Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

Week starting Jun 14, 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
39.05	3.00	42.05

Mon, Jun 15, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

5 slow miles. Sluggish. Felt warmer than it was. Gina struggled tonight also. Hope things go better tomorrow night.

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Tue, Jun 16, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.25	0.00	6.25

6 1/4 miles tonight. 4 with Gina, she did better, but some knee problems in the last 1/2 mile. Cooler weather helped. Hopefully a day off for her tomorrow will too. Light rain towards the end of the run. Solo tomorrow night.

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Wed, Jun 17, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	2.00	6.00

Settlement Canyon up to amphitheater and back. 10:00 minute miles going up. Close to 8:00's last two coming back. Not a good idea. I think it's the hard downhills that is causing me grief. Need to get back running slow easy ones with Gina tomorrow night.

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Thu, Jun 18, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.40	1.00	6.40

6+ miles tonight. 4 with Gina. She did well. We kept it real easy and flat. 5 miler solo in the morning at 5:10 a.m. Pushed the last mile home under 8's.

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Fri, Jun 19, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

5 miles at 5:10 a.m. in 47:58. Ran easy and alone. A bit sluggish but otherwise okay. 12 miler tomorrow, at least 6 with Gina. Matt2 should be there as well. Then were heading to Idaho Falls.

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Sat, Jun 20, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
13.40	0.00	13.40

13.4 miles today. Light rain in places. Gina made 6.4. I'm really proud of her. She was strong at the end, but the cooler temperatures helped. Saw Liz at the golf course, she thought Gina was Tina. I guess they do look alike at a distance. Nice effort today. Very easy except pushed last mile around 8 min pace. Ragnar team is just finishing. Tina is running the last leg right now.

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Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
39.05	3.00	42.05

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