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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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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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Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 39.00Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 6.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 10.00Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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6:45 a.m. Ivins, UT. 10 miles in Snow Canyon to end paved path and back in 1:30:21 with Rick. Super high humidity today, literally dripping wet when we finished. Beautiful in the canyon this morning!

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 10.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines upper body weights. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. To track and back easy with Rick. Yasso 800's: 7x800 with 400 recovery after each. 3:27, 3:28, 3:28, 3:26, 3:27, 3:27, 3:29.

Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 6.00
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5:00 a.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles on Skyline route to gate, back via Upland loop. Legs a bit sluggish from last night's 800's.

6:20 p.m. 9 miles moderate effort with Rick from Tooele down to Stansbury High School via Overlake and west side of Erda. 1:17:55, 8:39 AP. Felt good though a bit humid but avoided the rain and lightning.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 9.00
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4:45 p.m. 5 miles in City Creek Canyon in 45:30, AP 9:06 pace with Rick. 94 degrees and some humidity. Finished at Memory Grove, gulping H2O at the fountain.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. 5 miles very easy on the Skyline/Upland route with Rick and Pickles.

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6:30 a.m. 20 miles in 2:59:52 with Rick from Tooele thru Erda and Lakepoint to the truck stop after doing the Smelter hill. Tina with us for first 8 miles or so. Saw many friends out on the roads today; Matt P., Liz, Phil, Paul. Others out in groups today. Nice day for a run. 60 mile week.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 20.00
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Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 39.00Asics 2000 Orange Miles: 6.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 10.00Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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