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Location:

Cedar Hills,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:39 (2006) Half marathon: 1:33:45 (2006) Marathon 3:31:49 (2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lose some weight and get back into racing shape. Run more races this year.

 Next race: St. George Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and in good enough shape that I can more or less keep up with my youngest daughter.

Personal:

My wife Laureen got me into running. She went into the St. George Marathon Ten Year Club last year and I should go in this year. I have two daughters (15 and 21).

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Cumulus12 Lifetime Miles: 10.65
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.300.000.000.0014.30

Beautiful, clear morning. Pleasantly cool for the whole run. A bit of a canyon breeze right at the mouth of the canyon, but nothing outside of that. Laureen and I left the house about 5:30 (after I drove around to drop water off). We were both amazed by the number of runners we saw this morning. We expected that this close to St. George that we'd see others out and about, but there were two or three times as many as last week. This week we only ran down to Harvey Blvd. before heading north (cutting off a few miles in the process) and we didn't extend the run along the mountain trail, nor run further west along the canal, but outside of that it was basically the same run as last week. Laureen was running stronger, which I was happy to see. If she does well this year at St. George it'll all be worth it. I was hoping to add a few more miles on, but we needed to get back to take the girls to some early activities. With the light rain and cooler temperatures in the afternoon, I was really hoping to get out again, but there was just too much to do.

Comments
From Paul T on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:11:00

I've told you before that I'm jealous that you get to run with your wife. I must not be a very good running evangelist because I can't get my wife or any of my six children to run. If I remember right, I think Laureen was the one that got you running.

I'm really okay with my family not running. They each have their own interests and talents. It's just that occasionally, most often on long early morning canyon or mountain runs, I wish I could share the awesomeness of the experience with Karen.

I know you occasionally have to sacrifice speed and mileage to run with Laureen. I'm pleased to see that you realize that is the better choice. I'm not sure our running PRs will mean much beyond this life (or even during it) but our relationships most definitely will.

I look forward to seeing both you and Laureen in St. George, and wish you both the best of luck.

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