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
60.10
Asics 2140 Miles: 13.10Asics DS 13 Miles: 8.00Trail Shoe Miles: 22.00Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.10

From the house at 9:40 AM. to LPT, out and back. Sunny, 50F, winds variable 2-8 mph.

4 mile tempo @GHMP and 3 mile tempo @ GHMP (HMP = 8:15)

3 mile warmup

4 mile tempo (8:07,8:09,810,8:01) 8:07 Avg.

1 mile easy

3 mile tempo (8:11,8:16,8:17) 8:15 avg.

2.1 mile cooldown.

I feel okay about this workout. A little dissapointed that I faded so much in the second tempo. But that's what this is for right? To push myself.

If I can run the half with an 8:15 pace, that will be 1:48:05. My goal is to beat 1:50, so I'll keep working on the 8:15 target in my workouts.

1:54:24/8:44

Asics 2140 Miles: 13.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
8.00

Easy eight on the Bluff Trail. Sun, wind, warmth.

Asics DS 13 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
10.00

High noon on the LPT. Weather: no comment.

Although not reflected by my pace, I felt gooder than usual today.

1:28:12/8:49

Trail Shoe Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
8.00

Early lunch. From the house to LPT out and back.

Weather: thank goodness it wasn't "60 dgrees  and sunny, with calm winds" today, that would've really been a drag.

Exact same pace as yesterday.

Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(12)
Total Distance
12.00

Got a late start (2:00 PM). On the Bluff trail. Light rain, 39F wind out of the NW 4-12 mph.

After the first mile I started feeling dizzy/vertigo. I thought maybe it was the strong crosswind playing with my sense of balance. I stopped at mile 3 to see how I felt and I felt weak and shaky...but I decided to press on another mile and turn around for 8. However, when I got to 4 miles I started feeling alot better so I kept going to 6 then turned around. On the trip back I started feeling really strong with my last 3 miles avg. 8:15/mile. So, optimism wins again.

1:46:56/8:55

Trail Shoe Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
9.00

Slogfest on the Bluff trail. Partly cloudy, 52F, wind variable 8-15mph. Weather looked better today than it has for awhile, so I won't complain about the wind...the windy wind...not going to complain...

Barely got my 60 for the week, but at least I did it in six days so tommorrow can be a rest day. Shooting for 70 miles next week.

Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
60.10
Asics 2140 Miles: 13.10Asics DS 13 Miles: 8.00Trail Shoe Miles: 22.00Asics 1130 Bronze Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
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