| 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 55-59 Age Group.....Yikes!
I have been married for over 39 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
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 176.70 | 39.20 | 215.90 |
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| Asics 1150 Miles: 61.07 | Asics 2150 (Gold) Miles: 19.44 | Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 26.20 | Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 22.88 | Asics Phoenix 3 Miles: 53.91 | Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 10.89 | Asics 2150 (Blue) Miles: 21.51 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.54 | 0.00 | 6.54 |
| It was 55 degrees this morning. I ran 6.54 easy miles by myself. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.23 | 0.00 | 4.23 |
| It was 48 degrees this morning. It felt wonderful. I ran up to our group run and ran an easy couple miles with Jedd. His hamstring is bad so he cannot run the marathon tomorrow. We even had to stop and walk for awhile because it tightened up on him. Then I ran home nice and easy. 4.23 miles. Marathon tomorrow. |
| Asics 2150 (Gold) Miles: 4.23 |
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Pocatello Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:20:19, Place overall: 39, Place in age division: 7 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 26.20 |
| It was probably around 45 degrees at the race start this morning. I was on one of the earlier buses but the porta-potty lines were still a bit long. So I wandered up the dark road about .1 mile and make a wonderful discovery. There were about a dozen unused lovely blue POP's sitting in the pitch dark on the side of the road. They must have been placed incorrectly and nobody could see them. Only about 20 of us figured this out so we talked and stretched and had pretty much our own personal bathrooms. I believe Paul calls this Narnia :) I knew I could be in for a long day if my IT band did not stay in check. I decided to just run by feel and see what happened. The gun went off and I rolled in to a pretty good pace in the dark. My IT band does not like downhills and this course is downhill for about the first 12 miles. I stayed around a 7:15-7:20 pace through the half, but my IT band was right on the edge so I did not push it. I hit the half in 1:35 and change but unfortunately since we started late that was only 3 minutes before the half would start instead of the 10 minutes it should have been. So I was soon inundated by a sea of fresh half-marathon runners passing me about 2-3 miles later.
I kept leapfrogging several runners throughout the day. On the downhills they would pull ahead and I would catch them on the flats and uphills because that didn't seem to bother me as much. I ran through the 18-mile mark with Barry, Seth, Caesar, and Angela. It was weird to run with a bunch of runners that I know that late in a race. I even commented to Barry how strange this was. We kept passing each other off and on until the uphill around mile 21. I kept pressing up the hill to put some space between us. The only one ahead of me still was Caesar. Chad Anderson, who was running the half-marathon passed me in front of Century high school and wished me luck. He pulled a bit in front of me and settled in about 50 yards ahead. Somewhere between mile 22 and 23 Seth appeared next to me. He was running his first ever marathon and was hanging on great. I had calculated that I was on pace for a 3:23 or so and was OK with that. But Seth was going a bit faster so I latched on to him and it felt OK. At the 24 mile mark I decided to throw caution to the wind and press the pace. I pulled away from Seth and focused on Chad. I blew by Chad around 24.5 and caught Caesar at 25. I ran the last 3 miles at a 7:15-7:30 pace and managed to get a 3:20. Seth came in about 25 seconds behind me for an awesome first marathon finish. I felt good about the fairly even effort today and if I can improve my IT band before St. George maybe I can have a better day there in 4 weeks.
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| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 26.20 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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We went to the hospital first thing this morning.....ended up staying until 7pm. But....the GREAT news is that I now have a wonderful GRAND-DAUGHTER who was born at 4:29pm!!! If I can figure out how to put a picture on here I will. Can't seem to figure it out..... HELP???
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.28 | 0.00 | 5.28 |
| It was 48 degrees this morning. I ran an easy 5.28 miles alone. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.14 | 0.00 | 6.14 |
| It was 50 degrees this morning. I ran a mile to our group run. I ran a few miles with them before finishing with a couple miles with Bob Fisher. Total 6.14 miles. This will be our last group run this year since the local marathon is over. Guess I am back to running by myself again...
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| Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 6.14 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.41 | 0.00 | 10.41 |
| It was 47 degrees this morning. When I walked out my door, Lowell and Terry were running by so I ran my first mile with them before they turned at the fairgrounds and I kept going down Chubbuck Road. I ran my standard 10 mile loop nice and steady. My quads are still not fresh after the marathon but the IT band seems to be better....strange. Total 10.41 miles. |
| Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 10.41 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.68 | 0.00 | 8.68 |
| It was 48 degrees this morning. I ran 8.68 easy miles. |
| Asics 2150 (Gold) Miles: 8.68 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.88 | 0.00 | 10.88 |
| I ran 10.88 miles in new shoes this morning. |
| Asics Phoenix 3 Miles: 10.88 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.68 | 0.00 | 8.68 |
| It was 50 degrees this morning. I ran 8.68 easy miles. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 13.79 | 0.00 | 13.79 |
| It was 48 degrees this morning. I ran 13.79 easy miles as my right hip area started out with a "catch" in it. |
| Asics Phoenix 3 Miles: 13.79 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No run this morning due to poor sleep last night. I had to go in at 11:30pm last night to replace a power supply in a computer in a restaurant. Of course when I got back home I couldn't fall asleep until after 1:00am and felt like crap this morning when the alarm went off at 4:30 :( | | Add Comment |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.51 | 5.00 | 10.51 |
| It was 45 degrees and calm this morning.....perfect running weather. I got a great nights sleep last night and it showed today. I ran 10.51 miles with 5 tempo miles. |
| Asics Phoenix 3 Miles: 10.51 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.59 | 0.00 | 8.59 |
| 8.59 easy miles. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.89 | 0.00 | 10.89 |
| 10.89 easy miles. |
| Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 10.89 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.32 | 0.00 | 8.32 |
| It was 48 degrees this morning with no wind. I ran 8.32 easy miles in the dark as I had to be finished early. |
| Asics Phoenix 3 Miles: 8.32 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.77 | 0.00 | 10.77 |
| It was 45 degrees and breezy this morning. I ran 10.77 easy miles. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.51 | 4.00 | 8.51 |
| It was 39 degrees this morning. My arms were a bit cold at the start but it was OK. I ran 8.51 miles with 4 nice tempo miles. |
| Asics 2150 (Blue) Miles: 8.51 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.56 | 0.00 | 10.56 |
| 10.56 slow miles. IT band acting up pretty bad. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.72 | 0.00 | 8.72 |
| 8.72 slow miles. IT band still nasty. |
| Asics 2150 (Blue) Miles: 8.72 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.65 | 0.00 | 10.65 |
| 10.65 slow miles. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.53 | 0.00 | 6.53 |
| It was 54 degrees this morning. I ran 6.53 easy miles. |
| Asics 2150 (Gold) Miles: 6.53 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.41 | 4.00 | 10.41 |
| It was 45 degrees this morning. I have been taking it really easy the last week or so because my IT band is acting up again. It felt better today so I was able to manage 4 MP miles early in the run. Then I took it easy the last 4 miles. Total 10.41 miles. Not sure how Saturday is going to go in St. George.....
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| Asics Phoenix 3 Miles: 10.41 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.33 | 0.00 | 6.33 |
| 6.33 easy miles. |
| Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 6.33 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.28 | 0.00 | 4.28 |
| 4.28 easy miles. |
| Asics 2150 (Blue) Miles: 4.28 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 176.70 | 39.20 | 215.90 |
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| Asics 1150 Miles: 61.07 | Asics 2150 (Gold) Miles: 19.44 | Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 26.20 | Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 22.88 | Asics Phoenix 3 Miles: 53.91 | Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 10.89 | Asics 2150 (Blue) Miles: 21.51 |
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