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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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Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Lifetime Miles: 610.30
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Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Lifetime Miles: 355.00
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5:00 a.m. Gym. 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

6:15 p.m. 3 miles easy with Pickles mostly on the grass fields. Pretty warm.

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6:15 p.m. 5 miles on the double track trail behind Little Mountain and up past the water tank to upper Deer Hollow area and back with Pickles.

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

6:15 p.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles to mouth of Middle Canyon and back.

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5:00 a.m.  3x10x6 machines upper body weights +5 to 10 lbs.  20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles with Pickles, easy to mouth of Middle Canyon and back. 

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5:00 a.m.  4 miles easy on Skyline Drive with Pickles.  Liz and Roland out with J. Dog.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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8:30 a.m. 10 miles, Snow Canyon up and back to end of paved trail with my son, Rick. His first 10 miler. Way to go Rick!! 1:35:47.

Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 10.00
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