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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
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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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Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 11.00Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 39.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 10.00
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11 mile recovery run.  EZ miles in the canyon.  Headed up Settlement Canyon at about 9:00 a.m.  Still cool, but nice.  Hit the Dark Trail at about 1.25 miles and went up to the end then on the canyon road to above the gate.  Came down direct on the canyon road and up left hand fork trail for .5.  Back down to base of dam and behind Little Mountain on the double track trail and back through the wig-wam and down the alley to the high school.  Ran barefoot about 500 meters on the grass infield of the track and easy 100 on the track, then re-shod headed .5 back home.  A very nice easy run.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 11.00
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5 miles at 5:10 a.m. Very slow, 1.5 with Liz and Roland. Still quite cool in the morning. Skyline route to the gate and back via Loma Vista loop.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 5.00
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10.004.0014.00

5 miles at 5:05 a.m. very easy on standard Skyline route.  Windy and warmer.

9 miles in 1:25:08 at 6:45 p.m. fairly easy on hills and trails behind Little Mountain down into Middle Canyon and back.  Pushed last uphill mile some.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 14.00
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5 miles easy recovery this morning at 5:10 a.m.  Standard Skyline route.  Windy, with cold front moving in. How could I get a head wind coming from both directions?

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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3.002.005.00

5 miles on the standard Skyline route at 5:05 a.m. on a chilly morning.  45 degrees.  I dressed a bit light with just a long sleeve t-shirt and shorts.  47:35.  Easy run, except a bit closer to tempo pace the last 2 miles, focusing mostly on form after I finally woke up.  I like Friday morning runs.  With all the 4 day / 10 hr. per day Dugway, State and Tooele Army Depot workers still in bed, the streets are nearly empty of cars and I can more safely run while still half asleep myself.  2nd 20 miler scheduled for tomorrow morning on the Smelter Road hills and then on down to Lake Point.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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6.0014.0020.00

20 mile long run in 2:52:54.  8:38 average pace. 3 minutes slower than last week, but considering I didn't have Tina for 8 miles like I did last week, that's pretty decent for me solo.  7:30 a.m.  Started out at below 50 degrees, quickly warming to 70 degrees.  Smelter Road hills up to the flat at 5 miles, then down through Erda along Droubay Road, up over the knoll on the gravel road and down into Lake Point and along the road at the base of the Oquirrh Mountains and finishing at the truck stop along the frontage road near I-80, exit 99.  A very nice morning for a run.  H2O at 3 places along the route stayed icy cold stashed overnight.  6 other runners out along the way.  2 consecutive 60 mile weeks, 1 more to go.

Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 20.00
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Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 11.00Asics 2150 Gold #3 Miles: 39.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 10.00
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