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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
21.0010.0031.00
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 7.00Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 20.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
Mon, Dec 11, 2017
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.000.003.00

Home gym. 3 miles on the treadmill. 29:00.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 3.00
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Tue, Dec 12, 2017
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 miles on the treadmill. 37:40, 9:25 A.P.  Progression run from 10:00 to 8:30 pace.

Still with yucky air outside.  

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 4.00
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Wed, Dec 13, 2017
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

6 mile loop on Tooele SE quadarant out of the gunky air at 5,000+ ft. 9:57 A.P. including the "Grinder" at mid-mile with 260 ft. of vertical climb.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 6.00
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Thu, Dec 14, 2017
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 easy wandering miles at 9:57 A.P. in the SW quadrant of town

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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Fri, Dec 15, 2017
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 miles to the lighted tree at the top of Tooele's Little Mountain with my black lab. 12:02 A.P.

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Dec 16, 2017
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0010.0010.00

10 miles at 9:12 A.P. on loop to Droubay and 1000 N. with Tina plus 2nd loop to Coleman and SR36 and back home. Light snow the last 4 miles.  We ended up with about 3 inches and icy roads by the afternoon. 

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 10.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
21.0010.0031.00
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 7.00Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 20.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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