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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
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Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 39.00
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5.000.005.00

5:10 a.m. run.  5 miles easy.  20 degrees, clear.  Untimed.  Wore my chronograph instead of my Garmin and forgot to shut it off until after I was out of the shower.  7 miles cross training on the stationary bike for 25:15 at 6:00 p.m.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles at 5:10 a.m. in 48:17.  22 degrees and mostly clear.  Slow and easy running.  Tempo effort scheduled for tomorrow morning unless it's windy or stormy.  Hope I don't have to return to the TM.  Feeling good right now.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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5:10 a.m.  5+ miles in 42:57, about 8:34 pace overall.  Not bad for not sleeping well last night.  Insomnia or something from about 1:45 a.m. on.  Felt good to push the pace some.  Tempo effort for much of the run.  Tempo runs are always tough at this time of year and at that time of day!  22 degrees, no wind, no smog.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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4.700.004.70

Slow, easy 4.7 mile run this morning at 5:10 a.m. on lightly snow covered streets.  Cross training tonight on the stationary bike for 5.25 miles in 20 minutes.  Temperatures up a bit this morning, supposed to be in the basement tomorrow morning.

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5:10 a.m. run.  5 miles VERY easy.  Probably 10 min. miles or so.  A bit sluggish.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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4.0010.0014.00

  • 14 mile loop today at 8:29 average pace.  9:00 a.m.  30 degrees.  Fairly easy running for much of the run.  Utah Avenue and Smelter Road to Droubay down to Erda Way and west through Erda.  South on Sheep's Lane past Miller Sports Park and finishing at Deseret Peak Complex at exactly 14 miles.  Slow the last couple.  Splits:  8:16, 8:44, 8:06, 7:53, 8:11, 7:56, 8:04, 8:12, 8:13, 8:30, 8:28, 8:42, 9:06, and 9:27.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 14.00
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