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St. George 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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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

Sat, Oct 06, 2012

Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:55:02, Place overall: 2054, Place in age division: 82

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	21.20	26.20

St. George Marathon. A good run for me. Great temperature with a slight tail wind for first half. Ran carefully with slight left knee (ITB) and right hip issues. Taking shot blox every 3 miles took me strong through the finish and not hitting the wall, which seldom happens to me.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 26.20

Comments

From Burt on Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 17:47:05 from 72.223.86.148

Awesome Choke! Another sub 4 4 U!

From artichoke on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 11:03:05 from 74.211.14.96

Barely there, but I'll take it. They were advertising the Phoenix Marathon big time up here, at the Expo and at the overpass at mile 18. Who wants to be thinking about another marathon at mile18???

From Teena Marie on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 13:03:49 from 174.232.194.190

Congrats!!! :)

Very nicely done. That nice little tailwind in the beginning was heavenly!!!!

How did you carry all the blox?

From Burt on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 13:39:59 from 72.223.86.148

The funny thing about the Phoenix Marathon is that it never goes into Phoenix. At least I'm pretty sure it doesn't. Mostly in Mesa. I might do it.

From artichoke on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 20:03:48 from 24.2.95.164

I just carried the shot box in sandwich size ziplock baggies. Made sure I ran in shorts with 2 pockets. Worked pretty well.

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 16:30:17 from 67.172.235.55

Yeah for NOT hitting the wall and running tough with ITband issues.

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