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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, May 28, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.0010.0012.00

7:30 p.m.  12 miles in 1:36:42, 8:04 AP.  Tooele to Benson Mill at Stansbury Park with Tina.  Well, actually she left me in the dust.  I think she's ready for her next half-marathon on the 9th of June.  Splits: 7:47, 7:28, 7:32, 7:34, 7:35, 7:54, 8:07, 8:08, 8:27, 8:52, 8:42, 8:37.

9:15 p.m.  Gold's Gym.  3 x 15 x 6 machines.  Upper body light reps. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 12.00
Comments
From allie on Thu, May 31, 2012 at 17:13:14 from 174.23.150.94

always consistent! nice week so far, and great job with the 12-miler to start off your week. will you be running on june 9th as well?

From artichoke on Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 20:02:05 from 24.2.95.164

Are you talking about the Utah Valley marathon? I could only wish. I'm hoping to get back to St. George in October after missing last year. Are you running the marathon on the 9th? I see a first place finish for you!

From allie on Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 06:34:24 from 97.126.209.117

st. geoerge will be great! you'll be ready.

i'm not running UVM this year -- next up for me is des news on july 24th.

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