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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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Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 30.00
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4.000.004.00

2 easy recovery miles this morning on the roads at 5:10 a.m. followed later by 2 TM miles at easy pace then 3 miles on the stationary bike.  Legs a bit sore, hamstrings mostly.  I need to get going on a stretching routine!

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 2.00
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4 miles this morning in light snowfall.  Sticking to the roads and just a little bit slick.  5:10 a.m. run on Skyline to end of asphalt and back direct.  2 more miles on the treadmill at 3:00 p.m. followed by 3 miles on stationary bicycle.  Heel feeling a bit better.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 4.00
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4 slow easy miles this morning. 28 degrees. 5:10 a.m. run.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 4.00
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6.001.007.00

5:10 a.m. run.  30 degrees.  A bit foggy, but not bad.  4 miles very easy.  3 more TM miles tonight at 6:00 p.m. increasing gradually from 10:00 pace to 7:40 pace throughout.  Then 3 miles on stationary bike.  New shoes arrived yesterday.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 4.00
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5:10 a.m. run.  3 easy and 1 moderate.  28 degrees.  12 miles scheduled for my long run tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.  Feeling pretty good.  Heel a bit of a problem starting out, but loosens up during the run and doesn't hurt much afterwards.  Eventually I'm going to have to face the knife and have the spur on the back of the heel removed.  I've done well the past 3 or 4 year since it was found, so hopefully no worries right now, but it's been a bit of a pain at times for almost the past 2 weeks.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 4.00
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3.009.0012.00

8:00 a.m. run.  Cloudy and 27 degrees starting out.  12 miles in 1:41:32, 8:27 pace overall.  Did the Vine-Droubay-Pine Canyon Road-Overlake loop.  Returning thru Gleneagles and along 1000 W. off of Rogers Road up to Vine and finishing coming down 100 W. to Utah Avenue.  Generally a good run.  Last uphill section was a bit tough.  Splits: 8:51, 8:43, 7:41, 7:26, 7:39, 8:13, 8:21, 8:11, 8:55, 8:43, 9:21, 9:23.  Heel felt okay but still hasn't totally gone away.  37 miles this week.  January is about done.  One more 4 week long drudgery month and spring will be in sight as will the Canyonlands 1/2 Marathon next up in mid-March.  My favorite 1/2 Marathon by far.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 12.00
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Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 30.00
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