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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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Resting.  Start up easy tomorrow.

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5 mile run at 6:30 p.m.  Very easy recovery run.  Legs still a bit sore in the hamstrings and quads.  4 with Gina.

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5 mile run at 6:30 p.m. same route as last night, but a bit cooler.  4 with Gina, two nights in a row of doing Droubay Rd. uphill.  Very decent short run.

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Solo run tonight at 6:30 p.m.  Fairly easy except for pick ups the last couple coming back.  Nice evening.  Sklyline, Upland, East Elementary, home from Vine and 7th.  6 or 8 miles tomorrow and then hit the trail some on Sunday.  Next week in Mesa, Arizona for 4 days.  Hope to find places to run.

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10:00 a.m. run.  Nice morning.  Skyline Ave. to gate then along Settlement Canyon rim to mouth of canyon.  Home via Vine.  Easy running.

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