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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 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 28.00
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5 easy miles on the TM.  5:00 a.m.   Hamstring just a bit sore from Saturday, but okay throughout the run.

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 5.00
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4 TM easy miles at 5:10 a.m.  Snow covered streets this morning.

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 4.00
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5 TM miles at 5:00 a.m.  Slow at 47 minutes.  More snow overnight.  I guess 5,000 ft. is the breaking point.  We're only getting rain in SLC when I got to work.  Hamstring doing better, as long as I keep it wrapped up and don't push the pace too much.  Last day at the office until January 4th.

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 5.00
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10 miler with Tina at 8:00 a.m.  200 West loop down to Pine Canyon road and Droubay road coming back.  Uphills were killing me.  I'm really feeling out of shape.  It's pretty tought to stay up with Tina right now.  7:30 to 7:45 pace on the early portion.  A lot slower coming up. 35 degrees with fog rolling in and out.  With my chocolate lab, Savannah, for the last .6 mile loop.  Talk about being out of shape!  I was practically dragging her most of the way!

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 10.00
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4 miles in 36:13 with Tina at 8:00 a.m.  30 degrees and foggy again.  Fog cleared up toward the mouth of Middle Canyon but then we turned around and went right back down into the yuck.  No run tomorrow or Sunday.  3 decent weeks.  Hamstring doing much better, but there is still something there that tells me to be very careful.  Merry Christmas!

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 4.00
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Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 28.00
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