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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
33.000.0033.00
Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 20.00Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 3.00
Mon, Jun 04, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

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

6:15 p.m.  5 miles in Settlement Canyon and back, fairly easy.  It's pretty hot, but not like St. George was. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Jun 05, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. at the gym.  25 minutes on weight machines, upper body 3 x 15 x 6 machines, then 20 minutes upright cycling.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles on the Westland loop in 48:11. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Wed, Jun 06, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

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

6:15 p.m.  5 miles n 47:58 to mouth of Middle Canyon and back via cemetery.  Knee bugging me tonight.

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Jun 07, 2012
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5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  Gold's Gym.  25 minutes weights 3 x 15 x 6 machines.  20 minutes recumbent cycling.

5:45 p.m.  5 miles in 46:57 NW past THS to Coleman and 600 North over to Main and back home via the alley pathways.  Knee felt the best it's felt in a long time tonight.  Very strange since last night it felt the worst it's been in weeks.

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Jun 08, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.000.003.00

5:00 a.m.  3 easy miles on Skyline and Upland.  Heading to St. George today.   

Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 3.00
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Sat, Jun 09, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

6:15 a.m.  10 miler in 1:35 with my son Mark from the condo up into Snow Canyon to the end of the paved trail and back.  After 30 years of running I finally have one of my four sons who is now a runner.  He's doing Ragnar next week, although not on my team.

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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
33.000.0033.00
Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 20.00Nike Zoom Structure +15 Gray Miles: 3.00
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