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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
34.009.0043.00
Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 19.00Asics 2150 Red #1 Miles: 24.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.001.009.00

5 miles at 5:00 a.m. along Skyline to Grimm's Gate and back thru Loma Vista and Upland loops.  A bit muddy on the dirt road.  Easy, slow recovery run.  Felt okay.

 4 TM miles at 6:15 p.m.  Progression run 10:00 min. pace to sub 9:00 with incline progression from .5 to 4%. 

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 4.00Asics 2150 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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5 TM miles at 5:00 a.m. Slow running in 46:56.  2 to 3 inches of snow overnight.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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5 TM miles in 46:35 at 5:00 a.m.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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3.002.005.00

5 TM miles in 43:35.  Progression run from 10:00 min. pace to 7:30 pace.  Wimped at 18 degrees.  Sheez! Get out on the roads for crying out loud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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5 very slow miles at 4:55 a.m.  Out Skyline to the edge of Middle Canyon at the gate and back thru Loma Vista and along Upland. Liz and Roland out today.  Back hurting pretty bad this morning after getting up.  Felt a little better running.

Asics 2150 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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8.006.0014.00

14 miles in 2:03:24, 8:48 overall average pace.  8:00 a.m. with Tina.  Sunny day, but still a bit cold starting out at 30 degrees.  Ran the perimeter loop, Droubay Rd. on the east, Pine Canyon Rd. over through Overlake and up Coleman on the west, back down to Tina's and returning home via 100 West.  Back okay while running, but sure tightens up when I stop.  43 mile week.

Asics 2150 Red #1 Miles: 14.00
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Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 19.00Asics 2150 Red #1 Miles: 24.00
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