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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
34.0020.0054.00
Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 9.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 33.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 12.00
Mon, Mar 17, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

5:00 AM. 5 miles easy on the Skyline route and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops. Fairly wam.

6:00 PM. 5 miles in 45:11, 9:02 AP. To mouth of Middle Canyon and back via cemetery. Cold NW wind. Sore legs.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Mar 18, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.001.007.00

7 miles total. 2x800 @ 3:33, 3:26, with 400 recovery after each. 1 mile warm-up. 1 mile cool down plus 1 1/2 run to past USU Extension and back.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 7.00
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Wed, Mar 19, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

5:00 AM 5 easy miles on the Skyline route going out and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.

6:00 PM. 5 miles in Settlement Canyon. 46:00, 9:12 AP.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 10.00
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Thu, Mar 20, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.005.005.00

6:00 PM. 5 miles in 43:01, 8:36 AP. Thru town down to Smelter Rd. and back home. Felt good tonight after feeling sluggish all week.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Mar 21, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 AM. Easy 4 miles out and back. Tons of deer out this morning.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Mar 22, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.0014.0018.00

Ivins,UT. 8:30 AM. 18 miles in 2:39:17, 8:51, AP. From house along Snow Canyon Parkway east to Half-way Wash and down along Dixie Drive and the Santa Clara trail to the confluence, then up along the Virgin River trail to the closure, then up Middleton Wash trail, adding one loop around Red Cliffs Mall to finish at Gold's Gym o meet Sharon. 54 miles this week. Feeling pretty good.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 18.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
34.0020.0054.00
Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 9.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 33.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 12.00
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