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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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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
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Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 132.50Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 11.00
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5 miles at 9:06 A.P. Stansbury Park flat land.  Taper week no. 2

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 5.00
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4 miles very easy on Smelter Rd. hill with Karrie and 4 others from TRC. Nice evening.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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3.300.003.30

Tooele - S.E. loop.  Easy final run of taper.  9:33 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 3.00
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Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:10:31
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0.0026.2026.20

St. George Marathon #24.  4:10:31, 9:32 A.P.  Near perfect weather.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 26.00
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Smelter Road Hill with Tiane.  Very easy 3 miles.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 3.00
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4 miles at 5:00 AM on the treadmill at Vasa Gym-Tooele.  38:33.  9:38 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 4.00
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4 mile loop to Santa Clara and back. 9:14 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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8.000.008.00

Kayenta Loop.  8 miles at 9:32 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 8.00
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Tooele.  5 miles on Skyline Drive out via SR36 and back direct.  9:35 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 5.00
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5  miles to mouth of Middle Canyon and back.  9:25 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 5.00
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4 miles on the hill at Smelter Rd. 9:34 A.P.  1st mile with Tiane. 

Splits: 11:08, 10:01, 8:52, 8:17

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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Tooele - 3 mile loop around cemetery and armory.  5:00 A.M. 10:00 min. miles.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 3.00
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0.008.008.00

8 miles from Ivins down to the Lower Santa Clara Loop historic district via Snow Canyon High School.  9:35 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 8.00
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0.004.504.50

Ivins Snow Canyon Parkway to Artesia.  4.5 miles 9:10 A.P.  Cadence at 175

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.50
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12 miles Snow Canyon path and West Canyon Service Rd.  Back by way of the Snow Canyon roadway.  9:53 A.P. 1:58;36

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 12.00
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5 miles on the Tooele west side loop. 9:35 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 5.00
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4 miles on Smelter Rd. hill in 38:04, 9:31 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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Stansbury Park Flatland loop.  6 miles in 53:50, 8:57 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 6.00
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Tooele West side North to South.  5 mile loop.  9:34 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 5.00
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4 miles in City Creek Canyon - Bonneville Loop and Memory Grove Rd. coming back.  9:36 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 4.00
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12 miles with Rick on the Centerville-Farmington-Lagoon-Legacy Parkway Loop. 9:31 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 12.00
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5 miles to Grimm's Gate and back on Skyline Ave. Slow. 9:46 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 5.00
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West side loop, 4 miles at 9:12 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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90.3053.70144.00
Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 132.50Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 11.00
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