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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 2000 Aqua #2 Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Lifetime Miles: 393.10
Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Lifetime Miles: 610.30
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Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Lifetime Miles: 355.00
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Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 29.20Nike Free Miles: 2.00
Race: Deseret News 10K (6.23 Miles) 00:49:18, Place overall: 545, Place in age division: 13
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Deseret News 10K.  6:00 a.m.  49:18, about 7:55 overall pace.  Felt pretty good throughout. Held back first mile and tried to pick it up some through the end.  Splits: 8:06, 7:46, 8:04, 7:50, 7:53, 7:58.   Plenty left in the tank at the finish.  Michelle ran her first 10K and got in under an hour.  Pat ran 3:50 in the marathon.  His third sub 4 this year.  I was 13th place of 59 in AG, Tina was 1st place of 54 in hers, but she would have been 1st in the AG below as well.  Way to go!  Overcast skies.  Happy 24th of July!

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 6.20
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2.000.002.00

40 minutes on bicycle this morning on the flatland at Stansbury Park.  Then to the gym with 30 minutes elliptical, 20 minute progression run on the TM, 10 minutes on the Stairmaster for 51 floors and 15 minutes of upper body lt. body weight reps.  Feeling pretty good.

Nike Free Miles: 2.00
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5:00 a.m. at gym for 40 minutes.  20 min. elliptical and 20 min. on cycles,

5 easy miles in 47:18 at 6:15 p.m.  Through town to mouth of Middle Canyon and back direct.  Feeling okay. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00
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6.000.006.00

Gym at 6:45 a.m. for 40 minutes.  20 min. on elliptical and 20 min. cycling.

9:00 a.m. appointment with the spine doctor.  All clear for trying to pick up my mileage beyond 30.  Recommends a 3rd injection in 3 months if it worsens.  Right now it's been pretty tolerable.

6:00 p.m. 6 mile run easy into Middle Canyon to water storage tank below Angel's Grove and back. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 6.00
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4.000.004.00

4 mile run at 5:00 a.m.  Pretty easy up Skyline to end of asphalt and home.  Back not feeling the best this morning even after stretching routine.  Too much lifting moving some furniture last night.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 4.00
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Gym at 5:00 a.m. on a Saturday?  Are you kidding me?  Lot's to do today.  40 minutes of elliptical.  

8 mile run at 7:30 p.m.  Muggy but overcast.  Smelter Road hill and back via Droubay, Vine, Highland, and 200 W.  Felt pretty good especially the last 2 to 3 miles.  Didn't push it too much until then.  A good week. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 8.00
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Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 29.20Nike Free Miles: 2.00
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