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Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon

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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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5 miles at 8:05 p.m.  Westland loop up to Settlement Point then down Coleman and around USU extension up Vine to Main and home direct.  42:17, 8:28 average pace.  Tempo effort at about 75% for 3-4 miles.  EZ running the remainder of the week, off Friday, Hobble Creek on Saturday.

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5 mile night run at 9:05 p.m.  80 degrees still.  Breezy.  Cemetery road, Broadway, and Vine up to Skyline and back direct.  Very slow and easy at 46:21, 9:15 pace.  Tapering.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles in 44:40 at 8:05 p.m.  Easy run except for along cemetery road at about 70% effort.  Skyline standard route.  80 degrees and muggy.  Getting darker earlier.

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5 mile easy run.  2.5 on double track trails from Scout Wig-wam up to base of dam and then behind Little Mountain.  Muddy in places due to heavy down pour earlier today.  Finishing going up Skyline and then home direct.  Last run before Hobble Creek.  Don't nearly feel as ready as I should.

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Rest day.  Hobble Creek tomorrow morning.  Have to leave town early, like 3:30 a.m.!!

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Race: Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:37:50, Place overall: 175, Place in age division: 8
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Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon in 1:37:50, 7:28 average pace.  A good day for a run, albeit a late start once again, by about 1/2 hour.  Tina did GREAT!  1:33:36 and 1st place in the F45-49.  My splits:  7:21, 7:16, 7:25, 7:12, 7:13, 7:17, 7:39, 7:22, 7:34, 7:48, 8:11, 8:00, 7:49.   My last race in the M50-54 age division!

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 13.00
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Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 23.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 10.00
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