The Perils of Self Betterment

July 2019

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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
155.00
Kinvara9 Miles: 65.00Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 20.00Green A5's Miles: 17.00Kinvara9painted Miles: 34.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 15.00Graynine Miles: 4.00
Weight: 167.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - owens/wasatch loop - 9:23 avg (last mile@8:42)

750am - sun, upper 60's

WT 54 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - gordon/fortlane/antelope/wasatch. - 9:34 avg

3x30 second hill reps on golden in the 7th mile

750am - sun, mid to upper 70's

WT 55 miles

Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - rest day so i took the morning off and ran 4 on the treadmill later. after the first mile i did quarters@gmp with quarter breaks - just to spice up the treadmill scene a little bit.

11am - tm

WT 49 miles

Green A5's Miles: 4.00
Weight: 167.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles - from home - cemetery loops/fairfield out and back - 9:39 avg

810am - sun, upper 60's

WT 55 miles

Kinvara9painted Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

4 miles - lobstatch loop - that was probably the roughest i have felt this year on a run. things did show signs of loosening up in the 4th mile though so i think this jog was beneficial. 10:01 avg

820am - sun, mid 60's

WT 52 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 miles on the treadmill - feeling tired today - hopefully a short day yesterday and today will have me feeling perky tomorrow - 8:50 avg

1130am - tm

WT 51 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles - treadmill workout - 15 min.wu then 10x1 min on/off @mp/ 3 min easy/ 15x2 min on/1 min off @mp - about a mile cooldown to get 10 miles. my mp is 8:20, the "off" minutes ranged from 9:40 to 10:00 minutes per mile

 

i found the 2 minute repeats were easier because it was long enough i could relax and work on form etc. with the 1 minute reps i feel like i'm always watching the clock. mentally the hardest part of this run was the warmup and the cooldown. physically everything felt good.

10am - tm

WT 45 miles

 

Green A5's Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
12.00

12 miles - gordon/ft lane/antelope/emerald/oakridge/wasatch - 9:52 avg

730am - +/-70F

WT 43 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

AM - 6 miles - lobster/baptist/crestview/wasatch - 8:40 avg, last mile@8:13

yesterdays 12 miler was good miles but my legs were wonky the whole way and my pace was very slow, i think i was experiencing some DOMS from sunday "speedwork" but today i felt completley recovered

730am - sun, upper 60's

PM - 4 miles - treadmill - 8:41 avg - wasn't going to do the second run, my legs felt spent all afternoon but almost immediately felt better once i got started.

5pm - tm

 

WT 49 miles

 

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 4.00Kinvara9painted Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - gordon/forrtlane/minority stitch/wasatch - legs felt trashed

730am - sun, mid 70's

WT 47 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 easy miles on the treadmill - i woke exhausted and took the morning off from running. The Waifs kept the rhythm going

330pm - tm

WT 46 miles

Green A5's Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - lobster/crestview/church/rainbow/walgreens/wasatch

took two days off from running, slept a lot.

750am - sun, mid to upper 70's

WT 41 miles

Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

 4 miles - lobster loop

750am - sun, low 70's

WT 33 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - treadmill tempo - 2 mi wu, 5 miles@mp, 1 mi cd - the Cowboy Junkies eased my mind for this one.

noon - tm

WT 31 miles

Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - gordon/ftlnoutnback/rainbow/wasatch

750am - sun, upper 70's

WT 31 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - lobster/crestview/wasatch

8am - sun, mid 70's

WT 34 miles

Kinvara9painted Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles - gordon loop et al.

830am - sun, mid 70's, humidity 38% (thought i felt extra sweaty today)

WT 40 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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0.00

well, back to my original plan to run another marathon only for a pr attempt - not happening this year. luckily i can drop down to the half at huntsville in september. my hope is to keep a solid 40-50 mile per week base throughout this winter and see about a fall marathon for 2020
my body just isn’t cooperating - i may have done too much too soon. no injuries or anything just real slow to adapt to higher mileage.      

i realize i could “finish” a marathon this september, but it would be a death march at the end and i’m just not interested in doing that. 

wt- 40 miles 

 

 

 

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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - lobster loop

750am -sun, mid 70's

WT 36 miles

Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles - gordon/ftlnoutnback/wasatch

750am - mostly sun (but the intermittent cloud cover felt nice), upper 70'/low 80's

WT 42 miles

Kinvara9painted Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - gordon/church/wasatch - last mile@8:24

750 am - overcast, mid 70's

WT 25 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
2.00

2 miles - ha! started out in a light rain which almost immediately became a proper downpour, i turned around after 1 mile and came back. eh, it's been kind of a throw away week anyway. i should note that i felt remarkably strong right from the start, which is rare - must be from the giant cut back in mileage this week.

live to run another day

830am - rain, upper 60's

WT 21 miles

Kinvara9painted Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles - campus loops from home

8am - sun, low to mid 70's

WT 29 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - lobster loop

800am - partly cloudy, low 70's

WT 29 miles

Graynine Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - gordon loop

8am - sun, mid 70's

WT 23 miles

Kinvara9 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
155.00
Kinvara9 Miles: 65.00Rednotevenmad2 Miles: 20.00Green A5's Miles: 17.00Kinvara9painted Miles: 34.00Treadmillio Shoes Miles: 15.00Graynine Miles: 4.00
Weight: 167.00
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