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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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Sat, Oct 03, 2009
Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:46:09
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
21.205.0026.20

St. George Marathon. 3:46:11 unofficial time from my Garmin.  Not disappointed with the time considering the issues I've had to deal with this year since the sacral stress fracture in late March.  Went out a bit too strong, hoping to be able to hold it for a BQ, but wasn't the day for it.  Set goals of 3:35 ultimate, 3:45 challenging, and sub 4:00 acceptable, so I feel okay with my time.  Didn't run negative splits, but I knew that was a possibility.  1:48 for first half and 1:58 for the second.  Hit the wall around 18, a pinch in my hip around 14, and general intestinal issues that I knew would happen after having been in Argentina for the last 10 days, getting back just in time to head down for the marathon.  Overall I feel pretty good about it.  Fastest mile was mile 6, or going down into Veyo at a 7:24 pace.  Slowest was mile 22 when I hit the wall, 9:35 pace.  Bit of a second wind from mile 24 on in.  This was marathon number 25, and number 17 at SGM.  SGM is a great event!  I need to get caught up on logging my minimal running mileage in Argentina.

Comments
From Burt on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 14:53:54 from 98.167.151.26

Great job. Wow, 25 marathons! That's great.

From artichoke on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 15:16:14 from 208.65.1.186

Thanks, Burt. What's your next event?

From marion on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 15:19:25 from 71.213.105.213

CONGRATULATIONS on a SUPER awesome time!!!

From Kelli on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 15:20:16 from 75.162.136.134

You are so amazing!!! I am glad you are pleased with your time. How was Argentina BTW?

That is a lot of marathons under you belt, you are so very cool!

From Burt on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 15:26:04 from 98.167.151.26

I'm not sure yet. I wanted to do the Mesquite marathon, but I haven't run in a couple of weeks due to a calf injury. I'll see where I'm at Monday.

17 SGMs and still pulling in sub 4's. Still in awe.

From artichoke on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 22:36:36 from 71.38.241.69

Thanks for the comments. Argentina was great. Iguazu' Falls in particular was awesome. Met some great people and did a lot of traveling on the omnibus to various destinations. Spoke a lot of my crummy spanish, but glad my son was with us. Glad to be back home.

From argentinerocket on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 23:48:44 from 98.204.54.245

Sorry I'm late in congratulating you! That is a fabulous time, especially considering your recent travels and injuries! Nice job! Glad you enjoyed the trip, if you have any pics I'd love to see them, I've never been to Resistencia. I hope your son is doing well down there! --Lucia

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