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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
13.500.0013.400.001.0027.90
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.004.000.001.005.00

I probably should have stayed indoors. The air quality was terrible. Even so, it didn't seem to affect my breathing too much...but I think I can still taste it.

I ran Eagles View again, the same course as last Monday and Thursday. The times were:

Last Monday: 41:57 (8:24/mi)

Last Thursday: 39:48 (7:58/mi)

Today: 37:58 (7:36/mi)

It would be great if this rate of improvement were to continue, but somehow I don't think that is very likely.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.500.003.000.000.004.50

My lungs didn't appreciate me running outdoors in the muck yesterday so I stuck to the treadmill today. I warmed up @ 8:00-8:30/mi for 1 mile then bumped it to a 7:30/mi pace for 1.5 miles. I dropped it to 7:42/mi for another 1.5 miles then dropped down to 8:00-8:30/mi for a half mile cooldown.

I don't like running on the treadmill anyway, but today seemed especially bad. I was bored, too warm, and wasn't feeling very good anyway. My kids have been sick and I may have picked up a little something...or maybe it's from running in the gunk on Monday. I don't think it's anything that a good outdoor run in clean fresh air wouldn't cure.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.006.400.000.006.40

I decided to run a new loop at lunch time today. It starts similar to the Eagles View run but continues north to 300 South, west to State St., south to 400 South, west to Universtity, south over the train bridge, and then back to Novell on the road east of University (behind the stores). It is approximately 6.4 miles.

I mentioned it to Cory and he decided to come with me. I invited Nathan and Scott also, but Nathan had a meeting after lunch and Scott didn't have the right clothes for the cold.

There was a slight breeze with lightly falling snow and it was a little colder than we expected. I should have been smart and worn long pants like Cory, but I had a headband, gloves, and fleece vest and it wasn't too bad.

We averaged 8:08/mi overall. Not too suprisingly, we were a little slower than that on the uphill sections and a little faster on the level sections. The last mile we picked up the pace and averaged 7:36/mi.

Because of his sore foot, I believe this is the longest Cory has run since the St. George marathon. He ran great and kept the pace moving right along. It was a pleasure having his company. It was also great having clean air to breath again.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Morning basketball.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

I ran with Larry, Kevin, and Wayne this morning. We didn't really have a predetermined course or distance in mind when we started out. We ended up running down to the mouth of Provo Canyon, then worked our way down to Center Street, up the hill, then headed north on 1000 East and worked our way back home. It ended up being about 9 miles. Three of us had to be back for other activities or we may have gone longer. We only averaged about a 9:00 pace but it was an enjoyable social run. It's truly a blessing to have great guys to run with.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
13.500.0013.400.001.0027.90
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