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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

Wed, Jul 01, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
2.70	0.50	0.00	0.00	3.00	6.20

I ran the water tank hills with Larry and Kent this morning. The weather was pretty good but it seemed a little sticky (humid) to me, as have several other mornings recently. I still think we've had some pretty great running days, and the wet spring has made for a beautiful world to run in.

I pushed the five hills again this week. Last week was 16:40, this week 16:30...right direction. I was planning to push the last mile home again like last week, but I was so engrossed in conversation with Larry and Kent that I missed the starting point. I ended up pushing the last 1/2 mile from 400 E down to Main. Last week I ran the last mile in 6:40; this week I ran the last 1/2 mile at 5:43/mi pace. I haven't had my legs moving that quickly for a while...it felt good.

Saucony Guide TR Miles: 6.20

Comments

From Jon A on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 11:38:10 from 67.214.249.195

Good run.

What are the "five hills?" I like that stretch from 400 E to Main. Nice gradual down. I've never timed that half mile, I like to see my time though counting the part from 800 E to Main, its usually a speedier mile. One thing I don't like about the 4th to Main part is on the South side the slope of the road is big. Maybe I should try the North side. Oh well, good run!

From Paul Thomas on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 20:13:03 from 76.27.92.76

The five hills are the hills going up the water tank road just north of the cemetery on 800 E. When I started running with Larry and the gang some years back they had numbered them 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, and 5. I think the Sojourners call them the steps, or something like that.

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