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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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Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 34.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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8:00 a.m.  No running today.  Gold's Gym / St. George with Sharon.  Upper body light weight repetitions.  3 x 15 x 7 machines.  30 minutes easy cycling on recumbent.  1/2 mile TM walk.  Deseret News 10K tomorrow morning. 

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Race: Deseret News 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:45:43, Place overall: 350, Place in age division: 8
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Deseret News 10K Road Race.  45:43, 7:22 AP.  8th place of 56 in M55-59 division.  First 3 miles with my son, Mark, until he left me in the dust.  He finished 27/119 in M30-34.    Felt pretty good the entire race, including my left knee and right hip issues.  Weather was great with overcast skies.  A bit muggy, but tolerable.  Splits:  7:53, 7:11, 7:05, 6:57, 7:20, 7:39, 7:28.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 6.00
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5:00 a.m.  Gold's Gym for 40 minutes.  20/20 elliptical / upright cycling workout.

6:00 p.m. 5 miles easy recovery run in 45:18 on the Westland route past TATC and USU Extension to Main St. along Vine and home via the paved alley trail.  Quite warm. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m.  Gold's Gym with Sharon.  25 minutes on upper body weight machines 3 x 15 x 6. 6:00 p.m.  6 miles slowly in hot temperatures.  Skyline route to gate and along the Middle Canyon rim and home via cemetery and SR36 to 900 S. and home.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 6.00
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5:00 a.m.  4 easy miles on Skyline route with our recently adopted black lab, Pickles.   I think he did great for a first run!

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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6:45 a.m.  17 mile run.  Tooele to Stockton around north end of Rush Lake through Hoganville over to Mormon Trail Road fronting the base of the Stansbury Range towards Grantsville and entrance to South Willow Canyon.  A nice morning run with the a cooling south breeze which was a blessing since I took no water.  Not so smart, but was only planning on 16 and stopping at a convenience store in Stockton at mile 6, which I didn't do. Next time I stash some H2O or G2 like I usually do.  An encouraging run.  Right hip not too much of a problem, although 3 or 4 reminders that my left knee is still not at 100% yet.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 17.00
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Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 34.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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