Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

Week starting May 08, 2011

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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 miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	12.00

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 3.00	Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 9.00

Mon, May 09, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

40 minutes walking this morning in the rain with Elaine and Savannah. 3 TM miles at 6:00 p.m. Progression run from 10:00 min. pace to 8:30 pace. Raining outside, so I wimped. Spring is not really here.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 3.00

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Tue, May 10, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Gym today. 20 minutes on elliptical, 20 minutes on upright stationary cycle and 10 minutes on recumbent. A good sweat. Also 40 minutes walking with Elaine and Savannah at 5:10 a.m. Finished up with 1/2 mile run. Elaine's foot doing better.

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Wed, May 11, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

4 miles in Settlement Canyon, up to Legion Park and back. Easy running, nice day. 60 degrees and sunny at 6:05 p.m. Best I've felt in weeks, but still quite slow and not pushing. Didn't feel much other than a bit on the steeper downhill. Still waiting on MRI results.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 4.00

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Thu, May 12, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

40 minutes at gym at 5:00 a.m. 20 minutes on elliptical and 20 minutes cycling (10 upright, 10 recumbent).

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Fri, May 13, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

30 minutes walking this morning w/ Savannah. 10 minutes at home on the Total Gym tonight.

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Sat, May 14, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

5 easy miles from gym to Grimm's gate and home direct. Felt decent after first doing 50 minutes at the gym. 20 min. elliptical, 10 minutes on upright cycle, 10 minutes on recumbent, and 10 minutes on spin bike. Encouraging workout today. Next week Tina and I plan on hitting the trails in Settlement Canyon, barring anymore snow/rain.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00

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Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	12.00

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 3.00	Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 9.00

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