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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, May 30, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
4.90	0.00	1.50	0.00	0.00	6.40

I ran alone again this morning. This time I picked the flatter Orem route. It was a little chilly this morning with a cool breeze. I opted for the vest and gloves for the first time in a while.

I think the hard runs of the past couple of days caught up with me. I had a real hard time getting going this morning. I ran 6.4 miles at an easy pace (8:49/mi), but it sure didn't feel easy. A positive was that I got faster as I went along.

As I was running back home the thought struck me that this might be similar to how I'm going to feel on the 3rd leg of the Wasatch Back relay. I ran hard yesterday and the day before, and was feeling sluggish today. My 3rd leg (leg 25 - Hard) is a 4.8 mile run up a 1.8% average grade. I highly doubt I'm going to be feeling much zip in my legs at that point.

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