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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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5 slow recovery miles in 47:51, 9:33 pace.  50 degrees at 5:00 a.m.

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5 miles in 46:47, 9:21 pace overall.  5:00 a.m. and 50 degrees but windy.  Slow running and muddy up near the gate.  My shoes are a mess.  Felt okay.  Didn't push it this morning.  I'm not seeing any runners out lately.  Even on my 14 miler on Saturday, we only saw one other runner.  People are still waiting for spring to get here, but Saturday was fantastic and no day for a dreadmill run.

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5 miles very slow at 9:39 pace.  38 degrees.

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5 miles at 5:00 a.m. in 46:19 or 9:14 pace oveall.  Trackwork tonight at 6:30 p.m. 3x800 in 3:18, 3:15, and 3:17 with 400 recovery after each.  1/2 mile to and from track.  A bit breezy.

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5 miles in 48:03. Light snow but roads were okay. Can't get my Garmin to download onto my computer. Don't know what's wrong. 14 miler tomorrow.

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14 miles in 1:58:09.  8:26 pace two weeks in a row.  Near identical times.  Met Tina at 9:00 a.m.  She really helps me push those downhills.  We were flying coming down the Smelter Road.  Struggled the last 2 miles or so, but otherwise a really great run on a nice, sunny day.  A bit nippy starting out.  50 degrees near the end.  Dressed just right.  Shorts with two long sleeved top and gloves.  Really a nice and clear day and quite a view of the lake and valley.  Saw Liz and Roland coming up the hill when we were coming back.  They're planning on doing the Spectrum 10K in St. George towards the end of March.  3 weeks until Moab, runnings going good.  Stretching a bit more, still having some tight hamstrings and calf muscles.  Looking forward to spring.  March arrives tomorrow and that's close enough for me!

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