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Dogtown 1/2 Marathon

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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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8:30AM. Ivins, Utah. 10 miles up into Snow Canyon to end of paved pathway and back. 1:34:15.

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5AM. Gym: 3x12x6 machines upper body weights. 15 minutes recumbent cycling.

6PM. 5 miles in 45:27, 9:05 AP. To Middle Canyon and back.

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5AM. Gym: 20/20 elliptical/upright cycling (5m) workout.

6PM. 5 miles easy in 46:08, Westland Route. Last run before Dogown 1/2 on Saturday.

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

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Race: Dogtown 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:42:40, Place overall: 133, Place in age division: 3
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Dogtown 1/2 Marathon. 1:42:40, 7:50 AP. 3rd M55-59. Rick: 1:30:35. 4th M25-29. Ashlee: 1:38:21. 10th F30-34.

A fun course. Pretty decent event.

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