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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
25.007.0032.00
Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 15.00Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 17.00
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes upright stationary cyling.

5:30 p.m.  5 miles in 46:18.  Skyline and Upland loop.  Nice running temperature.   Watched the Boston Marathon live streaming this morning.  Looked grueling in the heat.  Felt bad for our friends back there today. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym.  25 minutes light reps with 3 x 15 x 6 machines, followed by 15 minutes elliptical.

 6:15 p.m. 4 miles in 37:00 along 900 S., Coleman, and USU extension loop.

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 4.00
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Wed, Apr 18, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.001.005.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym.  Upright cycling.

5:00 p.m.  5 TM miles at the gym in 47:05.  Progression run 9:50 to 8:20 pace.

 

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Apr 19, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym.  25 light weight reps, 3 x 15 x 6 machines, followed by 15 min. elliptical.

7:00 p.m.  4 miles through town towards Middle Canyon and back via the cemetery.  Knee doing better, but clearly have a problem on irregular surfaces, like grass.  My trail running days may not happen this year unless this improves.  Otherwise I'm feeling okay, even on the decent downhills. 

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 4.00
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Fri, Apr 20, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m.  4 miles easy on my old standard early morning route along Skyline Drive to end of asphalt and back direct.  Nice morning.  Saw Liz out and talked for a bit.  Knee felt amazingly well after hurting somewhat last night.

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Apr 21, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.006.0010.00

8:30 a.m.  10 mile run with Tina in 1:25:14, 8:32 AP on the Smelter Road hills.  Got warm the last couple of miles.  We should have gone about an hour earlier.  

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 10.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
25.007.0032.00
Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 15.00Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 17.00
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