The Perils of Self Betterment

March 29, 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
8.20

1100 AM, 80-84 degrees, sunny skies. LPT.

Drove to the legacy parkway trail and ran. Stayed up late. Slept late. Ran late. 

After 4.5 miles I ran 5 x 1/4 mile @ 7:50 pace with 1/4 easy. Was going to do 6 quarters but didn't have enough left. Hopefully running in the heat today will make the morning runs seem easier. Hopefully someday I'll be a faster runner. Hopefully I'll find $50,000 in a dusty old crate behind a false wall in the basement.

Asics 2140 Miles: 8.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 19:41:58 from 71.229.164.25

Here's to hoping!

Way to run in the heat. You're a brave man.

From auntieem on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 12:13:59 from 67.182.145.8

All that is possible. Would you accept being slower forever if it was $500,000 instead of $50,000?

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 12:27:11 from 67.171.56.164

Affirmations: the alarm clock is my friend, the alarm clock is my friend...

From JD on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 13:11:45 from 64.65.159.206

Carolyn - thanks. If I were truly brave I'd get up early in the morning to run no matter what...like you!

Auntiem - Yes, without hesitation. I'll PM you with my address, you can send me the check.

Sno - thanks for the affirmation...now if I can just find a way to get to sleep by 10:30 PM...

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 15:11:26 from 198.241.156.7

I'm embarrassed to tell you how pathetically late in the morning I've been running lately. I've got to start getting up earlier (or maybe quit blogging in the morning) if I'm going to start getting to work on time.

From JD on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 16:18:28 from 64.65.159.206

Come on, tell us. What, you're not getting out until 7 AM? 7:30 AM? Hey, I didn't run until noon today. A run is a run, no matter when you do it. (Although your boss might disagree).

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 13:36:17 from 198.241.217.15

Yes, it's been around 7 lately. I was very pleased with myself to have made it out by 6:30 this morning. But let's not talk about what time I've been dragging myself in to work. My boss is a runner and so I've thought about telling her about this site, but have not because of issues like this.

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