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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
31.004.0035.00
Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 31.00Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Miles: 4.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

6 miles on the Tooele West Side loop.  9:28 A.P.

Tapering begins for the St. George Marathon in just 12 more days!

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 6.00
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0.004.004.00

4 miles on the Smelter Rd. hill up and back at 9:22 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

Morning Run: Mesa AZ 4 slow miles with my supervisor. From hotel, loop around Fiesta Mall and loop around Mesa Community College and back.

Evening Run:  Tooele UT 5 easy miles up and back in Settlement Canyon

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 9.00
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4.000.004.00

5:00 A.M. run.  4 easy miles on Skyline-Upland-200 S.- Coleman loop and home.

Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Miles: 4.00
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12.000.0012.00

Ivins up Snow Canyon to end of paved pathway and back to West Canyon, 2 miles on the gravel Service Road.  With Rick.  12 miles at 9:47 A.P.   Gorgeous morining run!

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 12.00
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Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 31.00Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Miles: 4.00
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