The Perils of Self Betterment

July 2018

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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
151.00
Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 18.00Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 37.00Steenbergers Miles: 35.00Rednotevenmad Miles: 38.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 19.00Green A5's Miles: 4.00
Weight: 166.20
Total Distance
13.00

13.1 miles - Chandra and i decided to run the Heber Valley Half Marathon the day AFTER the race, which was great because the port-o-potties were still out on the course and oh man what a beautiful place for a run! the start is around 8900 ft and drops to around 5700 ft at the finish. giant downhill for the first half of the run then rolls and flat to the finish. so i got to strengthen my downhill legs today. even though the first miles were downhill we kept it pretty slow around 9:20 + per mile then sped up the last half around 8:40's. ended up with an 8:56 avg for the run. good times! 

note: kudos to the race organizers for cleaning up the course so well after yesterdays race, i didn't see even one gel pack, cup or litter of any kind.

830am - sun, mid 50's to mid 60's, a real nice head breeze for most of the run which felt pretty good.

WT 44 miles

Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - lobster/crestview - slow recovery jog. my quads and glutes feel bruised, like bruised to the touch, but by the fourth mile things started to loosen up and feel a lot better so i'm glad i got out today. slow. me and the 10 minute guy were neck and neck at the finish line.

7:45am - overcast, upper 60's nice breezes (and a pretty good gust blew through at one point almost stopping me in my tracks)

WT 38 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 miles - tm - 8:54 avg

1030am

WT 38 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - tm

1015am

WT 39 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - lobstabaptistcrestview

815am - sun, low 80's

WT 36 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - from home/campus loops/green up/nicholls trail down/200 n

745am - sun, low to mid 80's

WT 27 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - logosta roja remix/B/crestview/wasatch (a couple of 30 sec. reps on golden)

745am - mostly sun, mid 70's

WT 32 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - from home - park-n-ride loop

715am - sun, upper 70's, low 80's

* i have now officially surpassed my total mileage for last year (which isn't saying much considering last year was my lowest mileage year of the last nine years. but still...)

WT 33 miles

 

Rednotevenmad Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
3.00

3 miles - tm - i got sick the night before last. nausea, chills, achy joints, headache; the full monty. don't know if it was flu or food poisoning or what. but i thought it wise to keep resting this morning even though i could feel whatever it was had passed. figure an easy 3 on the treadmill is always good for what ales ya.

11am

WT 26 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - lobstacrestview - poor sleep maybe from being sick. slept in a little and ran in the heat.

periodic bum knee report: so the left knee that i injured last october still presents a little pain at the beginning of most runs but goes away after warmed up except on longer runs where it will start to hurt a bit but not a sharp pain. mostly the knee is talking to me when i'm not running, sometimes it's loudest when i'm not moving at all. which suggests to me that the more i move the better off i'll be.

930am - sun, 85F

WT 26 miles

Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - church/minority slide/lobsta/crestview/wasatch. felt better today than the last sevral.

11am - temps in the low 80's and 38% humidity, muggy, but there was cloud cover and a few breezes around.

WT 31 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - lower 48/fort lane hook/wasatch

830am - overcast, mid 70's, and wonderful RAIN the last halfish of the run

WT 26 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
8.00

4 miles - 'ster/'tiste/'stview

8am - sun, mid 70's, humidity 48%

pm - 4 miles on the tm after work - 8:49 avg

WT 29 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 4.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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5.00

5 miles - tm - 8:46 avg

11am

WT 34 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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8.00

4 miles - from home - green/nicholls rd down. 1st mile alone then 3 with neighbor Craig

630am - pre-sun, clear skies, upper 60's

4 miles on the tm after work - pulled out the old A5's just to give my feet something new to do

WT 39 miles

Green A5's Miles: 4.00Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
6.00

6 mils - the lobster/baptiste/crestview/wasatch routine. moving very slow today. also i forgot to pack running socks - bleh.

745am - mostly sun, upper 70's

WT 40 miles

 

 

Rednotevenmad Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.00

6 slow ones - church-n-rainbow/sherwood/top minority/gordon west/'tiste'stview

8am - mostly sun, low 80's

WT 41 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - tm - 8:48 avg

1130am - SWEAT

WT 47 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - owens/lobster/baptist

8am - mostly sun, low 70's, humidity 50% (that's high around these here parts)

WT 43 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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3.00

3 miles - tm - 8:45 avg

1115am - just enough to completly soak my shorts with sweat - 9th day in a row

WT 38 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.00

6 miles - lower 48 et al.

845am - mostly clouds, late 70's/early 80's

345pm - 4 miles - tm - 8:46 avg

WT 43 miles

Steenbergers Miles: 4.00Rednotevenmad Miles: 6.00
Weight: 167.20
Comments(2)
Total Distance
0.00

i've run the last 10 days in a row and didn't sleep well last night so decided to take today off and ended up doing a couple hours of yard work.

last month i had a nine day streak towards the end of the month and i ran 49 miles in that 9 days, an average of 5.4 miles a day. this month i streaked 10 days with a total of 64 miles for an average of 6.4 miles per day. so i am improving slowly but steadily.

Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - lobster/bap/crestview/hacking smokers loop - 6 x 30 sec reps on golden/wasatch

8am - mostly sun, mid to upper 70's

WT 31 miles

Rednotevenmad Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles - lower 48/rainbow/rite-aid/wasatch

745am, low to mid 70's

WT 31 miles

Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 165.20
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - church/rainbow/aspen way/gordon construction zone/wasatch w/LHS parking lot loops - last mile@8:36

745am - mostly wildfire induced hazy sun, upper 60's

WT 34 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
151.00
Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 18.00Stillnotmads (2) Miles: 37.00Steenbergers Miles: 35.00Rednotevenmad Miles: 38.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 19.00Green A5's Miles: 4.00
Weight: 166.20
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