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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
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
8.500.000.000.000.008.50

I have a dentist appointment at noon so I ran a little longer than normal this morning. I did a solo loop through Orem, basically down to Costco and back. The temperature was in the high 20's. I averaged 9:00/mi for the 8.5 miles. I must be cold blooded because I sure seem to have a hard time getting going when it's cold.

Still, the legs felt pretty good. I'm feeling a little PF and mild neuroma in my left foot, but neither of them really interfere with my running. I'll have to keep an eye on them.

I hope my body hasn't started to fall apart. I'm going to the dentist today because a tooth broke off while eating popcorn last week. I must have already had a root canal on that tooth, because it hasn't hurt at all. Both my parents wear dentures. I come from a long line of bad teeth.

I'm also going to an orthopedic specialist this morning to have him look at my right shoulder. My adult son had his right shoulder scoped earlier in the year and they said he had a congenital defect in his shoulder bone. They ground off a small hook on the bone. I've had chronic shoulder pain in my right shoulder for years, but it has recently gotten worse. My dad has also talked about having chronic shoulder pain. I'm curious if I have something similar to what my son had, but mostly I just want my shoulder to stop hurting.

Comments
From Tom on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:44:23

Dang Paul your starting to remind me of a couple of my old 'beater' vehicles, starting to fall apart and all. I hope you can stay healthy, I'm excited to see you talking about building up the mileage and running a sub-3 at SGM. I guess just pay attention to the body signals and play it cautious.

Sounds like I won't be seeing you today to run Eagle View. I guess if Nate's still out of town I'll have to go it alone. With my legs feeling fresh this morning and no hard run planned till Thursday I'm looking forward to pushing the pace a bit and doing a bit of a tempo or fartlek. I guess we'll see how it goes. Good luck at the dentist and specialist.

From Kerry on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 15:36:15

Some good mileage for a Monday morning. There always seems to be a extra bit of motivation after the marathon, just because you hate losing any of your fitness, but it's such a nice time of year (for the most part) to be out.

It does seem like you start falling apart once you get past a certain age. Once you get past the bifocals and broken teeth it's really not so bad :) I just got a crown on one of my upper molars last week. Every tooth that had a filling in it before I was twenty has now been crowned. Even with teeth as bad as mine you should be avoid dentures. Dentists do amazing things if you just stay regular on the visits.

From Paul T on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 15:46:34

It turns out I do have the same shoulder bone hook my son has, and some damage to the soft tissue in my shoulder. I'm scheduled for arthroscopic surgery to repair it on October 30. They say the worst day for post-operative pain is the day after, so I may be screaming on Halloween, from pain not fear.

After that visit I then went to the dentist who proceeded to beat me up. I just got back. I had already had a root canal on the broken tooth so he started prepping for a crown without numbing me up. A while later I started feeling some serious pain and flinched. He stopped and asked if I was feeling it. That's when the dental assistant reminded him he hadn't numbed me up. It turns out the work required him to go under the gum line, and he had forgotten he hadn't numbed me. So he numbed me up then went on. After he was done he said my gums would be sore for a couple of days.

What a great time I've had. I was planning to go into work for the rest of the day, but I'm not sure I feel up to it. If I don't go in what are they going to do, lay me off? No, they did layoffs last week. Maybe I'll just stay home and take a nap.

From Tom on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 15:52:49

Paul I'm all for the nap idea. You've just made my day look like a glorious, wonderful day to be alive and not at the doctor or dentist.

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