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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
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Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 31.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 14.00
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5:00 a.m.  5 miles along Skyline to gate with Pickles and back via Loma Vista and Upland.

6:15 p.m.  5 miles up into Settlement Canyon and back in 46:46. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym. Weights, upper body, 3x15x6 machines followed by 20 minutes upright cycling.

6:00 p.m. 5 miles in 43:08. Tempo pace last 3 miles. Feeling very good even with the heat. Everything firing correctly tonight.

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5:00 a.m.  5 miles easy with Pickles on Skyline Ave. to gate and back via lower loops.

6:00 p.m.  4 miles in 36:58, easy on the alley paths, 50 W. out and 150 W. back. 

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

6:00 p.m.  5 miles in 46:40 easy to mouth of Middle Canyon and back through East Elementary and the cemetery. 

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5:00 a.m. 4 miles easy with Pickles along Skyline Ave. to. End of asphalt and back.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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7:25 a.m. Ivins, Utah. 12 miles from our place heading out to Old Highway 91 along 400 S. then followed highway past the Biggest Loser Fitness Ridge into downtown Santa Clara east on Sunset to Lava Flow, following west paved trail behind Snow Canyon High School, looped the ball fields at Gubler Park and back home. Garmin stopped working at 7.9 miles. Glad Sharon ordered me a new one for my birthday. Good timing. 10:07, 9:31, 9:11, 8:34, 9:07, 9:18, 9:41 before it died.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 12.00
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