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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
Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
57.004.0061.00
Sun, Sep 06, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.002.004.00

Trail run with Tina at 7:30 a.m. on the Dark Trail in Settlement Canyon.   4 miles overall at 8:53 pace.  Splits:  9:16 and 9:55 going up and 8:32 and 7:51 coming back down.  Tough time staying with her on the way down.  Tired legs from yesterday's 20 miler is my only excuse and I'm sticking with it.

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Mon, Sep 07, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.000.0012.00

Labor Day run at 6:30 a.m.  Smelter Road hills.  12 miles very easy, 10 with Gina who did fantastic on those hills.  Especially after just doing an 11 miler on Saturday.  I am beat, having run 36 miles over the last 3 days and then coming home to paint all day long here at home.  Glad I had 3 of my boys here to help.  We got a lot done.

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Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 mile slow and easy recovery run this morning at 7:00 a.m. with Gina. Very nice morning for a run. Much cooler, sunny and clear. Touch of Fall in the air. Day off today to finish up some painting.

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Wed, Sep 09, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

5 miles at 5:10 a.m. solo this morning along Skyline Ave and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.  Bit of a sore right hamstring.  Took it easy.  Another 5 miler tonight at 8:00 p.m. with Gina.  Getting darker earlier.  Easy running from Broadway and through cemetery down 7th and down Droubay and back to Elton Park.  10 miles today, all very easy.

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Thu, Sep 10, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

Smelter Road downhills. Very sluggish run. Both of us wheezing with allergies. Ragweed or something. Very slow. 6:00 p.m. a bit warm, but a decent breeze.

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Fri, Sep 11, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

5  miles this morning at 5:10 a.m. with Tina.  Out and back on Skyline Ave.  43 minute range overall.  8:35 pace.  Last two in 7:55 and 7:52.  Pushed some, but plenty in reserve.  Allergies still bad.  Something's in the air.

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Sat, Sep 12, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
20.000.0020.00

20 miler at 6:00 a.m.this morning.  6 miles up Smelter Road before meeting Gina.  Then 10 miles down through Erda to Stansbury with her.  She did great, especially after not really wanting to run this morning.  I finished up with 4 more in Stansbury, which weren't quite as strong as last week's finish.  Nice, nice morning.  Cool at the start and some nice light cool breezes through out with plenty of sunshine. Good peak mileage week for me at 60+.

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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
57.004.0061.00
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