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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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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 39.00Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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10 miles in 1:23:45 with Tina.  8:21 average pace.  8:00 a.m. on the Smelter Road hills and back.  Memorial Day.  Pushed the downhills a bit.  Splits: 8:34, 9:19, 7:50, 8:59, 9:12, 7:49, 6:55, 7:46, 8:32, and 8:37.  A good run.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 10.00
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5 miles at 5:10 a.m.  Very easy with Matt1 and Elaine.  No rain as was predicted, so it was good.  Nice morning.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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7 mile run at 5:10 a.m. with Matt1 for the first 5.  Pretty slow, but a bit faster than the last couple of days.  10's.  Then last 2 in 8 min. range.  Nice morning.  54 degrees.

Biked 9.43 miles on my mountain bike at 1:15 p.m.  Up into Middle Canyon and up Smelter Road part way and back home.  Not in biking shape right now.  Quads were a burnin' and my seat was a hurtin'.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 7.00
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5 easy miles at 5:10 a.m. with Matt1 and Elaine.  Nice morning at 62 degrees.  Felt pretty good considering running, biking, and walking yesterday.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles easy with Matt1 and Elaine at 5:10 a.m.  Nice morning once again.   60+ degrees.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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12 mile run in 1:41:00, 8:24 average pace.  8 with Tina.  I always run faster with her.  8:00 a.m., much too late and too warm, but overall a good run.  Splits: 8:25, 7:35, 7:48, 8:04, 8:41, 8:54, 8:56, 8:18, 8:23, 8:19, 8:41, and 8:47.  Good effort with 2 miles on up hill finish.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 12.00
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Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 39.00Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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