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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
56.000.0056.00
Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 42.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 14.00
Mon, Aug 20, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.000.0011.00

5:00 a.m.  5 easy recovery miles with my lab.  Skyline route to the Grimm's Gate and back via the lower loops.

6:15 p.m.  6 miles very easy in 56:39 through town up into Middle Canyon to the underground water tank and back via Vine and the alley paths.  Hamstring not too bad, but can tell I need to be careful for a while. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 6.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Aug 21, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:30 a.m.  Slept in, so just walked the dog this morning for 20 minutes.

5:15 p.m.  5 miles on the flat paths of Liberty Park, about 3.5 laps.  45:19, 9:05 AP.  Hamstring giving me a little grief again tonight.

7:00 p.m. Attending SGM Running Clinic in Bountiful at South Davis Recreation Center.  Dr. Chris Bell, a sports medicine specialist, talked about the common running injuries, treatment, and prevention.  He mentioned about all the ones I've had. 

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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Wed, Aug 22, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.000.0013.00

5:00 a.m.  5 miles EZ with Pickles.  Standard Skyline route to gate and back via Upland.

6:15 p.m  8 miles in 1:13:45.  Tooele loop to Middle Canyon Road and Droubay down to 1000 N., zig-zag through town to Coleman and 200 S. and home via West Elementary.  Hammy is settling down pretty well. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 13.00
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Thu, Aug 23, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at Gold's Gym.  3 x 15 x 6 machines, light weights upper body reps.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles easy in 46:47 on the Westland route.  Not quite as warm.

 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Aug 24, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. 4 mile run with Pickles along Skyline Ave. and back. Liz and Roland out this morning. Caught me cleaning up dog poop. Just doing my duty. Stacy out as well this morning.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Aug 25, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
18.000.0018.00

7:00 a.m.  18 miles easy in 2:45:46.  7 minutes slower than two weeks ago with Tina.  I always seem to do better with her.  I was also being careful with the left hamstring today. Didn't give me much trouble.  Nice temperature this morning.  Set H2O out at mile 9 and mile 16.  A welcome relief.  56 miles this week.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 18.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
56.000.0056.00
Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 42.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 14.00
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