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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, Jul 31, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.0012.0015.00

15 miles in 2:05:20 with Tina.  8:21 average pace overall.  Droubay Rd. down throuugh Erda, along Erda Way and then the long drawn out uphill from Erda Way up through Overlake Golf course and Overlake subdivision to Glen Eagles.  1:47:20 at 13.1, even with the slow 4 miles uphill.  I was really dragging.  Tina was killing me today.  Usually she only does that on the downhill and I can hold my own on the uphill, but not today.  I was totally spent by 13.5 and really struggled to make 15.  I was scheduled for 16 but that was all I could do to finish 15 and I was really holding her back today.  Oh well, some days you have it some days you don't. Miles 5, 6, & 7 in 7:25 each.  Slowest miles uphill coming back in 9:10 and 9:42.  I just finished reading "Born to Run" today.  An inspiring book, but it still doesn't make me want to run an ultra.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 15.00
Comments
From Burt on Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 19:03:35 from 68.225.214.248

Nice new picture. Great leg muscles.

From artichoke on Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 20:23:51 from 97.126.184.64

Thanks. It's Photoshop.

From Burt on Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 20:33:30 from 68.225.214.248

LOL!

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