The Perils of Self Betterment

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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
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No run today.

Excuses:

1 - Too busy at work.

2- I'm "a little" under the weather.

3 - I've run seven days in a row and I need a break. (even though my mileage is very low).

4 - It's dang windy outside.

5 - I can't focus on anything because I'm too excited for Burt's marathon tomorrow.


Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lysa on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 14:23:44 from 174.52.15.101

I like reason number 5 the best. I hope you feel better, take it easy if you can

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 15:07:27 from 24.8.167.243

Reasons 2 and 3 are the most legitimate.

From Kelli on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 15:55:37 from 71.219.71.229

Funny, I so wish i was there to watch Burt run this one and cheer him in. I tried, I lost.

Hey, what happened to 60 degrees today? It is cold and windy out there. Stay inside. You have earned a break.

From Metcalf Running on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 18:10:47 from 207.225.192.66

You definately deserve a break... 7 days in a row is enough. Hope you are feeling better tomorrow.

From JD on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 18:20:58 from 70.96.78.157

Thanks you guys, er...girls. I've been gobbling vitamin C for a couple of days now and I think the worst is past.

and yeah, the weather forecast 63 degrees today. I don't think it got above 55, which is still nice, but it just kind of felt chilly all day.

From Snoqualmie on Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 15:09:39 from 24.18.192.33

I took off Friday too. Great idea!

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