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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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11 miles on my 55th birthday.  Graduating to a new age division today.  Took the day off, slept in, and then ran up Settlement Canyon to well above Bevan's Cabin, turrned around at 5.5 miles and headed back down.  52 degrees, light rain and canyon breeze in places.  Nothing like the solace of the canyon above the gate on a weekday morning!  3 cars the entire run.  4.5 miles on gravel roads, steep in places before Ski Hill.  Had to cross the stream in three places.  A real cross country adventure this morning.  A bit muddy in spots.  About 1:45 up and back.  A great hill workout.

 

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 11.00
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5 miles easy at 5:10 a.m.  Tough to get up and out this morning.  I finally woke up somewhere between miles 2 and 3.  57 degrees.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles very easy this morning at 5:05 a.m. on my standard Skyline route.  Still cool, but nice in the early morning.

9 miles at 6:30 p.m.  1:24:15.  75 degrees.  Skyline to gate via SR 36 heading out, then along the canyon rim and dropping down into Middle Canyon and up 1.5 miles and back home via the high school.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 14.00
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5 miles in 47:16 at 5:05 a.m. Skyline route to gate and back along Upland and Broadway loops. Pushed at about 75% for 2 miles, otherwise very easy. Nice cool morning, once again.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles at 5:05 a.m.  EZ along Skyline cemetery route onto Upland to Grimm's gate and back down direct.  57 degrees.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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20 miler in 2:49:59, 8:29 average pace.  Smelter Road hills then to Droubay Road and down through Erda, up over the knoll on the gravel road into Lakepoint and along the old Lincoln highway portion at the base of the mountain finishing at the Truck Stop from the east.  6:00 a.m. Mostly in the mountain shadow until the last few miles.  H20 at 7, 12, and 16.  8 miles with Tina on the hill and on Droubay Rd. down to 1000 North.  

My Garmin splits:  9:07, 8:47, 7:58, 8:43, 9:24, 8:10, 7:17, 7:40, 7:48, 7:47, 7:54, 8:05, 8:34, 9:00, 9:34, 9:13, 8:41, 8:45, 8:52,  8:20.

9 others out today along the route.  A decent run. First 60 mile week towards SGM.  4 weeks away.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 20.00
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