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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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7:30 p.m.  12 miles in 1:36:42, 8:04 AP.  Tooele to Benson Mill at Stansbury Park with Tina.  Well, actually she left me in the dust.  I think she's ready for her next half-marathon on the 9th of June.  Splits: 7:47, 7:28, 7:32, 7:34, 7:35, 7:54, 8:07, 8:08, 8:27, 8:52, 8:42, 8:37.

9:15 p.m.  Gold's Gym.  3 x 15 x 6 machines.  Upper body light reps. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 12.00
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5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym with Sharon.  20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles along SR36 past the Army Depot gate to the new county jail property and back.  Easy running.  Legs a bit sore from the downhill run yesterday. 

 

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5:00 a.m.  4 TM miles at Gold's.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles in 47:04 to 900 S., Coleman, USU Extension, and back via THS and 400 S. and Main.  Easy.  80 degrees. 

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5:00 a.m.  4 miles.  West side of town, flat running on 400 S. and 200 S. and Vine.  

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7:30 a.m.  3 miles.  Ivins, UT from condo over to Old Highway 91 and back.  

9:00 a.m.  Gold's Gym.  3 x 15 x 7 machines light upper body weight reps. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 3.00
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6:30 a.m.  Approximately 14 miles / 2 hrs. 25 min. (Garmin wrist band broken) from Ivins condo and along Center St./Snow Canyon Parkway to Snow Canyon road along the paved path to above the end and back adding 2 miles on a gravel service road.  Back via the Tuacahn road and Painted Hills Drive heading home.  Saw a lot of folks walking the trail from the Biggest Loser Fitness Ridge Spa. About 3 or 4 vans in the parking lots.

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