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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 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 43.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 6.00
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5 miles at 5:05 a.m. in 46:32.  Fairly easy.  Skyline route up to the gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.  Cooler temperature felt very nice.

5 miles at 7:45 p.m. in 41:43, 8:20 average pace.  Tempo run at about 75-80% for miles 2 thru 5.  Splits:  8:44, 7:50, 8:18, 8:34, and 8:15.  Great final mile on the uphill home. Felt good tonight.  About 75 degrees. 

Running with Tina in the morning.  She'll probably run me into the ground and I'll be sore all day tomorrow.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 10.00
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5 miles with Tina in 42:36.  A good effort especially considering last nights 4 of 5 miles at tempo pace.  5:05 a.m. along Skyline route to the gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.  Easy going up, pushed it some coming back.  Always about 5 minutes faster with her.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles very easy at 5:05 a.m.  Standard Skyline route.

6 miles at 7:30 p.m. up Settlement Canyon and along the dark trail and back.  3 miles on canyon trails.  Felt good.

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5 miles in 47:56.  Easy run up Skyline to gate and back.  5:15 a.m.

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5 miles at 5:05 a.m.  Easy wandering run around town and eventually to upper end of Skyline to end of pavement and back direct.  Cooler still this morning, but felt very nice.

18 miler scheduled for tomorrow morning.  14 with Tina to Stansbury after the Smelter Rd. Hills.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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18 miles in 2:28:29.  8:14 average pace.  Generally a good run, although I struggled a lot after about mile 15.  Tina left me in the dust for the last few miles.  She is really running well right now.  I look for her to do very well next week at Hobble Creek.  Nice morning for a run.  Ran up the Smelter Road hills and back before meeting up with her.  She was planning on 14 and did 15.   Then we went down through Erda and into Stansbury Park finishing at the Benson Mill.  My splits:  10:08, 9:09, 8:07, 9:48, 9:42, 9:24, 8:43, 7:45, 7:01, 7:06, 7:13, 7:20, 7:22, 7:25, 7:51, 7:53, 8:06,  and 8:16.  Taper next week until Hobble Creek Half Marathon next Saturday. 

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 18.00
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