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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

Tue, Jun 03, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
7.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.90

Another beautiful morning. I ran just short of two miles before meeting Larry and Wayne. We ran the 2000 N hill and loop through Lindon then added a 1/2 mile loop around the block get our six miles in. The conversation wasn't so good today. For some reason we started talking about how bad we all were as young men. We didn't confess too many awful sins, but it seems we each made our fair share of bad choices through those difficult years. Looking at where we are now, all I can say is we are walking evidence of the power of Jesus Christ to make bad men good, and good men better. We're still far from perfect, but there's been significant progress, and hope for more to come. So maybe the conversation this morning wasn't so bad after all.

Comments

From Kim on Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 11:13:54

Thank you for sharing those thoughts Paul! I believe in that same thing! The power of Jesus Christ DOES make that happen! One thing I love about this blog is that people are not afraid to share such thoughts as that!

From Paul T on Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 12:20:54

I like that about the blog, too. I feel safe sharing anything I want (keeping it family safe, of course). I use my blog mostly for me, but I feel comfortable sharing myself with the community, and I love seeing into other people's lives and getting to know them, too. I know we don't all think or believe alike (dietary habits, muscle scraping, training philosophies...child rearing, religion, taste in music) and that's okay. We're all God's children (or we crawled out from the same primordial ooze).

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