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

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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

Fri, May 15, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

No run this morning, just doing a bunch of work around the house before I go to work today and then drive to Ogden this afternoon. A not so funny thing happened to me late yesterday. I got an e-mail from the Ben Lomond hotel in Ogden saying that their reservation computer had crashed and they were overbooked and I now do not have a room. I booked that room in early February and I love staying there because it is right where the buses leave from and less than a block from the finish line. They blocked off rooms at other motels but now I am at the Days Inn which is 8 blocks South and I have to figure out parking and such for the morning. Worst of all they did not seem to care AT ALL!!!

This, however, will NOT spoil my day tomorrow. I am prepared, and pretty rested.....

Comments

From Dustin on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:47:45 from 204.113.48.69

What is the address of the Days Inn you're staying at? Bill and I are staying at the one at 3306 Washington. I think it is about a mile from the bus loading zone, so we might just jog there.

From wheakory on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:58:55 from 134.50.89.33

Enjoy Bill and I'm excited on how well your going to do. Have fun and relax and hit the MP miles.

From jtshad on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:10:32 from 204.134.132.225

Good luck tomorrow, bummer about the hotel! Jeff Fogg from the blog is staying the Days Inn and running the HM, maybe you could send him a note to see if you could catch a ride.

From Bill Mandler on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 14:05:25 from 72.24.152.3

Dustin,

That is the one they have me at so maybe I will run up with you guys in the morning.

From RivertonPaul on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 18:30:00 from 67.42.27.114

Sorry about the motel. Guess it happened to others, and sadly, its the early registrants like you who seem to have been screwed. Good luck.

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