:13 from 64.65.159.206

Snoqualmie - I've yet to find my zippy self at all. Maybe someday...

Carolyn - Yes, my legs felt a little better. My pace was a little quicker this afternoon compared to this morning, probably because the run was shorter.

From Kelli on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 13:32:56 from 71.219.85.34

Twice in a day?!? So, what time of day do you prefer? AM, lunch, or pm?

From JD on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 13:40:06 from 64.65.159.206

Kelli - if I can get my lazy be-hind out of bed, I prefer to run in the mornings. But if I get a lousy nights sleep, or am recovering from a hard run the previous day, I'll wait until afternoon to run. I don't really like running in the evenings. What about you?

From Kelli on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 13:45:57 from 71.219.85.34

Afternoon---I love to run between like 2 and 4 in the pm. Next would be at about 8 or 9 at night. I just flat out hate the morning! I have said that if I could run a marathon in the afternoon in about 45 degrees, I would WIN!

From lysa on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 13:53:21 from 76.23.52.240

im with carolyn, you did just run a 1/2, you can chill out just a little ya know. I like the new picture! Im trying to upload some pics but im computer illiterate and im having a hard time. I need to have Scott help me. Although i make comments about you running twice a day, i get it. Bc whenever im running in the am im happy when its over usually and then after being back for an hour or two, i cant wait until the next one. If i could, i would go again later. Its such an insane addiction if you think about it.

From JD on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 14:15:39 from 64.65.159.206

Kelli - if you're saying that you would have run Ogden faster this year if the race started in the afternoon...well, that would be dang fast. I'm jealous of your speed. Hopefully I can catch you in 2011 sometime, if you would just stop getting faster!

Lysa - I was essentially "training through" the Ogden half. I wanted to get my time goal, and I did that without pushing myself too hard. The half was kind of like a good speed workout, it let me know that my training is working so far without injuring me. It gives me confidence to carry on with increasing my mileages as I prepare for the main event, the Top of Utah marathon in Sept.

I'll be running more and more doubles over the next several weeks because I don't have time during the week to run a single 15 miler, I have to break it up into two runs...thanks for letting me ramble on...

From JD on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 14:31:17 from 64.65.159.206

Oh, and I'm getting old and my thought processes are getting a little foggy...AND I don't know what I'm doing, so if anyone sees me doing something completely stupid...please don't hesitate to advise me.

From Nevels on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 14:39:59 from 131.204.15.93

I guess the "if" in that statement comes with the age; I just tell people "when" they see me doing something completely stupid to ridicule me until it's fixed...

From JD on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 17:10:48 from 64.65.159.206

I use "if" under the assumption that I'm doing completely stupid things, and getting away with it...

From Kelli on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 18:37:21 from 71.219.85.34

I do not think you are doing anything stupid, but what do I know???

I do believe I would run faster on proper sleep and in the afternoon, but I am sure I will never get to test that theory out! I do not see myself getting any faster (I so do not like pain), so you will catch me soon enough!

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