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
69.20
Barefoot Miles: 2.00Junk Shoes Miles: 32.00GSS 3 Miles: 8.00Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 10.30GSS 3 (2) Miles: 10.60Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.30
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / 8:34 avg. Sun, 70 degrees. 1/2 mile loops on the mystery field track. Last two miles barefoot on the grass. My legs were undecided on whether or not they were tired from yesterdays race. Mostly tired though. 

splits: 8:43, 8:31, 8:34, 8:48, 8:35, 8:14.

Barefoot Miles: 2.00Junk Shoes Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
8.00

Easy 8 / 9:04 avg. Lunch run. Bluff trail. Sun, 75 degrees.

PM edit:  Radio West on KUER. TV On The Radio on the computer. Replay of todays Boston Marathon on the TV. Squatters Chasing Tail in my hand. This is recovery done right!

GSS 3 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
10.30

10.3 miles / 8:51 avg. 10 AM. Sunny, 68 degrees, quite a bit of wind. From work/Emerald park. Tired legs.

Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 10.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
20.60

AM - 10 miles. / 9:16 avg.Commute from home to work.  temp in the low fifties, wind NNW ranging from 10 to 20-ish MPH. Easy pace rendered easier by the strong headwind I was running into for the majority of the run. I resisted the temptation to fight the wind and just let the pace fall where it may. My legs feel best since the half last Saturday.

PM - 10.6 miles / 8:40 avg. Commute from work to home. Mostly cloudy, temp in the low 50's. I left from work around 5:00 with a good break in the weather.

My week ending today gives just over 70 miles, including the half marathon on Sat.

GSS 3 (2) Miles: 10.60Junk Shoes Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(10)
Total Distance
6.30

6.3 miles / 8:41 avg. Late lunch run. Sun, clouds, 50 degrees. From work. I started my usual course but went backwards, and explored some new streets as well. 

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
18.00

18 miles / 8:46 avg. Started around 1:00 pm. Sun, temps low 60's. Commute run from work to home w/extensions. I felt sore and tired from the start but figured that would ultimately make for an effective workout on the legs. I ran 12 miles (mi. 3 through 14) at my goal marathon pace (GMP). My goal for the marathon is 3:45, so my pace should be around 8:34. I just figure 8:30 for easy calculation on the run. I ran a 2 mile warm up, then the tempo splits: 8:26, 8:36, 8:32, 8:17, 8:12, 8:23, 8:33, 8:30, 8:31, 8:33, 8:18, 8:15. Total time for the 12 miles, 1:41:12 / 8:26 avg. Then I death marched the final 4 miles home. I've done better than this just on random training runs, so I'm not too worried that  I could barely make 18 miles today. I don't know what to think. Just have to see what race day brings...in three weeks.

Junk Shoes Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
69.20
Barefoot Miles: 2.00Junk Shoes Miles: 32.00GSS 3 Miles: 8.00Hyperspeed 4 Miles: 10.30GSS 3 (2) Miles: 10.60Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.30
Weight: 0.00
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