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
20.60

20.6 miles / 8:52 avg. it's been a long time since i last ran long. yesterday after work i dropped a couple of water bottles along my commute route. this morning i left the house at 6 am and ran the clark/glover loop before heading north along the rio grande parkway toward work. mentally it's easier for me to run point to point when running long. i knew after the first couple of warmup miles that i felt okay and this wasn't going to be one of those "beat down" runs. i had water around mile 8, i wasn't really thirsty but i drank some for prudence sake. my next water was at mile 12, which was a mile and a half from my finish, so i ran a 6.5 mile out and back, had more water then finished the run.. the extra volume i've been running lately is really making a difference. i've noticed the last couple of runs that i feel like i have more oxygen; like i'm running at sea level or something. the first 10 miles were at a 9:03 avg, the second 10 were at a 8:43 avg. a 3:12 negative split! my legs didn't get tired at all until the last mile or so. really happy to feel strong after a rare 80 mile week.

WT 83.7

two thirty

Kinvara2 The 3rd Miles: 20.60
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Stacie on Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 13:03:13 from 71.195.193.128

holy freak'in crap! You are amazing JD!

I was asking Lysa on our run yesterday "Is JD going to do any LONG runs? or maybe he doesn't need to with the way he's been training." You must feel so...GREAT about how this went. Congrats!

From Lysa on Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 16:06:24 from 67.166.122.134

I hate you.

From JD on Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 17:43:45 from 75.169.92.244

thanks a lot Stacie! nice 21 on ya yesterday!

golly Lysa. thanks...tic...tic...tic...

From Lysa on Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 18:29:39 from 67.166.122.134

seriously though..

From Thayne on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 09:29:17 from 63.248.74.39

Wow great run! You ned to move to Eagle Mountain/Saratoga Springs and open a shop. Just so I can train with you. Excellent job!

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