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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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Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 16.00Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 10.00
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5:00 a.m..  20/20 elliptical/recumbent cycling at the gym.  A lot of equipment seems to be getting broken and not getting repaired.  I don't think we're getting our money's worth from the additional "maintenance" fees.  One lady had to get on three different treadmills until she found one working right.  The ellipticals had problems with 4 or 5 machines.

3:00 p.m.  4 mile easy trail run to the top of Little Mountain via the wigwam route and back the same. 

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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5:00 a.m. at the gym with Sharon.  3 x 15 x 6 on weight machines, light upper body reps. Then 20 minutes on the upright cycle.  Level 14, about 17 mph.

 7:00 p.m.  6 miles in 56:33, mostly easy, with some pickups during the last couple of miles.  Westland route from SR36 down through the abandoned airfield and around the USU extension, home via Main and Vine.

 

 

 

 

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 6.00
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5:00 a.m.  20/10 elliptical/stairmaster workout at the gym.

5:00 p.m.  3 TM miles at the gym in 28:14.  Wimped out from running in the rain and wind. 

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5:00 a.m.  20/20 light upper body reps (3x15x6 machines) and 20 recumbent cycling.

6:00 p.m.  4 miles in Settlement Canyon to Left Hand Fork and back via Hood Ave. and 480 S. 

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 4.00
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6:15 a.m.  10 minute recumbent cycling warm up followed by 3 TM miles in 27:51.  Progression run from 10:00 minute pace to near 8:00.  Knee doing okay.

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10:00 a.m.  Gym with Sharon.  3 x 15 x 7 machines.  Lt. weights upper boy reps.  Then 20 minutes easy recumbent cycling.

12:15 p.m.  10 mile run with Tina.  Thurman joined us at bout 3 miles starting up the Smelter road.  Avoided the rain.  Always a long tempo run form me when running with T.  1:23:03, 8:18 AP.  Splits:  8:40, 8:38, 7:45, 8:39, 7:29, 8:02, 8:10, 7:45, 8:37, & 9:14. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 10.00
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