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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
Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
21.0016.0037.00
Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 14.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 23.00
Sun, Apr 07, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

Registered For SGM #20 today. Hope I can stay healthy enough to make it.

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Mon, Apr 08, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.001.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym. 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

6:15 p.m. 5 TM miles at the gym. 46:03 progression run. Wimped out running in the rain tonight.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Apr 09, 2013
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5.000.005.00

6:00 p.m. 5 miles in 45:15 to mouth of Middle Canyon via SR 36, Skyline, East Broadway and back via cemetery. Sunny but cold at 39 degrees.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

5:00 a.m.  Gold's Gym.  20/20 elliptical/cycling.

11:45 a.m.  5 miles on the Bonneville loop in City Creek Canyon and up to F Street on 11th Ave.  Back via lower canyon and Memory Grove.  Sunny, but still a bit chilly with the breeze.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Apr 11, 2013
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5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym with Sharon. 3x15x6 machines +5 or 10 lbs. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:30 p.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles in 48:20 to mouth of Middle Canyon via SR36, Skyline, E. Broadway, and Vine. Back via cemetery and 400 S.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Apr 12, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 miles at 5:00 a.m. with Pickles on the Skyline route.  The deer and the skunks were out in force this morning.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Apr 13, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0013.0013.00

9:00 a.m. 13 mile tempo run with Tina across town in Tooele then down through Erda and through Stansbury Park via the high school and back over to Benson Mill. 1:43:30 for 13.1 miles, 7:54 AP. 1:17:45 at 10 miles, 1:35:00 at 12 miles, 1:42:39 at 13. Cloudy day, slight tail wind.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 13.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
21.0016.0037.00
Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 14.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 23.00
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