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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
39.0010.0049.00
Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 5.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 32.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 6.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 6.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.000.0011.00

5:00 AM  5 miles easy with Rick on Skyline.  46:00.

6:00 PM.  6 miles over to Middle Canyon and up to underground tank and back via cemetery.  54:14.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 5.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 6.00
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5.001.006.00

5:00 AM.  Gym:  Weights, 3x15x6 machines, upper body.  21 minutes cycling.  5 miles.

6:30 PM. 6 miles total. Aborted Yasso workout. Slightly tweaked my right hamstring on the 3rd 800, last turn if first lap. Ran easy after, but could tell I better not push it.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 6.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

5:00 AM  5 miles easy running.  Skyline route.  Much warmer this AM.

6:30 PM. 4 miles with Pickles easy on the Little Mountain double track back trail.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 9.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

6:30 PM. Serengeti Trail run 6 miles. Nice run. Beautiful evening.

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 6.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

7:00 AM.  Gym: 3x15x6 machines, upper body.  20 min. recumbent cycling.

8:00 AM.  5 mile run, easy at 47:00.  Skyline route.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.009.0012.00

8:00 AM. 12 miles from SW Tooele to Stansbury, Benson Mill with Rick and Tina. 1:22 for 10 miles. Tweaked hamstring hurting at 3 then again at 8. Decent run otherwise.

Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 12.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
39.0010.0049.00
Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 5.00Asics 2000 Blue Miles: 32.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 6.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 6.00
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