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

December 22, 2024

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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
Sat, Nov 08, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.647.0022.64

6:45am:  Long run day.  It was 32 degrees when I left and slowly warmed up.  I wanted a nice, solid long run today and I did not disappoint.  I did my usual Chubbuck, Hawthorne, Main St, S. Bannock to Indian Hills back through Ross park and ISU loop.  Had a nasty headwind for the 8 mile South stretch to the turn at Indian Hills.  Got my pace back after that.  I ran for exactly 3 hours in what seemed like an easy run.  Sprinkled some really good miles in a couple of places.  I felt really strong the whole way.  Great way to finish another 100 mile week.  By my calculations, I am now in 2:54-2:55 marathon shape with 4 weeks to go until Tucson.

Asics 2120 (Gold) Miles: 22.64
Comments
From wheakory on Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 14:05:43

I ran past Indian Hills and through Ross Park as well. Nice run Bill, and your looking strong for Tucson. Now, back-off a bit to stay fresh. You don't want muscle fatigue the week of your race. I would keep doing tempo/mp miles to keep your form sharp even during the last week, but cut the number of intensity miles on runs.

Sounds like we had the same route planned today, well almost.

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