Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

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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

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

5:00 a.m. 40 minutes at Gold's Gym. 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

No run tonight. Resting.

Why do weather forecasters even bother with 7 or even 5 day forecasts? At about 6 days out they were predicting cold, but sunny for St. George on Saturday. Then a couple of days ago, they said cloudy. Now they say rain on Saturday morning now that we're two days away. I guess they've got it all covered, because no matter what happens, they'll be correct. Thanks a lot Grant Weyman and all the rest. It's going to be a cold start either way.

Comments

From Burt on Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 22:08:42 from 72.223.91.148

You should sue the weatherman.

From allie on Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 22:46:42 from 24.10.191.18

i lost all faith in the weatherman when it rained on TOU. KSL...

From artichoke on Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 23:44:03 from 24.2.95.164

Burt....I don't know Sue the Weatherman....or even Sue the meteorologist.

Why do I keep watching KSL weather anyway? Or, maybe they're all equally bad?

Burt never has to think about such things as bad weather. It's always perfect in AZ, at for at least an hour at some point everyday....except when they have those dust storms. Also, probably a missed prediction by some weather dude.

From Burt on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 18:38:07 from 68.14.209.26

I hear KSL is predicting a meteor to hit the earth. Feelings?

From allie on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 18:46:20 from 24.10.191.18

read with your child once a day. everything with be fine.

From Burt on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 19:05:19 from 68.14.209.26

You always know just what to say.

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