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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
20.950.0014.950.000.0035.90
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Ran the Tri-City course (Orem, Lindon, Pleasant Grove) with Larry, Wayne, and Kevin. It was nice running at 9am. We're back to running at 5:45am tomorrow...brrr!

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.750.004.250.000.0010.00

I ran the lighted streets of Orem with Larry this morning. The temperature was in the low 20's with a little breeze now and then. I dressed for the mid 20's and no wind and was a little cold now and then, but not too bad.

At lunch time I felt like running a few more miles. I ran a little over 4 miles. Most of it was at 7:30/mi, gradually working up to 6:48/mi for the last half mile.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.008.600.000.008.60

I bought a new cold weather running suit yesterday and was set to try it out this morning but nobody else showed at 5:45am. I was hoping maybe to run with Tom at lunchtime so I opted to go back home and skip the morning run. I figured back-to-back two-a-days was probably pushing it at this point.

At lunchtime, the temperature was in the mid-30's so I decided to run outside. I decided on a tempo run on Kuhni Road. I didn't have my Garmin, just the Timex Ironman I always wear, so after the run I measured the distance using Google Earth.

Overall I averaged 8:03/mi for 8.6 miles (7:52/mi out, 8:15/mi back).

My legs were pretty tired and a little tight after the run, probably due to the cold.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.200.002.100.000.005.30

The temperature was in the 40's this morning prior to the pending storm and colder temperatures, so I decided to run this morning instead of at lunchtime. There was a pretty good wind that cooled things down, but it wasn't too bad. I was hoping at least Larry would show up at 5:45am, but I ended up running alone.

My legs felt very tired. That probably has something to do with the extra miles and faster pace the past couple of days. Today I just wanted to put in some easy miles while trying to maintain a decent pace and good form.

I averaged 8:38/mi for the 5.3 miles. The half mile paces were 9:14, 9:00, 8:52, 9:15, 9:02, 8:46, 8:32, 8:01, 7:54, 7:41. I felt like I maintained a steady effort throughout. The times show that it took a while, but I gradually loosened up and was able to gradually pick up the pace.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Today was a basketball day. I played at 8:00, my son Adam at 10:00, my daughter Emily at 1:00, the BYU Cougars in the afternoon, and the Utah Jazz in the evening. We had 12 show up for my game. It was fun fellowshipping, but I didn't get a lot of playing time (and I'm the "coach").

Driving home after my game I saw Larry, Kevin, Wayne, and Jolene starting their run. I decided to hurry and run with them for a while before Adam's game. Andrew drove me to find them. We were lucky and found where they had gone pretty quickly. I ended up running five miles with them before stopping off at Adam's game.

The run was cold, and snowy/icy in some spots, but I enjoyed it. We didn't push hard.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
20.950.0014.950.000.0035.90
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