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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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22.007.0029.00
Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 29.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.002.004.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym.  20/20 elliptical/cycling.

6:15 p.m.  4 TM miles at the gym.  Progression run.  35:15. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 4.00
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3.000.003.00

5:00 a.m.  10 min. warm up on recumbent cycle.  3 TM miles, easy.  Right hip bugging me a bit.

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 3.00
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5.000.005.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym.  20/20 elliptical/recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m.  5 TM miles easy, watching the TCU-Louisiana Tech bowl game.  Then light upper body weights.  3 x 15 x 7 machines.

First official day of winter.  Let's get it over with. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 5.00
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2.002.004.00

5:00 a.m.  40 minutes at the gym.  20/20 elliptical/cycling.

6:15 p.m.  4 TM miles at the gym.  35:05.  Half at tempo effort. 

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 4.00
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0.003.003.00

5:00 a.m. 60 minutes at the gym.  Rotations with Tina.  Elliptical, StairMaster, TM, and cycling.  Included 3 x 1 mile at 8:00 pace.  5:00 a.m. on my day off!  Am I insane?

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 3.00
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11:00 a.m.  10 mile, easy solo run to Grimm's Gate and also Smelter Road loop back home.  Nice, clear sunny day.  30 degrees.  Glad we've got a white Christmas here in Tooele, UT.  Merry Christmas to everyone.

Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 10.00
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22.007.0029.00
Saucony Guide4 #2 Miles: 29.00
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