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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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Happy 4th of July.  5 mile easy run at 6:45 a.m.  Warm, but overcast.  Slow running but made 5 instead of 3.  Felt decent.  Opted not to run the local 5K race today.  We're headed to Tina's to watch the race, parade, and have breakfast.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00
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Gold's Gym at 5:30 a.m.  40 minutes.  Felt sluggish today.  20 minutes on elliptical and 20 minutes on cycles.  Couldn't seem to get my HR up today even though I was maintaining same MPH/RPM and resistance levels as usual.  Legs just didn't want to go any harder.  Run later today hopefully, but my wife is going in for some surgery, so I'll have to see how things go.

5 miles in 46:45, or 9:21 average pace.  4:30 p.m.  Felt okay.  82 degrees.  Up Settlement Canyon to above Legion Park and back.  Warning signs posted for both rattle snakes and cougar sightings.  Nice!  Glad I wasn't on the Dark Trail today.  

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00
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Gym at 5:00 a.m.   40 minute workout.  20 minutes elliptical and 20 minutes cycling.

5 miles in 45:27, 9:05 average pace.  8:30 p.m. to mouth of Middle Canyon and back.  Pick ups to 7:30 pace parts of final mile.  Back was bothering me a bit early, but felt okay after half way. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00
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Gold's Gym at 5:30 to 7:00 a.m.  20 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes cycling (10 min. on upright and 10 on recumbent).  3 mile TM progression run, starting at 10:00 min. pace and finishing at 8:00 min. pace.  20 minutes light upper body weights.

 Registered for Deseret News 10K yesterday. 

4.3 mile run at 5:45 p.m. 80 degrees, overcast, and muggy.  Ran the paved alleys and back plus loop around the high school. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 7.00
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40 minutes at Gold's Gym at 5:00 a.m.  20 minutes elliptical and 20 minutes cycling.

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8 miles in 1:15:58.  Smelter Road up first hill and back home via Pinehurst.  Felt better after the first 4 miles.

Changed shirts and headed to the gym.  30 minutes elliptical.  30 minutes cycling, breaking it up with 10+ min. on upright, 10 min. on recumbent, and 10+ min. on spin cycle.  15 to 20 minutes of light weights. 

A 30 mile week with no real issues. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 8.00
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