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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
23.0819.0042.08
Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 27.00Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 13.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.001.006.00

4 miler this morning at 5:10 a.m.  30 degrees.  3 very easy out and back on Skyline, then a more moderate last mile on loop to 200 S. and 100 W.  Head cold all weekend, not feeling the strongest.  2 miles on TM this evening, building gradually every couple of tenths from 10 minute pace to 8 minute pace last 1/4 mile.  Feeling some better.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 4.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.080.005.08

5 miler at 5:30 a.m.  30 degrees.  Much slower than I thought at 49:30.  Still fighting the cold.  A bit icy conditions on the snow pack at end of Sklyline for a bit.  Felt good running, just slow today.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.005.0010.00

10 miles over 2 runs.  First a 5 mile run at 5:10 a.m. 30 degrees.  No wind.  Very easy for 3 along Skyline, then normal pace for final 2.  Did another 5 miler for a tempo run tonight in 39:26, a 7:53 average pace.  Ran to the mouth of Middle Canyon and back along SR 36 starting out and returning.  Splits: 8:31, 7:59, 7:41, 7:58, and 7:15.  Still not feeling the best and need to kick this cold.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 10.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 easy recovery miles this morning after the tempo run last night.  5:10 a.m.  26 degrees.  Felt pretty good.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 4.00
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4.000.004.00

Slow run early this morning for about 4 miles.  Skyline to Bevan Way and back then lower loop to 200 S. and home.  Long run scheduled tomorrow morning to Stansbury.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 4.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0013.0013.00

A great 13 mile training run today.  From Tooele down thru Erda to Stansbury with a bit more than a mile on the Smelter Road hills.  1:42:20 or 7:51 pace average.  Felt good throughout.  H2O at about 8 miles.  A bit foggy in Stansbury but the sun finally broke through for us.  40 degrees.  Splits: 8:03, 9:00, 7:54, 8:11, 7:25, 7:24, 7:16, 7:18, 7:38, 7:50, 7:49, 8:19, and 7:58.  First run in new shoes felt great.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 13.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
23.0819.0042.08
Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 27.00Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 13.00
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