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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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Race: Northridge Neighborhood 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:21:43, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.503.100.000.000.004.60

Today was our neighborhood 5K, a tradition of about 20 years now. Larry has been a key force in this race since its inception. We missed his presence this year as he was in St. George supporting his daughter Stacia in her triathlon.

Last year I ran the course in 21:31 and took 2nd overall. I finished about 18 seconds behind 16-year old Tiffanie Allen. This year I finished in 21:43 (12 seconds slower), and about 30 seconds behind 17-year old Tiffanie, and in 3rd place overall.

The difference this year was 21-year old Christian Stewart. He hung just behind Tiffanie and me for the first 1/2 mile then as we turned down 2000 N he flew by us, broke contact, and cruised on to win, finishing over a minute ahead of me. I was proud of Christian. The last time I remember running against him I think he was a young star football player in high school. He started off very fast and I passed him as he was walking at about mile 2. Now, after maturing, serving a 2 year LDS mission, and working out under Coach Omer at BYU, he was a force to be reckoned with. I'm very happy for him. He is a great young man. I'm probably most happy that he gets to take possession of the traveling trophy...an old running shoe, mounted and painted gold.

One of the highlights for me today was getting to see my daughter Emily run the course again. She has been on the Jr. High track team the last two years, but as a long jumper. I haven't been able to convince her to be a distance runner. After I finished I ran back and ran in the last 1/2 mile or so with her. Someday I hope it's 26.2 miles, but I'll take what I can get. I let her pull away as she kicked for the finish and just watched her. She's got pretty good form, a natural runner. Someday she'll catch the running bug. Until then I'll be patient, and enjoy the days like today.

My splits today were 6:30, 7:31, and 7:43, which reflects the nature of the course...downhill, level, uphill. I maintained a consistent effort and stayed about the same distance behind Tiffanie until the uphills. Gravity seems to affect me more than it does her. Maybe because I probably outweigh her by about 50 lbs.

I'm still representin' for the old guys. The winner was 21, 2nd was 17, I was 3rd at age 51, and 4th was 15. Fifth place was Lyle at 55, so I can't let up. Scheduling helped today, too. Among those in the neighborhood who probably would have beat me, Lecy was at the state track meet, Kevin was at Park City at some business shindig, and Brad was running the Ogden Marathon. Still, you have to show up to race.

This neighborhood 5K fun run is a great tradition. The weather today was perfect. And the neighborhood breakfast afterward was very enjoyable. I felt like running more, but since I had done my long run on Thursday I decided to save my energy for Karen's "honey do" list. It was a good thing. And it was a good day.

Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 4.60
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