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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, Aug 25, 2010

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
2.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	3.00	6.00

Kent and I ran the water tank hills. I pushed up the hills in 16:25 then ran the last fast 1/2 mile at 6:36/mi. The whole run was a little more uptempo than usual. I felt good.

It's kind of funny. It's like something clicked or snapped in my mediocre half marathon performance last Saturday. When the old guy (my age) tried to pass me with two miles to go I realized I was being mentally weak and decided I wasn't going to let him pass me. When I was able to go from 9:12 pace at mile 11 down to 7:33 for the last mile I knew I needed to step up my mental toughness. I've stepped up my game these last three days and pushed harder. They've been the best training runs I've had for quite some time. I've felt stronger and faster, and more like the runner that I used to be. Even my lingering pains seemed to have backed off. I hope this is indicative of a turnaround and better things to come.

Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 6.00

Comments

From Tom on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 15:16:35 from 137.65.56.16

Glad to see you're feeling good and able to step up the game Paul. I'll have to tell Hal no more 10-min gaps between you and him in the future!

From Paul Thomas on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 15:40:33 from 216.49.181.254

My initial goal is to keep the gap between Hal and me to single digit minutes. ;)

From TBean on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 15:49:15 from 63.241.173.64

I like the attitude. Now you just need to remember to take it easy on easy days and to push on the more intense days. These old bodys can't take high intenstity every day.

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