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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
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Settlement Canyon and Trail Run along the Dark Trail and back. 7:30 a.m. with Tina. Very nice morning for a run. Really pushed it coming back down the trail in places. That is so exhilarating!! She is the most efficient downhill runner I know. I can see why she had a strong 2nd place finish in the F45-49 age group at TOU 1/2 marathon. Splits uphill: 9:24, 9:19, 9:12, 9:14. Coming down: 7:42, 7:57, 6:47, finishing with 5:49 pace for the last couple of blocks to the house. Good run. Final tempo effort prior to SGM in 2 weeks. Leaving for 10 days to Argentina on Tuesday.

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4.6 miles at 5:15 this morning out and back on Skyline Ave.  6.85 tonight with Gina at 6:45 p.m.  She got in a good 6 miler on the Smelter Road hills.  Forgot her I-pod, so I had to serenade with very bad singing all the way up the hill.  Now that's going beyond the call of duty!   Leaving for Argentina in the morning, probably won't be running until Thursday in Resistencia. 

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No running.  Flights to Argentina.

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No running.  Travel to and recovery in Resistencia, Argentina.

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Plazas and around Church, Mission Office, and Mission Home streets in Resistencia Argentina.

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No running.  10 hours bus travel to Iguazu' Falls.

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3 miles easy run in the Iguazu National Park, around the Sheraton, out to park gate and along falls view trails near hotel.  6:30 a.m.

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