Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

April 19, 2024

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Location:

Tooele & Ivins,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 30, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St. George Marathon 20-year Club (completed 26)

Boston Marathon 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017 (+DNF 2011)

Running for 39 years, logged 58,000 miles since 1982. 38 marathons.

Old Man PR's:

5K = 19:58 - July 4th Freedom Run 7/4/08

6K = 26:38 - Cold Turkey Rrrun, 11/23/06

10K = 43:00 - Deseret News, 7/24/08

1/2 Marathon = 1:32:54 - Hobble Creek, 8/23/08

Marathon = 3:23:13 - St. George, 10/4/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Best: 3:35:07, 4/21/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Worst:  DNF, 4/18/11 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running for another 20 years.

Personal:

Married for 44 years to a wonderful and supportive wife. She's run 2 marathons herself in our earlier years so that helps.  4 boys, all married, and 10 grandchildren.  2 sons are runners. I celebrated 39 years of running madness, insanity, or at least OCD, on August 23rd, 2021. 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Free Lifetime Miles: 22.50
Saucony Peregrine Trail Lifetime Miles: 318.15
Asics 2000 Aqua #2 Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Lifetime Miles: 393.10
Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Lifetime Miles: 610.30
Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Lifetime Miles: 168.40
Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Lifetime Miles: 355.00
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.002.0010.00

5 mile early run.  42 degrees.  Easy recovery run.  To Grimm's Gate and back direct.  Hamstrings a bit stiff and sore.

5 mile evening run at 6:00 p.m.  Light rain and starting to snow at upper end.  Up Skyline via SR 36 into Elk Ridge Development and back via Loma Vista.  44:26, 8:54 pace.  Last mile or so at tempo pace starting at mile 4, in 7:37.  Felt decent.

Took my crappy Nike Structure Triax +13 shoes back today.  17 miles and already into the EVA foam on one of the waffles.  It's like it delaminated or something.  They felt fine during the race on Saturday, but afterwards I saw this lug of the waffle totally missing.  I was trying to give Nike one more chance after my private boycott of nearly 20 years for various reasons.  These were my 3rd consecutive pair and the mileage wasn't any better than my Asics and for the first time in 27 years I returned a pair of shoes after purchasing them.  Traded them for the Asics 2150 and will stick with them.  I've pretty much been in Asics all of these years, except for some Adidas last fall, so that's probaby where I'll stay for now.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 5.00
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