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
38.20
Bandito's Miles: 16.10GSS 3 (2) Miles: 10.00Junk Shoes Miles: 12.10
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.10

3.1 miles at the track with wife and dogs. 10:00 AM = hot! 8:15 avg. (8:54, 8:24, 7:18).

Bandito's Miles: 3.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
0.00

Yikes! Manana...

Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
10.00

Trail run. 10 miles on the BST, North from Kaysville. Run started at 11:12 AM under mostly sunny skies with temps from mid to upper 80's. A little warm. Got a nice little Mother Nature  reminder from a rattler just as I started my run. It was huge, black and yellow striped, and loud! I saw another snake, just the garden variety kind, sunning a few miles further down the trail. 

I ran this course five weeks ago in 1:55:20, an 11:32 per mile average. Today I ran the same course in 1:46:27, a 10:39 average pace. Huge difference. I just felt really good today, able to take advantage of any flat sections and stretch the legs out. I saw two other runners on the trail. One woman, just up from Fernwood park. Then about a half mile from the finish I came up on an older guy. I was a little embarrassed about passing him like some young punk. I slowed and said hello as I passed and he picked up his pace and we got down to a sub 7 minute pace at the end there. I was having trouble keeping up with him. Awesome dude. 63 years old and 6 months out of heart surgery. He's just starting to build back his mileage. It made my day to run with this guy for a few minutes. 

Around 2,400 ft. gain/drop total.

GSS 3 (2) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
0.00

Staying consistent with my recent inconsistency.

Low motivation month. I used to just run THROUGH these periods. But I guess the combination of the heat and no race on the horizon leave me content to just maintain for a bit until I get it back. 

Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
13.00

13 miles. 10:00 AM. Bluff trail. Lack of fitness and late morning heat (82-87F) made for a slow run.

I went to the doctor yesterday for routine checkup. Here's some stats: BMI 21.4 (within "normal range for a 46 yr. old man, also puts me in the 8th percentile for weight),  BP was 114/66, my pulse came out at 60 bpm (though, I haven't seen a doctor in decades and MAY have been a little nervous). All in all, I'm one of the rare "fit" people this doctor gets to see these days. Running is such a healthy habit!

Bandito's Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
0.00

Looks like I'm an "every other day" runner this week.

Good luck to all the racing bloggers this weekend!


Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
12.10

6:27 AM. Clear skies, mid 60's. From home - Clark/Glovers loop. 12.1 miles, a couple at MP, the rest at extremely easy pace.

Junk Shoes Miles: 12.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
38.20
Bandito's Miles: 16.10GSS 3 (2) Miles: 10.00Junk Shoes Miles: 12.10
Weight: 0.00
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