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Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon

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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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Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 23.10
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
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5 miles in 44:58, 9:00 pace average.  6:10 a.m.   Through town up Vine to mouth of Middle Canyon and back via E. Broadway, cemetery, and Skyline.  Nice evening run. 50 degrees.

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Nov 02, 2010
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11 miles on stationary bike.  43:26.  5:30 p.m.

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Wed, Nov 03, 2010
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5 very slow and easy miles at 5:05 a.m.  45 degrees.

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Nov 04, 2010
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Didn't cycle or run today.  Thought I'd take an extra day prior to the run on Saturday/  I hope the hamstring handles those downhills okay.

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Fri, Nov 05, 2010
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Traveling to St. George.

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Sat, Nov 06, 2010
Race: Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:49:06, Place in age division: 11
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Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon.  Near disasterous today.  Did fairly well through 9 miles holding at about sub 8 pace.  Wasn't trying to run real hard because of the left hamstring which did fair throughout.  Suddenly at about mile 9 I got a bad cramp in my right calf muscle.  I had something similar happen in the Deseret News in 2009 but was able to run through it without much problem.  Today was different as it kept getting worse.  I pulled of twice and stretched it and walked some and was able to continue, but finished a lot slower than I had hoped.  Still hurting tonight, so it's probably more than a cramp and likely a strain.  I think a couple of weeks off may do me some good.  Stretching and light cycling is about all I will attempt.  Nice day weather-wise.  Cool at the start  until we got moving.  I like the new course starting up in Diamond Valley.

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 13.10
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Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 23.10
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