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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 #3 Miles: 26.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 4.00
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5.005.0010.00

5 miles in 46:33 at 5:10 a.m.   Skyline Ave. to gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland.  Very warm morning.  Liz, Roland, and Stacy out this morning.  One other dude as well.

5 mile tempo run in 40:09 at 8:15 p.m.  Still warm.  82 degrees starting out.  Around town 200 S., 100 S. and Vine end to end and back home.  Splits:  8:36, 8:10, 7:32, 7:58, and 7:52. 

 

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 10.00
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5.000.005.00

5 miles slow, easy recovery run.  47:30.  1 mile with Liz and Roland.  5:10 a.m.  A bit cooler this morning felt really nice.  Skyline gate and back on Upland.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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3.002.005.00

5 miles at 5:10 a.m. in 45:36, 9:07 average pace. Easy running, but faster than it felt especially with warm temperatures nearing 80 degrees, higher humidity, and then the winds were kicking up pretty good and coming down the both canyons. A couple of really strong gusts from Settlement Canyon about stopped me in my tracks twice.  4 miles scheduled for tomorrow morning with a rest day on Friday with just some walking or maybe a short bicycle ride and then ready for the 10K on Saturday.  Early rise and start.  Amy and Kurt going with me.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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4.000.004.00

4 easy ones along Skyline to end of pavement and back.  Slept in until 5:30 a.m.  Rest tomorrow and 10K on Saturday.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 4.00
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Race: Deseret News 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:43:49, Place overall: 347, Place in age division: 14
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0.006.206.20

Deseret News 10K.  43:49, 7:03 average pace.  14/78 in M50-54 and 347/2343 total field. 277/1110 overall gender.  Slowest mile in 7:38.  Fastest mile in 6:31.  Felt pretty good about the race.  Goal was low 43's or under 7:00 pace.  Wasn't quite there, but was through 5 miles.  Could only hold a 7:38 on the final mile, so I definitely didn't leave anything out there.  Amy did very well, as did Kurt.  Anxious to see final results and how everyone else did.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 6.00
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17.0013.2030.20
Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 26.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 4.00
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