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St. George 1/2 Marathon

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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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Sat, Jan 19, 2013
Race: St. George 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:49:17, Place overall: 352, Place in age division: 7
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St. George 1/2 Marathon. 7/34 M55-59 AG. Paced my daughter-in-law, Ashlee, to a 1:49:17 finish. 8:20 AP. She did great, especially for her very first race! Stayed very strong right to the finish. A very positive experience for her. A beautiful day. Sunny and clear blue skies. A bit nippy at the start at about 32 degrees, 44 degrees at the finish, 56+ degrees later in the day. Took the grandkids up on the red cliffs hiking in the late afternoon. Sure beats the cold temperatures and gunk in the air up in SLC and in Tooele right now. Do NOT want to go home on Monday!

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 13.00
Comments
From Burt on Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 20:36:45 from 72.223.80.89

Super cool! Sounds like a fun time.

From artichoke on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 18:37:00 from 174.52.123.59

I hear you're enjoying 80 degrees down there!

From Burt on Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:17:24 from 71.216.109.214

Yeah, it's quite nice.

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