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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 mile run at 6:10 p.m. in 43:55 or 8:45 pace overall.  Moderate effort most of the run.  Surges in two or three places.  7:55 final mile.  30 degrees, but no wind.  Felt good.  Icy in a few spots from Saturday's snow storm.

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9.701.0010.70

4.5 miles this morning at 5:10 a.m. very easy.  Last 1.25 miles with Elaine.  She's getting back to it slowly, but has a good attitude even with the colder weather she's starting back with. 2nd run tonight for 10k or 6.2 miles at 6:00 p.m.  Pretty easy except last mile decent at 8:35 pace with some uphill.  3.75 miles with Gina on Broadway, Droubay, and Smelter Roads and back.  Very easy.  32 degrees.  10.7 total miles today.

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6:15 p.m. 5 mile run tonight.  38 degrees.  3 miles with Gina on the track.  2 additional miles for me.  Very easy.  Fastest mile was 8:39.  Peaceful night without traffic was nice.

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9.800.009.80

5:10 a.m. run for 4.89 miles.  Last 1.25 with Elaine.  Late run tonight with Gina  at about 8:00 p.m. at the track for 4.87 miles.  Total of 9.75 miles very easy today.

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5:10 a.m. run.  Cold but no wind.  Up Skyline with Upland and Loma Vista loops.  Felt pretty good.  Met Elaine with 1.25 miles to go.  Pushed mile 4 a bit.  Long run tomorrow, but storm is coming.  Very windy tonight outside.  8:00 a.m. run scheduled with Tina.  We'll see what happens.

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2.258.0010.25

A great run with Tina this morning.  8:00 a.m.  10.26 miles in 1:24:53, 8:16 pace overall.  40 degrees, but the weather held off for a 2nd week in a row.  Splits:  8:29, 7:39, 7:57, 7:59, 7:58, 8:19, 8:42, 9:02, 7:58, 8:36.  Felt good to push it a bit. A good week at 45 miles.

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