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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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Cumulus12 Lifetime Miles: 10.65
Fri, Jul 11, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.240.000.000.005.24

Somewhat leisurely noon-time run, if running in the heat can ever be considered so. I took the mp3 player today for a little company, to distract me a bit, if possible. It worked, more of less, the Bach violin concertoes helped me worked out some programming issues and when La Traviata started just after the third mile, I was ready to let me mind wander a bit. I thought about the French leisure class of the 19th Century and about my father-in-law who enjoys that opera above all others. It was nice to listen to as I ran the last half mile in the shade along the creek.

Comments
From Paul T on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 18:10:03

Your talk of Bach violin concertos and La Traviata is an interesting contrast to the talk of Journey, Heart, the Scorpions, and DefLeppard over on Tom's blog today.

I guess my music tastes are somewhere in between. Actually, when I try to think of what my favorite kind of music is I don't think of listening to music, I think of playing it. I like the songs I played on my saxophone in high school and college bands, but mostly I think of the many, many hours I've spent playing through songbooks on the piano.

Since I'm not good enough to play many classical pieces or fast moving rock and roll, I've gravitated to ballads, folk songs, show tunes, movie soundtracks, and love songs, i.e., elevator music, with some hymns and other gospel-related music mixed in.

I guess my music tastes represent pretty well who I am. I'm not hip, and I'm not highbrow, but I'm happy.

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