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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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PT today, 4:00 p.m.

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P.T. today at 3:30 p.m.

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P.T. today at 3:00 p.m.

Bought some new shoes today at Salt Lake Running Co.  30% off.  New running store just opened today in Tooele.  Strive Running and Multi-Sport.  Hope they can make it.  Went in and bought some gu and and foam roller tonight.

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7 miles.  It was ugly.  I have been feeling pretty good this week and thought I was ready to go.  I met Tina at the track and we did a couple of fairly easy miles down there.  I was feeling it but it was tolerable, so we hit the roads.  It just gradually got worse until I had to stop at about 5.5 miles.  Tina ran home to get her car.  I stretched out the piriformis and then was able to continue slowly for another 1.5 until she picked me up.  I obviously can't tolerate the running even after 2 weeks off and beginning to feel better with the P.T.  Boston is out, but we'll be there to watch or maybe at least start it.  More P.T. this week.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 7.00
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