| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 123.35 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 132.35 |
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 84.00 | Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 30.75 | Brooks Axiom Yellow Miles: 12.60 |
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| | 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 |
| Logging the mileage for some past runs. |
| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| A little Church basketball cross training. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Logging the mileage for some past runs. |
| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.60 |
| Larry (in San Diego) and Wayne (and grandchild's baptism) were unavailable so I spent the early morning working on my talk for Church on Sunday and went out a little later to run. As I was heading out the door about 10:30am I had an impression to call Kevin. I figured he'd be busy with his family, but I called anyway. It turns out he wanted to run and it was probably the best time of the day to get it in. We ran 6 miles together then I added 2.6 more. I really enjoyed the run. Kevin and I haven't been able to run together much this winter. We talked about various things, including my talk on Sunday, which I also pondered when I was running alone. It was time well spent.
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 8.60 |
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| | 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 |
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I ran solo to Cascade Golf Course and back, padding softly in the newly fallen, and still falling snow. This was my first Monday run in over 3 months, a sign of my determination to step up the training. Getting ready for a marathon in May is a long climb and I figure I better get started.
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| Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| I ran solo to the Orem Library and back. There were tiny ice crystals in the air when I started, and a light snow for most of the run. There was a dusting of snow the swirled when cars drove through it. It was pretty, but a little slippery. My dog even slipped a few times when I took her for a walk after the run. I feel good about running on consecutive days...it's been "every other" for a while...and both were early morning solo runs in the snow and cold. I've had ankle and Achilles trouble all winter. I'm feeling much better. I hope I'm ready to step things up. I'm registered for the Spectrum 10K in March, the Provo City 1/2 in April, and the Ogden marathon in May. That should be enough to keep me motivated.
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 6.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
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Solo morning run to Cascade Golf Course. Cold and a little windy.
I'm counting a couple of cross-train miles for the Church basketball game tonight.
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| Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 6.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| This morning Wayne and I headed towards Provo Canyon. We modified the route a little to avoid the cold headwind. I ran nearly a minute per mile faster than yesterday. I credit having Wayne there instead of running solo. |
| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 6.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| Larry is still out of town. Wayne must have seen the snow and decided to run inside today.
I skipped running yesterday because I wanted to go at least 10-12 miles today and my body was telling me it was risky to do both. As it is, I ended up with 40 miles this week, more than twice my average weekly mileage for the past few months. It wasn't snowing when I got up, but there was covering of new snow. By the time I started running it had started snowing again and snowed pretty heavily the whole run. I had to take my glasses off after a few miles so I could see. I tried to run on the newly fallen snow most of the time because the other spots were slushy or icy. I had to go into the middle of the road to avoid a 4-wheeler plowing a driveway and slipped and thought for sure I was going down. I'm surprised I didn't pull something with my acrobatics. I headed towards Provo Canyon. The Provo Canyon trail had 2-4 inches of new snow. It was smooth running most of the way, but it felt a little like running in sand. The wind wasn't much fun either. Still, I quite enjoyed the run. I ended up going all the way to Nunn's park and back for a total of 14 miles. I felt like I was moving along pretty well the whole time, but my average pace was 9:25/mi. Some of these winter mornings I've only been averaging 10:00/mi for 6 miles, so overall I feel pretty good about the run...and finally getting in a 40 mile week again.
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.40 |
| I ran solo down to 400 S in Orem and back for a total of 6.4 miles. It was dark with a cold wind...and so was the weather. I was feeling a little down for some reason and thinking some negative thoughts. What else was there to do but start singing? For a mile or so I sang...out loud...adjusting the melody to suck in air as needed...mostly songs about Jesus, and light, and the beauty of the world that I learned as a child. It helped, as it always does. |
| Brooks Axiom Yellow Miles: 6.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| Lindon loop with Larry. |
| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 6.10 |
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| | 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 |
| Solo run to Orem library. Roads were a little slick this morning. |
| Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.80 |
| Lindon loop with Larry and Wayne. It wasn't pretty (kind of like my basketball playing last night) and we all struggled a little even at a fairly slow pace, but it was good to run together. |
| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 5.80 |
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| | 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 |
| One of my daughters had to be at UVU at 8:15am for an elementary school ballroom dance competition so I couldn't run in the morning with Larry and Wayne. I managed to squeeze in 6 miles in the early morning, and was hoping to get some more in later, but that never happened. We got home around 11:00am and then at 1:00pm Karen and I left for Ogden with Kenny and Mindy Fung and our daughters who were competing with their Studio 1 dance team in the Odyssey dance competition. Their son Nathan also came along. We didn't get home until around 10:00pm. Parts of the day were boring, sitting and waiting, but overall it was a great day. It was fun sharing it with the Fungs. I was glad to support my daughters. They're awesome and I'm glad they have the opportunity to participate in these activities (even if it isn't running).
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I was not a little surprised to see 50 on my thermometer this morning. I called time and temp to confirm and it said 49. I ran solo to the Orem library and back. I've been averaging 9:30/mi or
slower on most of these cold winter mornings. I averaged 8:30/mi this
morning, due mostly I think to the warmer temperature. I could get used to this warmer weather. |
| Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Easy pace Lindon loop with Larry and Wayne. The milder temperature made it even more enjoyable than normal.
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| A solo run to the Orem library and back. Mild temperatures again. I ran the first four miles at an easy 9:00-ish pace. I decided to push mile 5 and ran it in 7:27. Even when I backed off back to an easy pace it was faster than I was running before, 8:20 instead of 9:00. I think of this phenomenon as shifting gears. Sometimes it isn't that much harder to run 30 to 60 seconds per mile faster, I just have to mentally shift into a higher gear. |
| Brooks Axiom Yellow Miles: 6.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| I ran the 2000 N hill route with Larry and Wayne. This route is an oldie, and a toughie, but a goodie. I like having it back on the schedule...even though it makes for a slower average pace. |
| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| I ran solo to a little beyond Cascade golf course and back. It was colder this morning, with a cold wind from the northwest. I don't think spring is here quite yet. |
| Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Larry, Wayne, and I started by running the Lindon loop with Larry's wife Jolene. We then continued south to 1200 N and over to 800 E to get some more miles in. Larry cut off a little early; Wayne and I got in 10 miles. We need to start going longer soon to get ready for our May marathon, but it felt good to get in another 40 mile week.
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 123.35 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 132.35 |
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| Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 84.00 | Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 30.75 | Brooks Axiom Yellow Miles: 12.60 |
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