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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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Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 32.00Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 4.00
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5:00 a.m.  5 TM miles at the gym in 46:23.  Slight progression run from 9:50 to 8:30 pace.

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6:00 p.m.  5 easy miles in 48:13 up Skyline Drive and back on the Upland loop.

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5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym with Sharon.  20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

6:00 p.m.  5 miles on the 50 W. and 150 W. alley route, plus West Elementary loop then home.  46:55. 

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

6:15 p.m.  5 miles on the Westland route to USU extension and home via Main and Vine.  45:06, 9:01 AP.  Felt surprisingly strong tonight, which is strange because my knee has been bugging me all day, even on the elliptical this morning.  Felt great after 1.5 miles or so tonight. 

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5:00 a.m.  4 mile run along Skyline and back.  Easy.  Saw Liz and Roland out.

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8:15 a.m.  12 mile run on the Smelter Rd. hills and back direct.  1:51:41, 9:18 AP.  Mostly easy.  Knee seems okay running, but a bit stiff afterwards.

10:30 a.m.  Gold's Gym.  Lt. weight upper body reps.  3 x 15 x 6 machines. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 12.00
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