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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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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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Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 32.00
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Orlando, FL. 5:45 p.m. EST. 4 miles around the hotel and by Seaworld. 36:22 easy. 75 degrees. Left Tooele this morning at 16 degrees. A bit of a shock to the system.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 4.00
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10:30 a.m. 20 minutes easy on the recumbent at the Fitness Center. 6 miles in 56:51 on loop course west and then north of the Convention Center mostly along International Avenue. Back to the Fitness Center for 20 minutes on the elliptical. Warm and muggy. 82 degrees.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 6.00
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5:45 pm. 4 miles very easy in 37:58. Loop around hotels towards Seaworld and back with loop in the parking lot.

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Orlando, FL. 3:00 pm. 6 miles easy in 54:06, 9:01 AP. North out and back on International.

Fitness Center afterwards. 20/20 elliptical/recumbent cycling.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 6.00
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No running today. Travel day. Orlando to Phoenix to Salt Lake City by plane. To Tooele by bus. To St. George by car.

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9:30 a.m. St. George Gold's Gym. 3x15x8 machines upper body weights.

2:00 p.m. Snow Canyon and Ivins. 12 miles easy in 1:56:09. 10 mile out and back in Snow Canyon, 1:35, then 2 mile Ivins loop with Pickles.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 12.00
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