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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 03, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

HS/COLLEGE:
mile: 4:56, 2 mile: 10:21 (1978)
marathon: 2:52 (St. George 1982)
OLD MAN (20+ years later):
5K: 19:53 (Nestle/Art City Days 5K 2007)
10K: 39:55 (Spectrum 10K 2008)
half marathon: 1:26 (Hobble Creek 2008)
marathon: 3:07 (St. George 2007)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to a BQ marathon time (currently 3:40).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun running, keep fit, and fight middle age spread. Run consistently and injury free. Maintain a healthy balance between running and other life priorities. Encourage my ever-aging running buddies to keep running so we can continue to share runs on the trail instead of rocking chairs.

Personal:

Blessed to be married to Karen for 30 years. We have six children (4 daughters/2 sons) ages 16 to 30, and one wonderful granddaughter.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						83.50
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						21.80
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Lifetime Miles:						376.95
Saucony Fastwitch 6 Lifetime Miles:						200.05
Saucony Guide 7 Black 1 Lifetime Miles:						271.15

Fri, Jan 30, 2015

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

6 miles @ 9:14/mi. Murdock trail north solo.

I skipped running yesterday morning because of the Count of Monte Cristo, and nearly skipped again this morning for the same reason. I've been reading the book and last night Karen and I attended the American premier of the musical at BYU. I missed yesterday to finish reading the book before the play (and because my daughter late the night before had asked me for a father's blessing the next morning), and after being up late last night when the alarm went off this morning I turned it off and got back in bed.

At 5:25 I was still awake so I made a quick decision and by 5:32 I was on the street running. It was mild this morning, with the streets wet after a rain, and with cool, clear air. I didn't push but just held a steady pace throughout as I pondered the "wait and hope" message of the Count of Monte Cristo, and other things, and greeted an occasional runner or biker. It was nice.

Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 6.00

Comments

From Tom on Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 16:56:26 from 160.7.247.191

Great book and great running. Read that book myself a couple of years ago and enjoyed it a lot as well as the movie. The wait and hope message works nicely for running and other aspects of life.

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