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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, Apr 01, 2008

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

I think someone must be playing an April Fool's joke. It felt more like January 1st than April 1st this morning. When it gets this cold Larry refers to it as being "stupid cold", which I think refers to the intelligence level of people who go out and run when it's this cold. Both of his thermometers said it was 18 degrees. Seasoned runner that he is, he came out anyway, although if I hadn't of showed up I think he may have went back in.

We had a nice easy, if frigid, run wandering through the neighborhood streets and talking. We only went 5.2 miles at around a 10:00 pace, but I still think we earned at least a couple of commando points.

Speaking of April Fool's jokes, as we came home we saw our neighbor moving his son's car around the corner of the block. He said it was an April Fool's prank on his son to make him think his car was stolen. I believe that what goes around comes around, so I'm kind of boring in the prank department. I hope my wife and children don't mind.

Comments

From Kerry on Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 10:07:43

Maybe it has something to do with age (and discovering how often practical jokes can backfire), but I'm certainly imagination challenged when it comes to April Fools Day. Generally the best I can come up with is something along the lines of rushing into my daughter's room in a panic ten minutes before she's supposed to get up and telling her that she's overslept and school starts in five minutes. She only falls for things like that when she's half asleep, but she gets quite a kick out of it once she realizes it's April Fools and can plot her revenge. I don't worry too much because I can usually see through her little pranks without much trouble.

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