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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

Fri, Mar 28, 2008

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

I ran the 10K Lake View route with Darin today. We ran about as fast as I can and still stay conversational. We averaged 7:47/mi for the 6.2 miles. We ran into Tom in the fitness center afterwards. He had averaged about a minute per mile faster than that for his 8 mile tempo run, but I bet our conversation was better. Actually, it might be interesting to hear the conversations Tom has with himself during his long tempo runs.

Comments

From Tom on Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 15:49:04

Ok Paul here is a sample of my conversations today... "Dang this pace should feel easier..", "Sure wish the sun was out...", "Stupid headwind, I HATE headwinds!!!!",..."Stupid Garmin, that split can't be right!!", "Na-na-na-na NA! NA! NA! NA! na-na-NA! Na-na-na-na NA NA!, MY SHARONA!!!.",.... "Oh I HATE that song, why won't it get out of my head?!"...."Wow that Paul is sure a swell guy, I think he is my hero!", "Gee I wish Kim would surprise me and drive past and give me gatorade and a cookie! Kim is my HERO!", "...Where the HECK are those Endorphines??!!!!"

I think your conversation WAS probably better :)

From Kerry on Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 15:50:09

I miss those lunch runs with the gang at Novell. How is Darin doing? Did he take some time off from running over the winter?

From Paul T on Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 16:01:22

Darin seem to be doing well. I don't know if he took time off (it seems like I've seen him on the treadmills occasionally) but I know he backed off his training during the winter (which I think is his pattern).

He said today that he's been running three days a week, but plans to start getting serious again (now that BrainShare is over) and start training with Steve King and company in the mornings, although he might wait until the temperature warms up just a bit more.

He also said today that he thinks he might have a target on his back this year. He said Tom's been asking about his recent 10K times.

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