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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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Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 14.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 27.00Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 10.00
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5:00 a.m. 5 easy miles on Skykine to Grimm's Gate and back on the lower loops with Rick and Pickles.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles to mouth of Middle Canyon and back in 43:37. 90 degrees. Tempo effort in places. Legs still sore from Saturday's trail run.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. Gym w/ Sharon. 3x15x6 machines upper body weights. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles in 42:36 in the 90 degree heat on the Westland route.

Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 5.00
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11.000.0011.00

5:00 a.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles on Skyline and lower loops coming back.

5:45 p.m. 6 miles in 55:07 in Settlement Canyon in very hot temperatures.

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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym with Sharon. 3x10x6 machines @ +5 to 10 lbs. additional weights, upper body then 20 minutes upright stationary cycling, 5+ miles.

6:00 p.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles in 47:28 to mouth of Middle Canyon and back direct.

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4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. 4 easy miles with Pickles on Skyline to 1400 East and back direct.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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6:30 a.m. Ivins and St. George. 16 miles in 2:26:57 with Rick. East on Snow Canyon Parkway Trail, Halfway Wash Trail south to Dixie Drive and Santa Clara Path to Confluence. Virgin River Trail to Middleton Wash Trail up to near Gold's Gym. Not overly warm, but very muggy for SG. We were soaking wet when we finished. A nice run.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 16.00
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