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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
28.0014.0042.00
Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 18.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 19.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

Ivins, UT. 8:30 AM. 5 miles easy recovery run on the Toe Trail and wash trail to the eat with Pickles.

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.003.007.00

9:30 AM. St. George to Ivins. 1 mile warm up on the Tuweap Pathway. Yasso 800's at the Snow Canyon High School track. 3:32, 3:35, 3:25 with 400 recovery after each. 3+ miles home on the Lava Flow pathway plus loop in Padre Lakes. 7+ miles.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 7.00
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6.001.007.00

Ivins, UT. 8:45 AM. 7 miles easy in 1:05. West on 400 S. and Old Highway 91 to the Ansazi Valley trail and along the petraglyphs path and back direct past the Biggest Loser Fitness Ridge and home via 200 West. Breezy and partly sunny.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.004.006.00

Ivins, UT. 6 miles in 51:28. 8:34,AP. To Tuacahn and back home via Mesa Vista and Docena. 4 miles at tempo pace.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 6.00
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9:15 AM. Snow Canyon Parkway Path from Halfway Wash to house with Pickles. Easy in 45:27, 9:05 AP.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 5.00
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6.006.0012.00

Ivins, UT. 9:00 AM. 12 miles in 1:47:08, 8:55 AP. Snow Canyon to end of paved path, uphill in 46:30. Back home plus 2 miles in West Canyon. Nice morning!

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 12.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
28.0014.0042.00
Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 18.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 19.00
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