Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

December 2013

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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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Asics 2000 Aqua #2 Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Lifetime Miles: 393.10
Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Lifetime Miles: 610.30
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Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Lifetime Miles: 355.00
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115.0038.00153.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 40 minutes upright cycling for 10.75 miles.

11:45 a.m. 5 miles in City Creek Canyon in 44:16. Last run in warm weather, about 54 degrees.

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10:00 a.m. 5 miles in the snow storm. 25 degrees. Running with cleats on ice and snowmobile.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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2.003.005.00

5:10 a.m. Gold's Gym: upright stationary cycling. 33 minutes, 8.5 miles.

6:15 p.m. Gold's Gym: 5 TM miles in 40:22, 8:05 AP. progression run from 9:05 to 7:05.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines upper body weights plus 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. Gold's Gym: 5 miles TM in 43:13, progression run.

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5:00 a.m. 4 TM miles in 36:16 at Gold's Gym.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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11:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 10 TM miles in 1:31:08. Progression run.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 10.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 40 minutes upright stationary cycling. 10.66 miles.

6:30 a.m. Gold's Gym: 5 TM miles in 43:43.

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Bagged AM workout.

6:30 p.m. Gold's Gym: 5 TM miles in 43:47, progression run.

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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 40 minutes upright stationary cycling, 10 miles.

6:30 p.m. Gold's Gym: 5 TM miles in 45:35. Slight progression.

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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines upper body weights plus 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

3:00 p.m. 5 miles to mouth of Middle Canyon and back via cemetery in 45:00. Sunny and clear, but cold at 25 degrees.

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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 4 TM miles in 35:55.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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Ivins, Utah. 12 miles in 1:51:09 along the Snow Canyon Parkway path and down Halfway Wash path to Dixie Drive. Back home via path behind Snow Canyon High School and Pioneer Parkway. Sunny and clear. 42 degrees.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 12.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 5 TM miles in 44:25. Progression run.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 40 minutes upright stationary cycling. 10.66 miles.

6:30 p.m. Gold's Gym: 5 TM miles in 43:25. Progression run.

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7:30 a.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles to Middle Canyon along 200 South then down to Vine. Back by way of the cemetery.

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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines upper body weights. 20 minutes elliptical.

4:30 p.m. 5 TM miles in 43:55, home gym. Progression run 9:30 to 7:30.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 4 TM miles in 35:25. Progression run.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 4.00
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7:30 a.m. 10.18 mile run with the Tooele Running Club. 1:27:38. Loop from Overlake at Jr. High up to 400 S. over to Coleman and back. Running with Rick, Mike, Aaron, and Ryan. All on snowy or icy roads, except for 2 stretches along 1000 North. 21 people from the club turned out this morning.

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9:00 a.m. 6 mile run with Tina. Loop to Golf Course and Smelter Road. 56:34.

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8:30 a.m. 10 miles with the Tooele Running Club from top of Smelter Road (gate) down through town of Pine Canyon down Droubay Rd. through Erda to Bates Canyon Rd. 1:23:00.

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REST. Merry Christmas!!!!

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7:30 a.m. Gold's Gym: 40 minutes upright cycling. 11.5 miles.

10:00 a.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles. Sunny, but cold. Skyline route to gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland. 5 dog encounters today. Glad Pickles was nice to ...4 of them, at least. All little dogs going after my black lab. What are they thinking? No, what are their owners thinking?

Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 5.00
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9:00 a.m. Gold's Gym - St. George. 3x15x8 machines upper body weights. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

11:15 a.m. Ivins. 5 miles easy with Pickles. 47:49. Down to the Santa Clara cemetery and back by way of Old Highway 91 to Main up to 400 S. finishing with loop in Padre Lakes. Sunny and clear. 45 degrees and warming.

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9:00 a.m. Ivins, UT. 12 miles up into Snow Canyon to end of paved pathway including 2 on the West Canyon service road. 1:45:31. 10.5 miles with Rick, then he put nearly 3 minutes on me in the last 1.5 miles. 40 degrees and cloudy. Still beats the weather and gunk up north. Another week here in St. George will do me some good!

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 12.00
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8:30 a.m. Gold's Gym - St. George. 20/20 elliptical/upright stationary cycling (5.33 miles on bike).

12:00 noon. 5 easy miles with Pickles on the Toe Trail loop in Ivins. 45 degrees, sunny.

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9:30 a.m. Gold's Gym - St. George. 3x15x6 machines upper body weights plus 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

1:30 p.m. 6 mile run up to Tuacahn and back easy in 53:50. First 3 with Pickles. Sunny and clear. 50 degrees.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 6.00
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