Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

Week starting Oct 18, 2009

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
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

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
34.10	4.00	38.10

Mon, Oct 19, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.85	0.00	6.85

Smelter Road hill. 6:00 p.m. run with Gina. Getting dark sooner. Caught in the rain for the last couple.

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Tue, Oct 20, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.25	0.00	4.25

2.25 miles with Savannah, my chocolate lab. She is so FAT! She was just dragging the last mile, but we made it home. We have been so bad even getting her a regular walk in daily. I just need to get her back running. 2 more miles down to the high school and back for a total of 4.25. Gina not feeling well tonight, and then leaving town for a few days. 5 a.m. run scheduled tomorrow morning with Tina. Hopefully, she won't run me into the ground too badly.

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Wed, Oct 21, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	2.00	5.00

5 miles at 5:10 a.m. with Tina. Fairly slow going up to the gate on Skyline Ave., about 8:00 min. pace last two miles. Felt good to push it some, but the calf still not at 100%.

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Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

5 mile solo run this morning at 5:10 a.m. 45 degrees. Same route as yesterday, but 4 minutes slower than I ran it with Tina yesterday. A training partner is almost always a great thing to have, especially someone who can push you just enough.

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Fri, Oct 23, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

5 miles at 5:10 a.m. Very slow at about 10 min. pace. A bit colder. Didn't push it. Long run tomorrow.

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Sat, Oct 24, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	2.00	12.00

Good long run today. 12 miles in 1:47:14. Smelter Road hills out and back. Cloudy fall morning with some sun on the way home. 8:56 pace with one sub 8 mile on the way back. Alone today with Gina in California. Trail run scheduled tomorrow with Tina, but may be a bit muddy. We'll see.

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Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
34.10	4.00	38.10

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