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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
48.000.0048.00
Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 8.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 36.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 4.00
Mon, Feb 10, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

5AM. 4 TM miles in 36:02. 9:00 AP. slight progression.

4:30 PM. 5 miles on Bonneville Loop in City Creek Canyon, 11th Ave., back by way of Memory Grove. 46:04. 9:13 AP.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 4.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Feb 11, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5AM. Gym: 3x12x6 machines upper body weights. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6AM. 5 miles in 45:43, 9:09 AP. To Middle Canyon and back.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Wed, Feb 12, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

5 AM Gym: 4 TM miles in 35:25, 8:51 AP. Progression run.

5:30 PM. 5 miles in 45:56. Settlement Canyon to gate at reservoir and back plus loop to Vine and home via THS.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 4.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Feb 13, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5AM. Gym: 3x12x6 upper body weights + 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

5:30PM. 5 miles easy in 45:00, 9:00 AP. Westland oute.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Feb 14, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5AM. 4 miles easy on Skyline out and back.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Feb 15, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.000.0016.00

8:30AM. 16 miles in 2:27:13. Ivins to Halfway Wash along Snow Canyon Parkway down to end of trail at Dixie Drive up to Sunset, west thru Santa Clara, up Old Highway 91 into Kayenta and home.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 16.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
48.000.0048.00
Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 8.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 36.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 4.00
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