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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
19.0017.0036.00
Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 20.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 16.00
Mon, May 03, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 easy miles at 5:10 a.m.  Standard route.  38 degrees.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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Tue, May 04, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.005.005.00

5 miles in 43:36 at 5:05 a.m.  47 degrees.  Final tempo run.  Mostly working on form today.  Felt good throughout.  Felt strong on the uphills.  I think I'm as ready as I'll get.  Tapering.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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Wed, May 05, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 miles at 5:10 a.m.  Very easy.  37 degrees.  Standard Skyline route plus loop to west.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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Thu, May 06, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 miles fairly easy at 5:05 a.m.  Skyline to gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.  Continuing to taper.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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Fri, May 07, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.002.004.00

4 miles easy going up.  More moderate effort coming back.  36:50.  34 degrees.  Temperature has been going the wrong direction this week.  Progressively colder each morning.  5:10 a.m.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 4.00
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Sat, May 08, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.0010.0012.00

12 miles at 8:15 a.m.  8+ with Tina.  1:40:44 or 8:24 aveage pace.  Nice running weather today.  5 other runners out.  Fastest mile was 7:36.  Slowest was 8:41, so a good even effort overall.  I feel ready for Ogden next Saturday.  Tina is doing Bay to Breakers in San Francisco.  I'll be in Chicago all this week, so I'm glad I'm in taper down mode.  Looking forward to a couple of runs on the Lakefront Path, however rain is predicted all week there.  Maybe I'll be on a treadmill at the hotel.  We'll see.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 12.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
19.0017.0036.00
Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 20.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 16.00
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