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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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Off day from running.  Two family parties today.  This afternoon we counted all the birthdays in January in my brothers and sisters families (I have 10 brothers and sisters).  Of our kids, 10 of them have birthdays in January.  What the heck?  If you count back 9 months, what is going on in my family each spring?!

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Hard day today.  15 mile steady Tempo at 6 minute pace in the morning.  It was snowing as I dropped the kids off at school so I decided to do this run at the gym.  Longest treadmill run to date, but it seemed to go by fairly quick.  I'm finally getting a feel back some some runs at something closer to a marathon pace.  Dropping off some weight has probably helped.

5 miles this afternoon before a lifting session.  I'd have to say that I've envoyed the lifting this last two weeks as much as the running.  I think it has shocked my system into a little adjustment that running alone doesn't seem to give me.

4 days at home playing, now 4 days at work.  Hopefully I can get some running in with 4 straight days on the road again.

 

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19 easy miles in Kansas today.  I couldn't believe it was 65 degrees at the end of January!  About 8:03 average pace.  30 minutes lifting

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11.406.000.000.0017.40

I'm not in Kansas anymore.

4 mile warm up, 6X1 mile, 4 mile cool down

1 hour good lifting

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10.600.000.000.0010.60

14 hour work day ending up in St. Louis.  I had to drag myself out for this run.  The last few weeks of this winter have been great for running.  Nothing like running anywhere in the country in February in shorts and a tshirt!

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Supposed to be out at 5 am flying through Denver to LA today back home but the snow storms in Denver have cancelled my work for the day.  Seems like someone wanted me to have some time to run this morning!  Nothing like running when you are getting paid to work..

3 mile warm up, 3X3 mile, 3 mile easy. 20 min lifting.

Looking forward to skiing with the kids all day tomorrow and fitting in a good run.  If I get home early enough today maybe a second run so Rob doesn't catch up to my mileage this week.

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This run today hurt as much as any I remember.  I was skiing with the kids today at 12:30 so I got up to the mountain in time to catch the first lift open.  By myself.  First time I've been able to do that in a long time.  It seems that your skiing days are behind you when your kids start going.  I decided to spend the morning on the moguls since the snowboarders were still in bed sleeping and I lost count of the runs after 11.  It was so fast.  My legs were barking.  I can't believe how weak my quads are, my legs were totally wasted by the time I had to grab the girls.  Very rare ski morning.  Then my oldest girl finally let go of that last bit of fear that was holding her back on some runs and could keep up by the late afternoon.  Best feeling in the world to see your kids learn to love something.

I ran into Rob who was watching his son go for his second year rail championship and we had a chance to talk a minute about his kids who are just amazing athletes.  Conner on the blog here is one of them.  We kind of agreed to meet later at the gym for some running.  This was going to be a long treadmill run, 22 miles, but it was quickly evident that any running would be hard, I was so thrashed from skiing.  Pretty surprised, and tried my best to run through it anyways.  It hurt from the first mile and never let up.  If Rob hadn't shown up 45 minutes into it and talked to me for the whole time there is no way I would have done it.  I just stayed real slow and hope to sleep it off. 

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73.0030.000.000.00103.00
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