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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Playing the taper card today and not running. I'm going in to this marathon feeling much better than before TOU last Fall. Last Fall I was over-fatigued, and had a couple of little niggling pains etc. Now I feel no fatigue, and have no pains anywhere. I'm hoping the combination of having several more months of base miles under my belt, and having cut back a little on higher mileage weeks (50-60 + 1 week around 70 miles), will bring me to marathon day better prepared to go the distance without crashing. My only concern is endurance. I've run 5 long run since January (3 @ 20 and 2 @ 18), with the last one being three weeks before race day. I'm looking forward to being stronger for the next cycle of training and putting in more mileage, but for now this will have to do. Hopefully, I'll finally break the 4 hour barrier and if it's a perfect day, I can come in around 3:45-ish.

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Comments
From Metcalf Running on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 15:31:52 from 207.225.192.66

Good call.. .it seems that you are feeling much strong this time so I'm sure you will have a great race... Ogden Right? I wish so much I was running it again this year. I'm sure you will do great!

From Lysa on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 15:36:18 from 174.52.15.101

Im glad you're not in pain. That is good. And I have a feeling you are going to come in at your best time yet. You have been a rockstar all year long with your running. Way to be awesome.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 17:07:38 from 198.241.217.15

I predict that you will be faster than 3:45. You're faster than I was last year.

From auntieem on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 18:02:12 from 24.18.77.246

I think that you have run plenty of long runs! And three weeks before race day seems good for the final long run. You'll be so ready! Stay calm.

From JD on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 22:04:12 from 209.183.51.66

Lori - thanks. Yes, Ogden. I'm sure you'll be running it again. Maybe next year?

Thanks Lysa - actually, I'm a folk singer.

Carolyn - I hope you're right about the 3:45. I might be training at faster paces than you, but you have some quality that I don't seem to possess which allows you to really pull out fast times at races. But, who knows what will happen come race day.

Auntieem - thanks. I know, stay calm. Problem with the taper is it gives me time to obsess over the whole thing. Ahhh! Time to get my Zen on.

From Snoqualmie on Fri, May 07, 2010 at 12:21:19 from 24.18.192.33

It's in the bank now! Time to relax and visualize.

From JD on Fri, May 07, 2010 at 18:25:38 from 70.96.78.157

Thanks for the reminder Sno. Visualization, yeah. Relaxation...um, yeah...

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