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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, Mar 07, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

My goal this week was to run about 45 miles, including a 14 mile long run. I already had 30 miles, and my planned 14 miler tomorrow will put me at 44, so my thought for today was to take it easy and maybe get in a few easy miles.

There's a group of guys (and one girl) that play basketball at lunch time at work. I know some of them and they have invited me to play various times over the last couple of years. I bumped into two of them in a meeting yesterday. It got me thinking, so I brought in my shoes and ankle supports today and played with them at lunch time. It was pretty fun, and I managed to avoid injury.

After basketball, I changed my shoes and ran a loop around the Novell campus area for about 1.6 miles at around an 8:30 pace.

Comments

From Kerry on Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 17:37:01

Are you holding at around 45 right now or are you gradually increasing your mileage? What are your mileage goals for the coming six months? I'm hoping to be around 35 per week by the end of this month and be up around 50 by the end of next month, but we'll have to see how the body responds.

From Paul T on Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 18:02:38

I'm planning to gradually increase my mileage each week, as my body allows.

I ordered three new pairs of shoes last week from the St. George Running Center with the FRB 15% discount (to make up for not getting enough over the past year, and because we have money right now). All my shoes were worn out last fall when I got injured. I'm hoping good shoes will help keep the injury bug away while I'm gradually boosting mileage.

If my run tomorrow goes as planned, I should be around 49 miles for this week. I'll probably back off a little near the end of next week to mini-taper for Spectrum, but then I'd like to maintain 50+ miles per week for a few weeks until I begin my taper for the Utah Valley Marathon on April 12th.

I don't plan an doing any fast tempo runs during this time, just build base mileage. I may do some moderate tempos runs occasionally (to keep from being bored silly).

Between the UV Marathon and the WBR I'll probably maintain 50+ miles per week, but start inserting some faster tempo runs to get ready for the relay.

After the relay I'd like to try to move up to 60+ miles per week. I'd like to be averaging around 60 miles per week for at least a couple of months before St. George, with at least one good long tempo run each week.

I've never tried to maintain that kind of mileage before. It's pretty aggressive. Tom's my inspiration. I may hit my ceiling, physically or schedule wise, before that. He's not as old as I am, and his wife also runs. All of my running is time away from my family.

I'll play it by ear, but that's my thinking at the moment. Thanks for asking, I hadn't really thought it through until you asked.

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