The Perils of Self Betterment

March 28, 2024

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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
12.00

12 miles / 8:40 avg. early before work. from the shop - rio grand north. i decided to try my new goal marathon pace out for size today in the form of a tempo run. i ran the first 4 miles of warmup @ 9:28 avg, then a six mile tempo @ MP (goal marathon pace = 8:15) splits for the tempo: 8:13, 8:15, 8:10, 8:03, 7:59, 8:07. avg for this set was 8:08 - too fast. i'll need to make sure and stick to 8:15 per mile as the workouts get longer over the next couple of months. my last two miles were cool down @ 8:50, 8:44. once warmed up this morning i felt really good and am pretty happy with this workout.

WT 64.9 miles

 

one sixty-nine

Kinvara2 The 2nd Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Steam8 on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:03:43 from 166.70.55.77

I'd be happy about that workout too! Sounds heavenly!

From allie on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:09:14 from 161.38.218.168

great tempo run this morning. very impressive.

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From Stacie on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:22:20 from 67.186.246.187

awesome job JD! Great workout!

From JD on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:44:48 from 70.96.78.149

thanks Steam - i hope for all our sakes it is heavenly! :-)

thanks allie - yes i heard - i can hardly contain myself! $5 too!

Stacie - thanks a lot - you're rolling right along with the marathon training - in spite of your crazy cheerleader fundraising activities!

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