| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 160.05 | 48.60 | 208.65 |
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| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 170.00 | Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 20.00 | Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles at 5:05 a.m. easy in 47:00. A nice morning. My hamstrings are still feeling quite tight. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles in 1:33:40. Easy running up Middle Canyon to 5 mile turn around and back. 6:45 a.m. Nice morning run in the canyon. Didn't push it coming down. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles at 5:05 a.m. 46:52. Easy running. A very warm morning. Shirtless for while. Good thing it was dark, that can be pretty scarey. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 |
| 9 miles at 7:00 a.m. in 1:21:20, 9:02 overage pace. Fastest miles around 8:25. Up to the gate and back on Skyline for first 5, then ran the 50 W. and 150 W. paved alley paths north and south through town. Not a bad morning. Cooler, but more humid. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.40 | 0.00 | 5.40 |
| 5.4 miles at 7:30 a.m. Slow and easy. Skyline route to end of pavement and then back to trail behind Little Mountain and back through the Wig-wam. Getting warm. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.15 | 0.00 | 16.15 |
| 6:00 a.m. run on the Smelter Road hills and into Middle Canyon a mile and back finishing along SR 36 out and back at the base of Settlement Canyon. A bit sluggish again today. 2:29:37 for 16.15 miles. Only a 9:15 average pace. Always slower without Tina. Saw a couple of deer crossing the road and some of the wild turkeys. Ran with Matt1 down the big hill on Smelter. He was struggling to even maintain 9:00 min. pace on the best downhill, so he told me to go on as we headed back up toward Middle Canyon. 50 mile week. Legs are still feeling it this week. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
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5 miles at 5:05 a.m. in 46:32. Fairly easy. Skyline route up to the gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops. Cooler temperature felt very nice.
5 miles at 7:45 p.m. in 41:43, 8:20 average pace. Tempo run at about 75-80% for miles 2 thru 5. Splits: 8:44, 7:50, 8:18, 8:34, and 8:15. Great final mile on the uphill home. Felt good tonight. About 75 degrees.
Running with Tina in the morning. She'll probably run me into the ground and I'll be sore all day tomorrow. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 2.50 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles with Tina in 42:36. A good effort especially considering last nights 4 of 5 miles at tempo pace. 5:05 a.m. along Skyline route to the gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops. Easy going up, pushed it some coming back. Always about 5 minutes faster with her. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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5 miles very easy at 5:05 a.m. Standard Skyline route.
6 miles at 7:30 p.m. up Settlement Canyon and along the dark trail and back. 3 miles on canyon trails. Felt good. |
| Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 6.00 | Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles in 47:56. Easy run up Skyline to gate and back. 5:15 a.m. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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5 miles at 5:05 a.m. Easy wandering run around town and eventually to upper end of Skyline to end of pavement and back direct. Cooler still this morning, but felt very nice.
18 miler scheduled for tomorrow morning. 14 with Tina to Stansbury after the Smelter Rd. Hills. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 13.00 | 18.00 |
| 18 miles in 2:28:29. 8:14 average pace. Generally a good run, although I struggled a lot after about mile 15. Tina left me in the dust for the last few miles. She is really running well right now. I look for her to do very well next week at Hobble Creek. Nice morning for a run. Ran up the Smelter Road hills and back before meeting up with her. She was planning on 14 and did 15. Then we went down through Erda and into Stansbury Park finishing at the Benson Mill. My splits: 10:08, 9:09, 8:07, 9:48, 9:42, 9:24, 8:43, 7:45, 7:01, 7:06, 7:13, 7:20, 7:22, 7:25, 7:51, 7:53, 8:06, and 8:16. Taper next week until Hobble Creek Half Marathon next Saturday. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles at 8:05 p.m. Westland loop up to Settlement Point then down Coleman and around USU extension up Vine to Main and home direct. 42:17, 8:28 average pace. Tempo effort at about 75% for 3-4 miles. EZ running the remainder of the week, off Friday, Hobble Creek on Saturday. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
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5 mile night run at 9:05 p.m. 80 degrees still. Breezy. Cemetery road, Broadway, and Vine up to Skyline and back direct. Very slow and easy at 46:21, 9:15 pace. Tapering. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles in 44:40 at 8:05 p.m. Easy run except for along cemetery road at about 70% effort. Skyline standard route. 80 degrees and muggy. Getting darker earlier. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 mile easy run. 2.5 on double track trails from Scout Wig-wam up to base of dam and then behind Little Mountain. Muddy in places due to heavy down pour earlier today. Finishing going up Skyline and then home direct. Last run before Hobble Creek. Don't nearly feel as ready as I should. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rest day. Hobble Creek tomorrow morning. Have to leave town early, like 3:30 a.m.!! | | Comments(1) |
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Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:37:50, Place overall: 175, Place in age division: 8 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
| Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon in 1:37:50, 7:28 average pace. A good day for a run, albeit a late start once again, by about 1/2 hour. Tina did GREAT! 1:33:36 and 1st place in the F45-49. My splits: 7:21, 7:16, 7:25, 7:12, 7:13, 7:17, 7:39, 7:22, 7:34, 7:48, 8:11, 8:00, 7:49. My last race in the M50-54 age division! |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 13.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 mile easy recovery run at 5:05 a.m. Standard route. Ran with Liz and Roland for about one mile. Untimed. Feeling fairly good. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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5 easy miles this morning at 5:05 a.m. Full moon. Skyline route to gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops. Much cooler and a canyon breeze. 51 degrees. Long sleeves in summer? Sheesh!
5 miles in Settlement Canyon. 6:30 p.m. mostly on the Dark Trail or on gravel road above the gate. Tina bombed on me tonight. Took a good fall on the last home stretch on the trail. A few scrapes and a sore forearm, but otherwise I'm okay. Try picking up those feet, especially around the rocks! |
| Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 5.00 | Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles at 5:30 a.m. Easy run. A bit more sore from my fall last night on the trail than I thought I would be. Didn't push it. Liz and Roland out this morning. Someone yelled out my name from a UTA Vanpool. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 5.00 | 12.00 |
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5 miles in 44:07 at 5:05 a.m. with Tina. My standard route up Skyline to the gate and back on the Loma Vista and Upland loops. Felt pretty good this morning. Much warmer this morning than the last 2 days. Warm canyon breeze. 67-70 degrees.
7 miles at 6:30 p.m. 85 degrees. 4 miles of trail running on double track from Wig-wam to top of Little Mountain and along the water tank trail back to Skyline and up to the gate. Back home direct. Pushed some the last mile, the rest very easy. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles easy at 5:05 a.m. 1 1/2 miles with Liz and Roland. Very warm, nearly 80 degrees. Standard Skyline Route with Loma Vista Loop. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| 18 miler this morning at 6:30 a.m. 8:49 overall average pace. 2:38:39, a full 10 minutes slower alone than I ran with Tina two weeks ago. I wasn't trying to set any records this morning. I feel very tired after a 55 mile week. Glad I got it in before the winds got too bad. It's really starting to howl out there right now. Wasn't too bad during the run. Ran the Smelter Road hills up near the Anaconda Gate and back down to Droubay Road and through Erda via Bryan Road over to SR36 and then into Stansbury along the frontage road finishing at the Benson Mill church. Saw about 7 other runners out there this morning. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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11 miles on my 55th birthday. Graduating to a new age division today. Took the day off, slept in, and then ran up Settlement Canyon to well above Bevan's Cabin, turrned around at 5.5 miles and headed back down. 52 degrees, light rain and canyon breeze in places. Nothing like the solace of the canyon above the gate on a weekday morning! 3 cars the entire run. 4.5 miles on gravel roads, steep in places before Ski Hill. Had to cross the stream in three places. A real cross country adventure this morning. A bit muddy in spots. About 1:45 up and back. A great hill workout.
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| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles easy at 5:10 a.m. Tough to get up and out this morning. I finally woke up somewhere between miles 2 and 3. 57 degrees. |
| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 160.05 | 48.60 | 208.65 |
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| Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 170.00 | Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 20.00 | Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 11.00 |
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