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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

Thu, Aug 23, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
0.00	0.00	5.20	0.00	0.00	5.20

Nathan and I ran the Lake View course at lunch time. We're both running the Hobble Creek half marathon in a couple of days so we took it at an easy conversational pace. The weather was cooler than it has been and was quite enjoyable. We averaged 7:55/mi for the 5.2 miles. I felt like it was closer to an 8:30 pace, and was pleasantly surprised that it was 7:55. That's about the pace for a 3:27 marathon. I felt like it was an "easy marathon pace" effort, so I'm encouraged that my St. George marathon goal of 3:20 may be within reach. But I guess I need to take it "one game at a time" and not look past Hobble Creek. I'm looking forward to it.

Comments

From Tom on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 20:55:51

Paul - best of luck at Hobble Saturday, I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes. I think you're going to have a run with a PR a definite possibility.

Also I think if you can stay healthy the 3:20 is yours, with 3:15 a possibility.

Also looking forward to running with you guys next week. Who else from the relay team is running Hobble?

From Tom on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 20:57:06

I meant to say "...I think you going to have a GREAT run with a PR a definite possibility...".

Obviously you're going to have a run (but hopefully not the "runs")

From Kerry on Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 11:15:09

Good luck tomorrow!!! You'll do great!

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