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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
8.00

8 miles / 8:44 avg. golden/rainbow/whitesides/wasatch. started rough as usual but had an unexpected rally for the last three miles. just enough to keep me hopeful that all this slogging around this summer will pay off sometime.

9:08, 8:57, 9:01, 8:57, 8:58, 8:00, 8:37, 8:14

WT 43 miles

Virrata 1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 17:55:21 from 161.38.221.168

8:00

From Kam on Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 09:27:53 from 68.66.163.179

When it is 70+ degrees, it's hard not to slog. I'm curious about the "sometime" to which you refer. Is there a race you are contemplating? Don't be coy, share your secrets...

From JD on Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 09:34:04 from 70.96.78.247

thanks Kam - yeah the heat can be a real bully sometimes.

no races contemplated this year. i'm hoping i can just get back to consistent 50-60 miles weeks by the end of the year and maybe make a push for some pr's in 2015. after letting my fitness drop over the last year, i've discovered that my age now has a very tangible effect on my body's ability to adapt. ie; it's taking A LOT longer to build up a mileage base this go around.

what about you - any races? i admire your ability to get the runs in at all hours of the day and night.

From Kam on Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 09:39:03 from 68.66.163.179

a 50-60 mpw base would definitely position you do demolish your prs.

I'm definitely going to run the fruit heights 5k on the first saturday in August.

I'm contemplating Big Cottonwood Marathon, but nervous about a repeat performance of UVM. Again, the training isn't quite there. Pending solid long runs these next two weeks, who knows? Maybe I'll toe that line. Otherwise, I'm helping my wife get ready for SGM.

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