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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
Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
37.0018.0055.00
Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 50.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
Mon, Aug 06, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.006.0011.00

5:15 a.m.  Ivins, UT.  5 miles easy with Pickles from our place over to Old Highway 91 and back to park.  Up a few block above Center street and back along Puerto Drive.

8:10 p.m.  Tooele, UT.  6 miles in 52:00 along SR 36 NE to mouth of Middle Canyon and down along the golf course to Smelter Road and back home via cemetery and SR 36. Felt good tonight to run with a bit cooler temperatures.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 11.00
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Tue, Aug 07, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  Tooele Gold's Gym with Sharon.  3 x 15 x 6 machines upper body reps.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles in 45:55.  Few twinges in my left knee tonight.  Hopefully nothing to worry about.  Westland route modified to 200 N. and back on 50 W. alley path. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Wed, Aug 08, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.000.0012.00

5:00 a.m.  5 miles easy with my dog.  Skyline route to gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.

6:15 p.m.  7 miles in 1:05:26.  To mouth of Middle Canyon, down Droubay Rd. to Smelter Rd. back via Elton Park and 50 E. alley over to Coleman and 200 S. and home via West Elementary.  Smoke in the air tonight.  A bit breezy last 3 miles or so. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 7.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Aug 09, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

5:00 a.m.  45 minutes at Gold's Gym with Sharon.  3 x 15 x 6 machines, upper body weight reps.  20 minutes upright stationary cycling.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles in 44:45, 8:57 AP.  Pretty warm still.  Tempo pace for 2 miles.  Splits: 9:15, 8:27, 8:39, 9:07, & 9:19.  Knee feeling quite a bit better tonight compared to yesterday. ITB re-visiting the foam roller. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Aug 10, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m.  4 miles easy with Pickles on Skyline Ave. to end of pavement and back direct.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Aug 11, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.0010.0018.00

6:30 a.m.  18 miles.  2:38:47, 8:49 AP.  1st mile with the dog.  Slow running up Smelter Rd. hills until meeting Tina at mile 7 for the rest to the run down through Erda and to the north end of Stansbury Park.  A surprisingly good run.  Knee bugging me early on up the hills but the faster and harder downhill actually felt much better.  Probably need to be rolling that ITB more than I'm doing.  55 mile week.  Very encouraged heading to SGM #19. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 18.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
37.0018.0055.00
Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 50.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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