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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
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Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 22.00Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 1.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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40 minutes walking this morning with Sharon, Elaine, and Savannah at 5:10 a.m.  60 minutes at the gym tonight at 6:30 p.m.  30 cycling and 30 elliptical.  Legs a bit sore from Ragnar.

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2 miles walking at 5:10 a.m. with Sharon, Elaine, and our lab, Savannah.

5+ miles running at 6:15 p.m., easy recovery run.  Legs still a bit sore.  Back feeling okay.  Didn't push it.  Standard Skyline route to the gate, out via SR 36 and home via Loma Vista and Upland loops. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00
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1 mile running after 1 mile walking with Elaine and Savannah.  5:10 a.m.

4 mile trail run on the Dark Trail in Settlement Canyon at 5:00 p.m.  Easy and careful. 

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 1.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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40 minutes at the gym at 5:00 a.m.  20 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes cycling. 

5 miles at 5:30 p.m. on the Westland route in 47:00.  95 degrees.  Felt decent.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00
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4 miles at 5:00 a.m.  Easy running up Skyline a mile and back home, then 1/2 mile down to the track and back after 4 laps.  Legs a bit tired from last night, but encouraged with four consecutive runs this week.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 4.00
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8 mile run at 7:30 a.m.  1:17:45, only about 9:43 pace.  A nice morning.  Some minor pain at first, but feeling better after 3 miles or so.  Then to the gym at 9:00.  30 min. elliptical and 30 minutes cycling (10 recumbent, 10 spin, 10 upright).  15 minutes of weights.  A pretty good workout this morning.  27 miles this week.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 8.00
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Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 22.00Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 1.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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