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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
42.004.0046.00
Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 8.00Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 24.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 9.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.000.0011.00

5:00 a.m. 4 miles on Skyline with Pickles.

6:30 p.m. 7 miles in Settlement Canyon in 1:05 to about .25 miles above the gate and back.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 7.00
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5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gym. 3x15x6 machines, 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles with Pickles mostly along the mountain ridges behind Little Mountain and back down from the water tank road to Skyline and Bevan. Home via SR36. About an hour run.

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00
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7.000.007.00

5:00 a.m. 4 miles easy with Pickles on Skyline Drive route,

6:15 p.m. Group run with Tooele Running team. 5K. 28:00+

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 4.00Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 3.00
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5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym. 20/20 upright cycling (5 miles) / elliptical workout.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles of hills in Middle Canyon with Pickles. From Golf Course clubhouse up 2.5 and back.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. 4 miles with Pickles on Skyline.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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10.004.0014.00

6:45 a.m. 14 miles in 2:08:28 (14.5). Smelter Road to gate and back plus 1 mile up Middle Canyon and back.

9:09 AP. Splits: 9:20, 9:29, 8:44, 9:34, 9:12, 9:09, 8:51, 8:34, 8:22, 9:03, 10:09, 9:11, 9:26, 9:08.

Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 14.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
42.004.0046.00
Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 8.00Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 24.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 9.00
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