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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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Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 9.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 24.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 12.00
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7.003.0010.00

5:00 a.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles on the Skyline route.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles in 45:25 with Rick in Settlement Canyon.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines light upper body weights. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles in 42:52 with Rick. 8:34 AP. Westland route. Warm and windy.

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4.005.009.00

5:00 a.m. 4 miles easy with Pickles and Rick on Skyline Drive out and back.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles in 43:34 with Rick along 150 West alley path to 600 North, over to Coleman back up to 50 West and SR 36 and back home.

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5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 20/20 upright cycling/elliptical workout.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles in 45:58 with Rick to Middle Canyon and back via the cemetery. Cold with light rain last mile.

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4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. 4 easy miles on Skyline out and back with Rick and Pickles.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 4.00
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12.000.0012.00

6:30 a.m. 12 miles in in 1:52:14 in Erda with running group (about 10). Erda Way and up Cochrane past Overlake Golf Course to CJ Jr. high and back to Erda. 4 more mike loop towards Stansbury and back along Church Rd. and Liddell Rd.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 12.00
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