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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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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 #3 Miles: 4.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 25.00Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 4.00
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3.001.004.00

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

6:15 p.m. 4 TM miles in 35:34. Progression run, 9:40 to 8:00 minute pace.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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5:00 p.m. 20 minutes upper body weights, 3x10x6 machines@ additional 10 lbs. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles on the Westland route. Right hip bugging me a bit tonight. It's getting dark too early now. Takes me a while to get used to running after work in the dark. Probably go back to morning runs soon. Much less traffic.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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5:00 a.m. Gym 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

Thurs. a.m. 4 TM miles in 37:14, progression run

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 4.00
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6:15 p.m.  4 miles easy with Pickles on the alley paths.  My new Garmin 405 is acting up.  It went totally berserk on my run and started changing displays every 3 or 4 seconds.  I need to send it back.  It looks nicer, but it's a piece of junk compared to my old 205.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 4.00
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5:00 a.m. 4 TM miles at the gym in 36:43 prigression run.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 4.00
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7.005.0012.00

9:00 a.m.  12 miles in 1:45:07, 8:46 AP.  Six miles with Tina.  Nice sunny fall morning.  I just love running on days like today.  A little brisk at first, but very nice after we got moving.  Ran the Droubay Rd., 1000 N. loop with Tina and then I did my lower Westland loop.  Nice wide road with new pavement down by the USU Extension then headed back up around the cemetery and home.  Splits:  8:11, 8:28, 8:05, 7:27, 8:10, 9:09, 10:00, 8:41, 8:58, 9:20, 9:44, & 8:55.  I feel ready for the Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon next weekend.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 12.00
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