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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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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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11.000.0011.00

5:00 a.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles on Skyline route to gate, back on lower loops.

6:30 p.m. 6 miles with Rick on double track trail north and east of Pine Canyon. Nice run!

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 6.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines, light upper body weights then 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:30 p.m. Track at Stansbury H.S. Pyramid workout: 2x200 w/ 200 recovery after each. 1x400, 1x800, 1x1200, 1x1600, 1x1200, 1x800, 1x400, with 400 recovery after each, 2x200 with 200 recovery after both.. Between 6-7 miles with warm-up and cool-down.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 6.00
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5.009.0014.00

5:00 a.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles and Rick along the Skyline route to gate and back on the lower loops.

6:15 p.m. 9 miles from Tooele to Stansbury H.S. with Rick in 1:17:15, 8:35 AP.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 9.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines, upper body weights. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles in 44:37 to mouth of Middle Canyon and back via cemetery.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00
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4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. 4 easy miles with Rick and Pickles to end of pavement, out and back on Skyline.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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20.000.0020.00

7:00 a.m. Ivins to St. George Gold's Gym. 20 miles in 3:03:11 with Rick. Very nice morning along the Snow Canyon Parkway path, Half-way Wash path, Dixie Drive bike lane, Santa Clara River and Virgin River paths, and up the Middleton Wash path to near Gold's Gym. 60 mile week. Starting our 2 week taper, feeling pretty good.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 20.00
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