Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

Week starting Jun 07, 2009

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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
34.50	6.25	40.75

Mon, Jun 08, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

6+ miles tonight at 6:00 p.m. Warmer than we expected. 4+ miles with Gina. Took the Middle Canyon out and back. She's getting stronger on the moderate uphills each week. We'll focus on hills once a week.

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Tue, Jun 09, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.50	0.00	6.50

4 miles with Gina in the rain. Ligtning got a little scarey for a while there. 6 1/2 miles total for me. A great run all things considered. Still running very slowly.

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Wed, Jun 10, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

5+ miles in 47:30. 7:45 p.m. Solo tonight. Didn't push much, but felt good to back at my normal efforts. Feeling okay, not 100%, but still improving and no real set backs.

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Thu, Jun 11, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

6 miles tonight. Rain in last mile after leaving Gina. She did 4 miles, that's (3) 4 milers this week for her. She's doing well and is right on schedule for DN 10K and TOU 1/2. It's fufn being her coach!

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Fri, Jun 12, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	5.00	5.00

5 "fast" miles doesn't mean the same as a few weeks ago, but relatively fast for what I've been doing lately. Felt good. 5+ miles on the Provo River Trail between Nunn's Park and Vivian Park and back. Nice, pleasant day. No rain today, but probably not so lucky tomorrow or next week. Utah Valley Marathon tomorrow for some. Good luck to Marion and others who may be doing it.

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Sat, Jun 13, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
11.00	1.25	12.25

12 miles at 9:00 a.m. Very easy running wtih Gina and Matt2. Gina's fist 6 miler, wtih major improvement on pace over last weeks 5 miler. I am really proud of her. I did another 2.5 with Matt and the rest by myself. Feeling pretty good, but running pretty slow. But, I'm just happy to be back at it.

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Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
34.50	6.25	40.75

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