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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
6.003.007.000.004.0020.00

It was a great morning for running and I got to run with a great bunch of guys...the regulars of Kevin, Kent, Larry, and Wayne, and we were joined by Kerry Southworth and Greg Wrubell. We started at the mouth of Provo Canyon and ran up to South Fork. We all went as far as South Fork Park before turning around. Kevin, Wayne, and I went on up to Trefoil to get in a 20 mile run.

I forgot to lock in my Garmin before we started and never did get it going until we stopped at Trefoil before turning around. In my opinion we ran a pretty good pace for all that uphill, in a time of around 1:37 I think, including stops.

Kevin, Wayne, and I averaged around 7:50/mi on the way back down. The pattern seemed to be that Kevin would push the pace a little, then Wayne would take the bait and they would both push the pace even more. I just tried to hang on. We ran the 10 downhill miles in around 1:20, and I believe we ran the 20 miles in just under 3 hours. My goal was just to finish without bonking. I felt strong most of the time. I really only felt stressed the times Kevin and Wayne pushed the pace to around 7:00-7:20/mi. I felt good enough at the end to run the last 1/2 mile at 7:17/mi.

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