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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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Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 7.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 15.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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No running.  Went to the gym at 5:00 a.m.  and they weren't open.  Waited 10 minutes and went home and back to bed.  Returned to the gym in the evening at 6:15 p.m. for 60 minutes.  20 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes upright stationary cycling, 10 minutes on the StairMaster for 82 floors, 10 minutes on recumbent cycle.

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5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym.  3x15x6 machines upper body light weight reps.  20 minutes on recumbent cycle.

5:45 p.m.  3 miles easy running with Pickles along the alley pathways, north and south. 

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 3.00
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5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym with Sharon for 40 minutes. 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout.

6:00 p.m. 5 miles in 46:02 on serpentine route on the west side from 700 S. to Vine Street and from Main Street to Coleman. Dark the entire run. Going to be getting cold and wet in addition to that very soon.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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4 mile noon run in City Creek Canyo in 35:08.. Sunny and warm, but head wind coming back down. Last of the warm days, I suppose. Bagged the gym today.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 4.00
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5:00 a.m. 4 TM miles at Gold's Gym in 37:08, progression run.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 4.00
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9:30 p.m. Gold's Gym in St. George. 3x15x7 machines. Upper body. 15 minutes easy recumbent cycling.

10:30 a.m. 10 mile run from Middleton to Ivins along the new Red Cliffs Parkway path and Snow Canyon Parkway path. 1:32:22. Sunny but a chilly breeze in places. 47 degrees. We left Tooele yesterday with a foot of snow on the ground, so I'll take this any day!

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 10.00
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