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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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Rest.  No running.  Flights home from Argentina.

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Rest.  No running.  Travel to St. George.

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Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:46:09
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St. George Marathon. 3:46:11 unofficial time from my Garmin.  Not disappointed with the time considering the issues I've had to deal with this year since the sacral stress fracture in late March.  Went out a bit too strong, hoping to be able to hold it for a BQ, but wasn't the day for it.  Set goals of 3:35 ultimate, 3:45 challenging, and sub 4:00 acceptable, so I feel okay with my time.  Didn't run negative splits, but I knew that was a possibility.  1:48 for first half and 1:58 for the second.  Hit the wall around 18, a pinch in my hip around 14, and general intestinal issues that I knew would happen after having been in Argentina for the last 10 days, getting back just in time to head down for the marathon.  Overall I feel pretty good about it.  Fastest mile was mile 6, or going down into Veyo at a 7:24 pace.  Slowest was mile 22 when I hit the wall, 9:35 pace.  Bit of a second wind from mile 24 on in.  This was marathon number 25, and number 17 at SGM.  SGM is a great event!  I need to get caught up on logging my minimal running mileage in Argentina.

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Resting.

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Resting.  Start up easy tomorrow.

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5 mile run at 6:30 p.m.  Very easy recovery run.  Legs still a bit sore in the hamstrings and quads.  4 with Gina.

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5 mile run at 6:30 p.m. same route as last night, but a bit cooler.  4 with Gina, two nights in a row of doing Droubay Rd. uphill.  Very decent short run.

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Solo run tonight at 6:30 p.m.  Fairly easy except for pick ups the last couple coming back.  Nice evening.  Sklyline, Upland, East Elementary, home from Vine and 7th.  6 or 8 miles tomorrow and then hit the trail some on Sunday.  Next week in Mesa, Arizona for 4 days.  Hope to find places to run.

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10:00 a.m. run.  Nice morning.  Skyline Ave. to gate then along Settlement Canyon rim to mouth of canyon.  Home via Vine.  Easy running.

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9:00 a.m. trail run with Tina along the Dark Trail in Settlement Canyon.  Nice, crisp Fall morning.  I think I slowed Tina way down.  I'm still not fully recovered from the marathon.  We were slower than usual, but pushing 8:03 coming back down the last 2 miles.  Tina took a hard fall right after we turned onto the gravel road off the trail.  Cut her hand and elbow pretty good.  Glad we weren't too far from my truck at that point.  I must have jinxed her talking about the 2 falls I had while simply walking down some Argentine streets during our trip.  I can run 26.2 without falling, but I can't walk down a slightly irregular and uneven sidewalk without biffing it!

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7:30 a.m. run before flying out to Arizona. 1 mile with Savannah, our 6 year old chocolate lab. She hasn't run for a long time and was dragging the last 1/4 mile or more. 4 more easy miles after bringing her back home. Cool this morning, but otherwise nice run.

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Mesa, AZ.  Did not run.

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Mesa, AZ.  6:00 a.m. run.  Loop around hotels off of Alma School and Southern.  Then north side of Fiesta Mall over to the track at Mesa Community College.  4 laps easy and then back direct to the Marriott Courtyard.  Nice morning temperatures at about 67 degrees.

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Same route, same time, same weather as yesterday.  EZ running.

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5:30 p.m. run.  5.5 miles along Skyline and the Canyon Rim to Vine Street and home.  Home late last night from Arizona.  Pulled a calf muscle about 2 miles in tonight.  I couldn't believe it!  Plenty warmed up, running slow and easy, although up a moderate hill.  Painful the rest of the run.  Don't know if I can run tomorrow.

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Extremely slow running today at 10:00 a.m.  Sore calf would only tolerate the flat or moderate downhills.  Up hill was impossible.  9 miles with Gina.  She was extremely tired and slow after only 3 or 4 miles, but then she had some surgery just a week ago, so all things considered, she did great.  I hope I can get over this calf soon, or will need to take some time off.  Resting tomorrow and most of Monday should help.  Crappy week.

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Smelter Road hill. 6:00 p.m. run with Gina. Getting dark sooner. Caught in the rain for the last couple.

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2.25 miles with Savannah, my chocolate lab.  She is so FAT!  She was just dragging the last mile, but we made it home.  We have been so bad even getting her a regular walk in daily.  I just need to get her back running.  2 more miles down to the high school and back for a total of 4.25.  Gina not feeling well tonight, and then leaving town for a few days.  5 a.m. run scheduled tomorrow morning with Tina.  Hopefully, she won't run me into the ground too badly.

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5 miles at 5:10 a.m. with Tina. Fairly slow going up to the gate on Skyline Ave., about 8:00 min. pace last two miles. Felt good to push it some, but the calf still not at 100%.

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5 mile solo run this morning at 5:10 a.m.  45 degrees.  Same route as yesterday, but 4 minutes slower than I ran it with Tina yesterday.  A training partner is almost always a great thing to have, especially someone who can push you just enough.

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5 miles at 5:10 a.m.  Very slow at about 10 min. pace.  A bit colder.  Didn't push it.  Long run tomorrow.

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Good long run today.  12 miles in 1:47:14.  Smelter Road hills out and back.  Cloudy fall morning with some sun on the way home.  8:56 pace with one sub 8 mile on the way back.  Alone today with Gina in California.  Trail run scheduled tomorrow with Tina, but may be a bit muddy.  We'll see.

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6 miler up Middle Canyon and back in 51:56, 8 :39 average pace, with Tina and Phil.  9:00 a.m.  Beautiful fall day, bit nippy, but nice.  Long sleeves and shorts.  The last two days are my favorite kinds of runs.  Fastest mile was 7:50 coming back.  Calf a bit of a problem last mile.

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6 miler at 6:00 p.m.  Getting darker, but it will be worse next week after Daylight Savings Time ends.  I guess I'll get used to running in the dark again.  People tell me I'm always in the dark anyway.  Nice run tonight up Skyline Ave. and then along the canyon rim to the mouth of Middle Canyon and home along Vine and 200 West and along 400 South to 380 West and home.  Gina due back tomorrow.  Bad weather also due tomorrow and Wednesday.  Looking forward to the Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon in a couple weeks in the sun, hopefully.

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6 slow miles in a blizzard at 6:00 p.m.  4 with Gina.  She's quite a die-hard!  Very slow, but snowed after the first mile.  Nice one to get over with, then you feel great.

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No running today.  Resting calf muscle or generally just wimping out with the cold weather.  Needed a day off and had a busy night, so I just have all sorts of excuses.

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7 mile run tonight at 6:10 p.m.  35 degrees, no wind.  Dark by 3 miles.  6 miler for Gina, she did good on the smelter hill and at the golf course hill.  Winter running is definitely here for now.

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8:00 a.m. run before work.  Very slow.  1 mile with my labrador, Savannah.  3 additonal easy ones down to high school, 1/2 mile on track and home via 150 west.  Sluggish.

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10:00 a.m. run.  10 mile run down Smelter Road from gate, through Erda, finishing in south end of Stansbury.  With Gina slow and easy.  1:48:14.  Nice fall Saturday run.  A bit of a cool breeze from the north, but nice and sunny.  Snow Canyon 1/2 marathon next Saturday. 

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