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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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8.003.5011.50

5 miler in 45:12 this morning at 5:10 a.m. at 9:02 pace overall.  6.5 tonight very slow and easy.  4 with Gina.  Pushed last 1.5 coming home at 8:21 pace.  Nice evening run.  Legs a bit tired.

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4.000.004.00

4 easy ones tonight in the heat at 6:15 p.m. 3 with Gina. She wasn't feeling well and the heat didn't help. 5 at 5 tomorrow morning.

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11.753.5015.25

A ton of miles today.  5 miles slow and easy this morning at 5:10 a.m.  Then Yasso 800's tonight at 7:00 p.m.  7x800 in 3:36, 3:31, 3:33, 3:35, 3:40, 3:33, 3:33 with 400 recovery lap after each.  Met Gina for  4 more easy miles at 8:30 p.m.  Nice night for a run, but in the dark.

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5 miles in 48:21 with Gina from top of  Smelter Road to Main Street and up to 200 north.  9:39 pace overall.  Splits: 9:51, 9:40, 9:12, 9:46, 9:48.  Good run, nice evening at 7:30 p.m.

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Resting today

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18.152.0020.15

20 miler today.  11 with Gina from down the Smelter hills, Droubay Road through Stansbury.  Pretty slow today but nice temperatures and overcast skies really helped.  I pushed the last two miles on my own, but only around 8:00 minute miles.  Below in places.  Felt good about it being the last two miles.  Gina is nicely recovered from last week and did great wanting to go that extra mile from the 10 on her schedule.  Hit the trail run tomorrow morning with 11 miler on Monday.  Having a couple of minor foot problems.  Pain after the run on top of the left foot for the last 2 or 3 days.  Doesn't seem to be a problem while running.  A bit of achilles tendon soreness on the right.  Getting older is hell sometimes.  Other than that, feeling good.

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