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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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Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 26.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
Mon, Sep 26, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout  at the gym.

6:00 p.m  5 mile run to mouth of Middle Canyon and back via cemetery in 46:35.  Still feeling like summer out there.

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Sep 27, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

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

6:00 p.m.  5 miles easy in 47:46.   Skyline to the gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.  Gravel stretch to gate with Mark M. Neither of us doing SGM this year.  As Hawk once said, "there's always next year!"  Maybe I'll sit and watch my SGM video tapes from 1984 thru 1988 before we go down on Friday to watch friends do the race.  Liz will be doing number 13, consecutive since running her first one with me in 1999.  I'm into St. George Marathon nostalgia tonight, ain't I?

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 5.00
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Wed, Sep 28, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. 20/20 gym workout, elliptical and cycling.

5:30 p.m. 4 mile trail run behind Little Mountain and back via Skyline and the cemetery.  Pretty slow and easy in 80 degree "fall" weather. 

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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0.000.000.00

Went to the gym at 5:00 a.m. Nobody was there to open it.  I think somebody must have slept in or whoever was covering for her forgot.  I finally headed home at 5:15.  Think I'll go to the gym tonight since I'll be doing my 10 mile run tomorrow morning before heading to St. George, just to "watch" the marathon this year.  It may be painful in a whole other way.  A few friends and acquaintances running it.  Hope to be back to it next year.  My recovery has gone fairly well without any real back concerns yet.  Have hit consecutive 30+ weeks, but nothing more than last Saturday's 12 miler.  I need to make sure I don't do anything stupid.

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Fri, Sep 30, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

10 miles at 8:15 a.m.  solo.  1:35:55 easy running up the Smelter Rd. hills via the golf course going out and through town coming home.

Gold's Gym at 10:00 a.m.  30 minutes upright cycling and 20+ minutes on upper body light weights.  3 x 15 x 6 machines. 

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 10.00
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Sat, Oct 01, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

7:00 a.m.St. George Mayor's Walk with Sharon.  2 miles in 36 minutes.  Then we walked back.

8:45 a.m. 6 mile run easy on the Virgin River Trail along the river starting at the trail head near the Convention Center.  57:34.  30 mile week.

 

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 6.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
30.000.0030.00
Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 26.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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