The Perils of Self Betterment

May 2017

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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
126.00
Steenbergers Miles: 27.00AltraTorin2 Miles: 25.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 74.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - red lobster/bubble wrap/smokers break loop

overcast, low 50's

WT 20 miles

 

Steenbergers Miles: 5.00
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6.00

6 miles = red lobster/church/golden/rainbow/valeria/wasatch

sun, low 50's

WT 22

AltraTorin2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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3.00

3 miles - from home/cemetery - first run in the nomad tr

sun, mid 60's

WT 22 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - redlobster/baptist/church/wasatch

sun, 65F

WT 28 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - commute to work.

mostly sun, mid 70's (very warm!)

WT 32 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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8.00

8 miles - redlobster/church/rainbow/fortlane/adamswood/wasatch

sun, 60F

WT 32 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - redlobster/mega baptist loops

sun, upper 50's

WT 31 miles

AltraTorin2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - redlobster/baptist

sun, low 60's

WT 29 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - redlobster/baptist/minority/wasatch

sun, low 60's

WT 32 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - red lobster/wasatch

sun, upper 60's

WT 31 miles

AltraTorin2 Miles: 5.00
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work was pretty crazy for me this week and i decided it was a good time to take a two day break from running during this slow mileage build up. i'm hoping to move my weekly totals into the 40 miles range the next couple of weeks. it's amazing how much longer it's taking me now than it did just 8 years ago. i guess at my age 8 years of aging manifests itself much differently than when i was in my forties. 

my wife and i have been taking daily walks since our twentieth anniversary on march 8th. so we've been at it a couple of months now. we do have one day a week as an elective day off because we're so busy all the time. most of the walks have been 1/2 mile to 2 miles. todays we covered over 3 1/2 miles! we were out for an hour and fifteen minutes. it's kind of nice to just drop everything and take a walk; kind of a break from the world. feels a little old skool to go on a walk in this day and age.

so, hoping to to hit 35 miles this week then 40 ish the following week. then work up tp 50 mpw in june and maintain at least that until ski season...

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10.00

10 miles - redlobster/rainbow/rite-aid/cemetery/wasatch

long time since i last ran ten miles.

sun, mid 50's

WT 29 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 10.00
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4.00

4 miles - redlobster/church/wasatch

overcast, low 50's

WT 29 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 4.00
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8.00

8 miles - redlobster/baptist/church/rainbow/fairfield tag/wasatch

mostly sun, low-high 30's

WT 27 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - redlobster/baptist/francis

overcast, low 40's

WT 26 miles

AltraTorin2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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10.00

10 miles - wasatch/redlobster/baptist/crestview/church/golden/rainbow/whitesides/wasatch

diet related funk

sun, low to mid 50's

WT 36 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 10.00
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7.00

7 miles - redlobster/baptist/wasatch

5 x 30 sec hill reps on golden

sun, mid 50's

WT 33 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - redlobster/baptist

sun, low 60's

WT 33 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - redlobster/baptist/wasatch

sun, mid 60's

WT 37 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - redlobster/baptist/wasatch

overcast, low 50's, winds out of the north

WT 31 miles

AltraTorin2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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8.00

8 miles - redlobster/baptist/crestview/wasatch

sun, low 50's

WT 29 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - redlobster/baptist/crestview/wasatch

sun, upper 60's (i started the run a couple of hours later than usual)

WT 28 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - adamswood loop.

sharp pain in lower left calf had me walking a few steps in the last half mile today.

sun, mid 60's

WT 28 miles

 

Steenbergers Miles: 4.00
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all i needed was a 4 mile run today to meet my goal of 130 miles for the month of May and yesterday at the end of my run i developed an injury that has kept me from making that goal. i tried this morning,  i went out a half mile and walked back. the injury feels much better this morning than it did all of yesterday but my gait while running was all gimpy and i could tell that even four miles was going to fatigue everything and possibly make the injury worse. not worth it to make an arbitrary goal especially since i'm not even training for anything just setting these little goals so that i have something to work towards.

so other than a dissapointing end to the month things went pretty well. i met two of the three goals in that i ran at least 21 days (i ran 22) and ran at least one 10 miler (i ran two). i fell short of the 130 miles for the month with 126 miles total.

setting goals for june but i'm scaling it back slightly from the plan i had in my head up until the injury yesterday because i may need to take more days off and/or keep the mileage low until i know i'm clear.

goals for june:

- run at least 23 days

- run at least 160 miles

- run at least one 13 miler

 

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Total Distance
126.00
Steenbergers Miles: 27.00AltraTorin2 Miles: 25.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 74.00
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