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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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5:00 a.m. 40 minutes at gym.  20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

6:00 p.m. 5 mile run in 47:30.  Overcast and cool.  Light rain last mile.  Cemetery and 7th St. loop, past THS and Coleman loop coming back uphill. 

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. 40 minutes at gym with Sharon.  20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

6:00 p.m.  5 mile run.  45:53.  Flat on SR36 to the new jail and back direct.  Surges for some of the last mile. 

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5:00 a.m.  Gym for 40 minutes with Tina.  20/20 elliptical/cycling.

5:30 a.m.  4 mile run in Settlement Canyon to Legion Park and back.  Some girl took my picture and then stopped to ask me some questions for an article in the paper about the use of the canyon.  

7:15 p.m.  Gym for 20 minutes after Planning Commission meeting, which was the shortest meeting on record (6 minutes).  Light upper body weights 3 x 15 x 6 machines. 

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 4.00
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5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym with 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

5:30 p.m.  5 mile trail run behind Little Mountain, past the water tank to above Deer Hollow.  Slow run.  Muddy in places. 

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5:00 a.m.  4 mile run on Skyline to end of pavement and back direct.  Slow and easy.  Saw Liz and Roland coming up while heading back home.

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 4.00
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8:30 a.m.  10.5 mile run with Tina from her place past Overlake Golf Course, through Erda and to the north end of Stansbury Park.  10 miles in 1:22:55, 8:18 AP.  First 8 miles at tempo pace.  I had a tough, tough time trying to keep up with Tina with this respiratory thing I still have going on.  Splits: 7:53, 7:23, 7:40, 8:10, 8:12, 8:24, 8:28, 8:46, 9:07, 8:53.

10:30 at the gym for 1.5 TM to make 12 miles for the day.  Slight progression run.  Then 20 minutes on the weights for 3 x 15 x 6 machines, upper body.

 Good workouts today and 35 miles for the week.  Back is feeling okay. 

Saucony Guide4 #1 Miles: 12.00
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