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
66.35
GSS 3 Miles: 19.10Asics 2140 Miles: 9.10Barefoot Miles: 0.25Asics DS 13 Miles: 3.00GSS 3 (2) Miles: 8.00Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.50Trail Shoe Miles: 20.40
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

9:00 AM. Clear, 80 - 90 degrees. LPT/Fairground/Glovers Lane loop.

So much for a long run. It just wasn't in me today. Again, I couldn't get to sleep last night. My alarm went off at 430 AM, and at that point I'd gotten about 4 hrs of sleep. So I went back to sleep. I finally got the run started at 9:00 AM, 80 degrees, 90 by the time I finished. It felt hot but I figured I'm somewhat acclimatized so it shouldn't stop me from running 20 very easy miles. By mile 9 I knew I was done so I headed back to the car thinking if I felt better after refueling/resting a little, maybe I could do more. Nay. My demise today was probably due to several factors: poor sleeping the last little while, heat, accumlative stress over my dad's health issues, a general lack of conditioning. I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet for TOU, but if I don't have some kind of physiological epiphany soon, I may not be able to get in the training I need. I'll just keep plugging away I guess.

Still had a lot of fun out there today, in spite of my heat/fatigue induced pace. Found a new suburban trail called "Buffalo Ranch trail" and look forward to hittin' that again and seeing where it goes. Near the fairground I passed a guy who was doing some work in a creek that runs through the area. When I came back that way an hour and a half later, he was still there and the creek was transformed as he had built a small eath/rock dam that slowed the creek and created a little pond. Just him and a shovel was all it took.

GSS 3 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
5.25

5:30 PM. Clear, light breeze, 93 degrees. Mystery field.

Over the last year I've noticed this field, with an asphalt track around it, from the Legacy Parkway Trail, but I never knew how to access it until last week when I stumbled upon it during a road run. It has a huge parking lot, but no signs indicating I should stay out. Easy access, no locked gates, and I've never seen anyone there. So today after work the dogs and I went over to the "Mystery Field". Thusly named because I have no idea who owns it, what it's used for, or how it got there. Maybe it only exists in my head! Anyway, it turns out the track (about 5 ft wide) is a half mile long. Sprinklers were going on the east side of the field, and they bled over onto the track, so every half mile I got sprayed by a couple of different sprinklers. That, and the breeze kept me cool during the run.

After 5 miles, I ran a 1/4 mile barefoot on the asphalt. Quite a bit slower as this was my first barefoot experience off grass. Very different foot strike of course, and much slower. The only discomfort was the bottom of both my big toes got very hot. I can still feel it, like a blister, but not.

5 miles/42:44/8:33 avg.

.25 mile barefoot/10:12 pace.

Asics 2140 Miles: 5.00Barefoot Miles: 0.25
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
11.10

6:03 AM. Clear, 67 degrees. From house/Lagoon trail/LPT.

Easy 8.

5:12.39 PM. HOT. 3 more on the track, easy, while catching up with my brother who's in town from California. He's a triathlete.

Asics DS 13 Miles: 3.00GSS 3 Miles: 8.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments(9)
Total Distance
12.10

Got out late (7:15:37 AM) so just ran 4 around the hood. 74 degrees. Sweating buckets. Scaring walkers. More miles later...

 

Early lunch (10:58:49 AM).  Easy 8. Frickin' hot! Bluff trail. Probably the easiest pace I've run in a year..

Asics 2140 Miles: 4.10GSS 3 (2) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
6.50

6:07 AM. Clear, 73 degrees. From house to LPT out and back.

First time in shoes that were not manufactured by Asics. Getting out of my comfort zone; really thinking outside the box...I'm a renegade!

Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
20.40

5:52 AM. Partly cloudy, temps start 78 degrees end at 82 degrees. The intermittent cloud cover was a big help. Ran from my house, meandered to the fairground/glovers lane loop and back. Mile 15-18 were at the Mystery Field.

20.4 miles/3:15:02/9:34

I've been dealing with a lot of niggling little injuries the last few weeks, and some fatigue issues. I'm really glad to have gotten this long run in but I know I can do better. So, although my pace was slow here's the splits:

Miles 1-7 avg. was 10:12 per mile. I wanted to start real slow and make sure I could go the distance today.

Miles 8 & 9 were MP 8:31, 8:25 (8:28 avg for the 2).

Mile 10 & 11 9:31, 9:59

miles 12 & 13 were MP 8:44, 8:38 (avg 8:41, about 10 seconds off).

Mile 14 & 15 10:05, 9:53

Miles 16 & 17 were MP 8:22, 8:10 (avg 8:16 for the 2).

Miles 18 - 20.4 avg 9: 43.

Probably drank around 40 oz. of water. Had gu at miles 14 and 18.

So, there it is...

The bad: I'm slow, especially lately.

The good: negative split of  4:12 for the run.

My six miles of intervals (3 x 2 miles with equal recovery) averaged 8:28 per mile, my goal marathon pace is 8:30.

My last 2 mile interval at miles 16 & 17 were good splits for me, and felt good to do them that far into the run.

I finished feeling great, the run didn't wipe me out.

My weekly mileage for Saturday through today is 71 miles!

Trail Shoe Miles: 20.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
66.35
GSS 3 Miles: 19.10Asics 2140 Miles: 9.10Barefoot Miles: 0.25Asics DS 13 Miles: 3.00GSS 3 (2) Miles: 8.00Mizuno Wave 12 Miles: 6.50Trail Shoe Miles: 20.40
Weight: 0.00
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