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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 27.00
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5 mile run with Tina on the Dark Trail in Settlement Canyon and to about 1/2 mi. above the gate at 8:00 a.m.  Ran a bit faster with her today, but not by much.  48:55.  Quite a few hikers today, 2 mountain bikers, and 1 other runner.

30 minutes at the gym after the run.  20 minutes cycling, 10 minutes elliptical. 

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00
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Gym at 5:00 a.m. for 40 minutes.  20 minutes elliptical and 20 minutes upright cycle.

4 mile run at 6:15 p.m.  36:56.  Route through cemetery towards Middle Canyon and back home same way.  Pick up last mile or so. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 4.00
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5:00 a.m.  My standard 40 minutes at the gym.  20 minutes elliptical and 20 minutes upright cycling.

6:00 p.m.  5 mile run on the Skyline-Upland loop to the gate and back.  Pretty easy. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. and 40 minutes at the gym.  20 minutes elliptical and 20 minutes upright cycling.

6:00 p.m. 4 mile run, 38:26.  Up to SR 36 back thru the alley to the high school with large loop on the grass around the high school and the junior high.  Home via the track and West Elementary.  A lot of Little League football practice going on.  I think I saw Pat coaching his team. Way to go, Pat! 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 4.00
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5:00 a.m. run for 4 miles along Skyline and back.  Liz and Roland out this morning with J.Dog.  Easy running, felt pretty good.  Nice temperature.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 4.00
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7:30 a.m. 10 mile run in 1:23:18 with Tina from Tooele to Stansbury Park via Overlake Golf Course and through the west side of Erda.  An encouraging run.  Splits: 8:14, 7:50, 8:03, 7:59, 7:41, 8:00, 8:28, 8:50, 9:12, 8:52.  Fizzled a bit towards the end with some uphill.  Best longer run I've had since before Moab and my disastrous DNF at Boston.  My back felt good throughout.

9:00 a.m. at the gym for 20 minutes of light upper body reps.  3 x 15 on 5 machines followed by 20 minutes upright cycling. 

Heading to Chicago all next week.  Planning on enjoying some runs along the Lake Shore path.  The weather is supposed to be a bit cooler. 

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 10.00
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Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 5.00Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 27.00
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