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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
28.006.0034.00
Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 10.00Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 24.00
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  20/20 workout.  Elliptical/Upright cycling at Gold's Gym.

6:15 p.m.  5 mile run to mouth of Middle Canyon and back.  Solo in 47:15. 

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Tue, May 01, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  45 minutes at the gym.  25 min. light upper body reps.  3 x 15 x 6 machines.  Then 20 minutes on elliptical.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles in 45:25 with Thurman on the 50 W. and 150 W. alley paths, plus loop to West Elementary School and back. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Wed, May 02, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at gym.  20/20 elliptical/upright stationary cycling.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles on Skyline route to gate and back on Upland loop.  47:20 AP w/Thurman. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Thu, May 03, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

5:00 a.m.  Gold's Gym, 45 minutes. 25 on light weight upper body reps, 3 x15 x 6 machines, then 20 min. elliptical.

6:15 p.m.  5 mile run. Westland route along Coleman down past USU extension to C&G, back to Main and Vine and home via Fairlane.  45:04, solo.  

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Fri, May 04, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m.  4 mile easy run on Skyline.  Caught up with Liz and Roland and ran with them for a short while before having to turn back at my 2 mile point and the end of the asphalt.

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 4.00
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Sat, May 05, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.004.0010.00

9:15 a.m. at the gym.  12 minutes recumbent cycling warm-up then 10 TM miles in 1:31:40.

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 10.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
28.006.0034.00
Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 10.00Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 24.00
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