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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 milesFast milesTotal Distance
23.0011.0034.00
Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 25.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 9.00
Mon, Dec 03, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

5:00 a.m. 5 TM miles at the gym in 44:55, 8:59 AP, progression run from 9:45 to 7:30 pace.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Tue, Dec 04, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym. 3x15x6 machines upper body weights, then 29 minutes on recumbent cycle.

4:15 p.m. 5 miles easy w/ Pickles on the west side route in daylight.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Wed, Dec 05, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gym. 20/20 upright cycling/elliptical workout.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles on the serpentine route.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Dec 06, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m. 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout at the gym.

5:45 p.m. 5 miles Westland route with Pickles. Still in shorts on December 6th! What is going on? Maybe Al Gore is right about this global warming thing. After all, he DID invent the Internet, so he's a pretty smart dude!

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Dec 07, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. 4+ miles with Pickles along Skyline Drive out and back. Ran with Liz and J. Dog for about 1/2 mile. No deer sightings this morning, so Pickles was a bit disappointed.

Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Dec 08, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.009.0010.00

9:00 a.m. 10 mile run with Tina from her place in Tooele through Erda's west side to Stansbury Park Benson Mill. 1:22:30, 8:15 AP. Overcast with a somewhat cold, moderate head wind. Felt pretty good today.

Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 10.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
23.0011.0034.00
Asics 2170 Gray Miles: 25.00Asics Gel Kayano Miles: 9.00
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