| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 22.30 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.50 |
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| Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 14.50 | Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.30 |
| I'm trying to keep the "back to consistently running" ball rolling. Only Larry was out this morning. His stomach wasn't feeling quite right so we just ran 1/2 mile loops around the block to stay close to home. He made it a couple of miles, then ventured farther from home alone for another couple of miles. Average pace: 10:00/mi. It was cold and my right hip was pretty stiff and sore again this morning. |
| Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 4.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| We had Larry, Wayne, and Kevin all out this morning. The temperature was 10 degrees warmer than yesterday (30 instead of 20). We ran the same shorter Lindon loop that we've been running lately. Average pace was 9:28/mi today. Aside from the "just won't go away" right hip pain, I felt good this morning. About halfway through, on a downhill transition to a flat stretch, I decided to push the pace a little for a half mile. I was pleasantly surprised to see that my pace was 7:25/mi, and it didn't really feel that much harder. It gives me hope, but I plan to be patient. |
| Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Larry, his wife Jolene, and I ran the short Lindon loop. The roads were really icy so we tried the snow packed canal road. It was less slippery, but with the new snow hiding the treacherous ruts and uneven ice underneath, we opted to go back to the icy roads. Jolene's running buddy Keri fell a day or two before and hurt herself (hence Jolene running with us) so we prudently ran a slow and careful pace (about 11:00/mi). The company outweighed the poor conditions. It was a good run. |
| Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Larry, Kevin, and I ran the short Lindon loop. It's been our course of choice these past couple of weeks. With our decision to run later in the morning for a bit, our other routes have too much traffic. We're still taking it easy as we build up our mileage (9:42/mi pace today), although Kevin is chomping at the bit to pick it up. Of course he's not 50+ like the rest of us. He's just a babe in his mid-40's. Saturday we're planning to run at 5:30am, and then starting next Monday we're going back to our traditional 5:45am start time. It'll be hard to make the transition, but we can do hard things. |
| Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Karen and I attended the play "The Foreigner" at the Hale Center Theater Orem last night with Larry and Jolene. The playbill had information about the Hale Freezes Over 5K and 10K. I think I may have run it tomorrow if we didn't have a family conflict. I knew I was in no shape to race a 10K, but I was curious about how I would do. So, as I started my run this morning, since no one else could make it and I was alone, I decided to run the normal (6 mile) Lindon loop and tack on an extra 0.2 miles and run my own 10K. I was curious to see if I could hold good running form (good for me anyway) for that long without too much of a drop off at the end. It as much a test of my mental fitness as my cardiovascular and muscular fitness. My mile splits were: 8:42, 9:04, 8:28, 9:25, 9:34, 9:14 and 8:17/mi for the last 0.2. I feel pretty good about how I did mentally. I maintained pretty consistent form and effort. You can pretty much tell where the uphill and downhill was by the changes in pace, although there was some slight slowing in the last couple of miles as fatigue set in. A 56:06 10K. It's at least a couple of minutes per mile slower than past years, but it's way faster than walking...or limping...or rocking in a chair. I've got a few minor aches and pains, but overall I'm feeling pretty good. I think things are still headed in a good direction. |
| Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 6.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| The old (aged and familiar) running gang seems to be getting back in the groove. Larry, Wayne, Kevin, and I all made it out at 5:30am this morning. It was cold and dark, but as I told Karen when she asked why I was up so early this morning, we're real men...we can do hard things. It was actually quite enjoyable. It was nice having little to no traffic on the roads so I could run away from the edges of the road. I have a church basketball game with my young adult sons at 8:00am, and I pushed the pace some yesterday, so I just took it easy this morning (10:16/mi) This makes two full weeks of running in a row. So far, so good. |
| Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 22.30 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.50 |
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| Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 14.50 | Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 14.00 |
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