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Location:

Bountiful,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Sep 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

 

5k  18:44  4 July 2012 C-ville 
10K  38:22  24 July 2012 DesNews
Half  1:22:30  18 Aug 2012  Hobble 
Full  3:00:35  29 Sep 2012 Huntsville

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sign up for a race > 5k, run well.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running. 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Trails Lifetime Miles: 551.40
Grass Lifetime Miles: 72.50
Pavement Lifetime Miles: 2225.20
Stroller Lifetime Miles: 438.80
Navy Crocs Lifetime Miles: 378.70
Nordic Track TM Lifetime Miles: 1015.77
Green Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles: 494.70
Orange Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 514.90
Glow In The Dark Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 461.25
Navy Blue Mirage Lifetime Miles: 216.90
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.001.007.00

It was a bit rainy, so I stayed inside to watch NFL.  It's getting to be the time of year to become acquainted with the new TM.  I did 7-8-7-9-7-8-7 mph each for 1 mile.  The faster miles felt good.  My legs haven't done that for nearly 4 weeks.  

One of the disadvantages to running inside is not having anywhere to blow my nose.  The world is my Kleenex, but not inside the house.  I had to stop once to track down some TP.  All that remained was the square with glue on it at the very end of the roll.  I ended up washing my face.

My old TM is for sale on KSL for $100.  My daughter is selling it, cuz she doesn't have any money.  5 people have called, but nobody has come to pick it up yet.  I just checked my shoe manager, and I am incredulous that I ran 1090 miles on that thing.  It doesn't seem possible.  The more I think about it, I guess it's possible.  5 seasons of 24, 2 of Prison Break, lots of Survivor, Amazing Race and NFL.  I guess the bulk of my winter training for 2 Boston Marathons was on that noisy beast.

So the new mill set me back 700 clams.  Currently, that's $15/mile.  Ouch.  I know Tami and the kids have put in a few miles, so that might bring that number down a bit.  At least we cancelled the Rec Center membership, so not having that monthly charge for 15 months will pay for the mill.  Gosh, this is a long entry.  Maybe I'll label it as a race report...  

Kinvara Miles: 7.00Nordic Track TM Miles: 7.00
Comments
From Andrea on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:36:17 from 72.37.171.52

Talk about a Dear Diary entry :)

My favorite sentence - the world is my Kleenex, but not inside the house.

From Kam on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:41:32 from 68.66.163.179

Andrea, anyone with your level of experience running, hiking and skiing in all kinds of conditions, can appreciate the value of a good snot rocket. But not inside the house.

From Lily on Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 09:25:37 from 67.199.178.95

Embrace the TM

From Lily on Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 09:26:15 from 67.199.178.95

$15 a mile. haha!

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