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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
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Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 46.00Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00
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2.506.509.00

5 miles at 5:10 a.m. in 45:38, 9:07 average pace.  Up to gate on Skyline and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops. 5,100 ft. to 5,500 ft. over 2.5 miles.  Final mile coming back in 7:53.  Second run at 6:10 p.m. 4 miles in 33:01, 8:15 average pace per mile.  Moderate to tempo effort.  Zig-zag route through town to Vine St. at Community Garden toward mouth of Middle Canyon.  Splits: 8:38 and 8:35 up and 7:42 and 8:02 coming back.  Beat the darkness getting home.  Days are getting longer!

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 10.00
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5 miles at 5:10 a.m.  Very easy.  Good recovery run.  36 degrees.

6 miles in 20:25 on stationary bike at 6:10 p.m.  Low resistance, higher reps.

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7.502.5010.00

5 miles in 46:46 at 5:10 a.m.  Skyline Drive to gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland Loops.  40 degrees or more.  Should have had one less layer and been in shorts.  The warm before the storm, I suppose.

Yasso intervals at 5:00 p.m. at Stansbury High School track, 5 x 800's in 3:17, 3:19, 3:18, 3:16, and 3:18 with 400 recovery after each.  1 mile warm up in Stansbury before hitting the track.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #1 Miles: 5.00Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles easy recovery run this morning at 5:10 a.m.  40 degrees.

6 miles cross training on stationary bike at 6:15 p.m.  21:57.  Slightly higher resistance from Tuesday.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles in light snow this morning.  Roads were okay, lawn was covered.  Temperature was still decent.  No wind.  Easy run.  Long tomorrow.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 5.00
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16 mile run at 9:00 a.m.  2:17:38, 8:36 average pace.  Sunny, 40 to 50 degrees.  Nice day, some breeze up on the hill.  From home to Middle Canyon and up 1.2 miles, down Droubay along the golf course and up Smleter Road hills to the gate and back.  Down Droubay to 1000 N. to Broadway and up through town.  Fastest miles 7:51 and 7:55.  Slowest 9:24 on the big hill.  Felt pretty good today.  50 mile week is right on schedule.  2 weeks until Moab.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 16.00
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