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
25.10

25.1 miles / 9:56 avg. Started from home and ran all over the place. 9:45 AM, sunny and 50F, by the time I got done it was 66 degrees. Great running weather. Stuck to the roads but still ended up with about 2400 ft vert. for the run. Ran the first 15 miles with just my 16 oz. hand held bottle. My first stop at mile 15 was at a little nature preserve where I had a half gallon of water cached. There's a 1.2 mile trail there, pea gravel, wooden step bridges etc. I did a couple of laps on that, topped off my hand held and finished the rest of the half gallon, and continued on. I hit a really low point around mile 21 and I thought, "well, that's it; I'll be bonking my way through the last 4 miles". I walked a total of .4 miles in mile 22, and then rallied. My fastest miles of the run were the last two! I can't tell you how happy that makes me. Usually once the crap starts hitting the fan I'm finished. So hopefully this means that I'm starting to get some of the fueling strategy down for the longer runs.

My total mileage for the week that ends today is 69.5.

 

WET: 69.5

#7

Junk Shoes Miles: 25.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From april27 on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 18:55:43 from 99.188.251.180

You rock my socks off!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 19:57:03 from 24.8.167.243

Holy cow. Look what you've been doing while I haven't been paying attention! Are you training for an ultra?

From JD on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 20:06:59 from 32.176.151.191

April - Haha! It's a good thing you got a free pair at the 5k last week.

Carolyn - Goblin Valley 50k Oct. 23rd. Yikes!

From Lysa on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 20:45:37 from 174.52.25.64

star 69! Woo! That is amazing. I really hope I can rally in the marathon after I hit that lull. Maybe your rally was due to Mila..haha. Very nice mileage today, go take a nap and do a celebratory dance or something.

From april27 on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 20:58:31 from 99.188.251.180

you are totally right!

From Adam RW on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:29:01 from 155.101.152.123

One awesome workout. Way to make the most out of the holiday.

From Burt on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 15:54:32 from 206.19.214.144

Holy smokes!

From Stacie on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 19:13:02 from 174.52.21.251

Amazing!

From Snoqualmie on Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 11:41:15 from 24.18.192.33

Just getting caught up with blogs here -- holy kerschmolies what a great run!!! I have found that a little walking sometimes does bring you back to life. Sometimes it just makes it harder to start up again too. Nice job and I'm very happy for you re: the successful "fueling strategy."

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