A Runner at Heart.....Riding a Bike

April 2020

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Location:

South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Started running in 2001.  Have completed over 100 marathons and ultras since then. 

Marathon PR 2:56:04 (2005 St. George)

New PR 2:53:24 (2008 Tucson)

Finished 2nd Overall in 2005 Utah Grand Slam to Paul Peterson.  He beat me by 30 min in every race.

1/2 Marathon PR 1:23:56 (2008 Just Cuz Half Marathon)

Completed the Utah Grand Slam 10 consecutive years (2003-2012).  I don't know if anyone else has done that.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 Goals:

Be consistent in my Riding.

Drop a few lbs.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I have long-term biking goals.  Running is completely out of the question with the Meniscus in my knee.

Personal:

I'm in the 60-64 Age Group.....Yikes!

I have been married for over 40 years.  We have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.

 "Only those who risk going to far can possibly find out how far they can go"  T.S. Eliot

"Putting miles in your training log (blog) is like putting money in the bank.  You begin to draw interest on it immediately."  Hal Higdon

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Biking 2021 Lifetime Miles: 653.86
Biking 2023 Lifetime Miles: 722.63
Biking 2022 Lifetime Miles: 1981.70
Biking 2024 Lifetime Miles: 1537.21
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
170.480.00170.48
Mizuno Wave Inspire (UT) Miles: 18.78Hoka Arahi Miles: 10.09Asics GT 2000 Miles: 37.76Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 47.79Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 56.06
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3.510.003.51

3.51 easy miles around the lake.

Quite a few other runners/walkers out there on a sunny, but cool, morning.

Mizuno Wave Inspire (UT) Miles: 3.51
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5.040.005.04

5.04 easy miles out and back on Hiline Rd.  Crisp, but sunny morning.

Hoka Arahi Miles: 5.04
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5.050.005.05

5.05 miles.  The wind was cold and pretty strong this morning.

Hoka Arahi Miles: 5.05
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5.060.005.06

5.06 miles on Hiline.  Really started to get windy the last mile.  Rain coming in.

Asics GT 2000 Miles: 5.06
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5.070.005.07

5.07 miles on Hiline.  Nice morning.

Asics GT 2000 Miles: 5.07
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5.080.005.08

5.08 miles around the Lake with an out and back through Founders Park and Sunflower park.  Very nice morning.

Observation...runners with Dogs have been practicing proper "social distancing" for years, they just didn't realize it!

Mizuno Wave Inspire (UT) Miles: 5.08
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5.090.005.09

5.09 miles around the lake.

Mizuno Wave Inspire (UT) Miles: 5.09
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5.100.005.10

5.10 miles on the usual loop around the lake.

Beautiful morning!

Mizuno Wave Inspire (UT) Miles: 5.10
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7.510.007.51

7.51 miles out and back on Hiline.  Temps were nice...wind was NOT!

Asics GT 2000 Miles: 7.51
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5.030.005.03

5.03 miles on a VERY Cold morning....22 degrees with a wind chill of 13!

Asics GT 2000 Miles: 5.03
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7.540.007.54

7.54 miles out and back on Hiline.  Another cold morning (25 degrees) but not as bad with the wind.

Asics GT 2000 Miles: 7.54
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7.550.007.55

7.55 miles on Hiline.  Better temps today...42.

Asics GT 2000 Miles: 7.55
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0.000.000.00

It snowed quite a bit last evening...heavy wet snow.  All of that froze on the road and then it was 22 degrees with a wind chill of 13.  Absolutely no footing at all.  I need to head to Salt Lake early this morning so I didn't have time to wait for the roads to clear.
 

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7.580.007.58

7.58 miles.  2 laps around Oquirrh Lake (3.20/lap) then a bit extra around the neighborhood.  Sunny, but cool morning.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 7.58
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10.080.0010.08

10.08 miles out to the Wellness Complex and back.  I used the Northgate overpass for the first time.  The crossing over the freeway is MUCH safer than the Chubbuck Road overpass I used to take.  You could probably drive a car across the pedestrian lane it is so wide.

Nice morning.  Cool, but sunny.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.08
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7.510.007.51

7.51 miles out and back on Hiline.  Nice Morning.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 7.51
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7.510.007.51

7.51 miles on Hiline. 

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 7.51
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7.520.007.52

Running around the lake 2X was getting monotonous, not to mention a bit annoying with the crowds on the trails these days, so I plotted out a bigger loop for my run today.

I headed East on South Jordan Parkway almost to Bangerter and then headed South on the Welby Jacobs Canal Trail all the way to 11400 South.  Then I went East on the Entry Loop trail then did my out and back through Founders and Sunflower Park.  By the time I was on the lake trail I had 5 miles in.  I followed the Lake for 1.5 miles then went on the Fish Hook Stream Trail up to Vermillion Drive, then back home.

I am going to call this my Canal Loop.  I had most of the paths to myself except from mile 5.0 to 6.5.  I like this loop.

Total 7.52 miles.
 

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 7.52
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7.530.007.53

7.53 Miles on the Canal Loop.  Overcast and 51 degrees.  I managed to get the run in before the rain comes...

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 7.53
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7.540.007.54

7.54 miles.  Canal Loop.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 7.54
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13.310.0013.31

I ran all the way to the Portneuf Wellness Complex and then worked my way up past Satterfield running on all the loops up Jerome in my old neighborhood in the Highland Area.  Nice morning for a run!

Total 13.31 miles.
 

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 13.31
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7.570.007.57

7.57 miles out and back on Hiline.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 7.57
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10.080.0010.08

I ran out to the PWC and back.  Perfect weather.

10.08 miles.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.08
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7.590.007.59

Canal Loop in South Jordan.  Temp around 50 with a light breeze...Perfect.

7.59 Miles.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 7.59
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10.030.0010.03

10.03 miles on the Canal Loop with an extra lap around the lake.  Not used to the warmer temps yet.  It was 66 degrees.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 10.03
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
170.480.00170.48
Mizuno Wave Inspire (UT) Miles: 18.78Hoka Arahi Miles: 10.09Asics GT 2000 Miles: 37.76Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 47.79Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 56.06
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