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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
Wed, Dec 02, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.001.005.00

6:10 p.m. run for 5+ miles.  24 degrees.  46:15,  9:10 pace.  Solo.  Full moon, light cold breeze.

Comments
From Kelli on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 21:47:31 from 71.219.71.229

BRRRR....do you think it feels colder at night or in the morning?? For some reason it seems colder to me at night in the winter!

That moon has been nice, it lights up the sky so I am not scared to be out there alone!

Love the new picture (not sure how new it is, I have been a little AWOL, but it is new to me!)

From artichoke on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 22:09:40 from 71.37.127.131

Yea, normally at night it feels colder. But tomorrow morning is supposed to be 10 degrees, so I don't think I'll run tomorrow until after work and hope it at least warms up to 20.

From artichoke on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 22:10:58 from 71.37.127.131

The picture is Ragnar 2007, so it's a couple of years ago. It was taken around Paradise before going up over Avon Pass.

From Kelli on Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 22:44:22 from 71.219.71.229

Now you tell me!!! I already committed to a 6 am run, hopefully it will be warmer than the usual 5 am run. Dang, that is cold.

For some reason I can not picture the BEFORE Avon Pass area, only the after. I guess that makes sense as it is a major exchange so you hang out there for a bit. That is a brutal run.

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