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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
26.700.509.600.005.0041.80
Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 17.50Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 24.30
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Garmin was dead. I think Kevin and averaged just over 9:00/mi for the 6 mile Lindon loop.

Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.200.000.000.000.006.20

As I was waiting for Kevin or Larry to come out Lyle passed by and stopped briefly. He said we would be looping around and if nobody showed to cut over and meet him at Main Street. Neither of them came out so I met up with Lyle again and we ran a few miles together roughly on the neighborhood 5K route. It was nice talking with him and hearing about my old Ragnar Relay's team run last Saturday. I wandered around after leaving Lyle for  a few more miles for a total of 6.2 miles, avg. pace 9:18/mi.

Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 6.20
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.003.500.002.506.00

Kevin and I ran the 2000 N hill route. Our overall average pace was 8:57/mi, which is pretty good for me on this route.

Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.006.100.000.006.10

Kevin and I ran the Lindon Park loop this morning. We were both feeling tired and felt like we were running pretty slow, but we ended up averaging 8:35/mi, which is pretty fast for me these days. It was encouraging to feel like I was running 9:00+ pace and have it be 8:35.

Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 6.10
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.500.500.000.002.505.50

I was taking the day off work and could run later so I did. I ran the water tank hills for the 2nd time this year. I felt stronger and faster. I made it up the 5 hills in 17:17, almost two minutes faster than last week's 19:07. Coming home down 1600 N I ran Fast Half Mile Hill (400 E to Main) at 7:13/mi, over a minute per mile faster than last week's 8:16/mi.

Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 5.50
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Larry, Wayne and I headed out at 8am. Larry still isn't supposed to be running so he only went 3 very slow miles with us before he turned back. Wayne and I picked up the pace a little, but not much. We were both feeling pretty tired. This would be my first 40 mile week of the year, and Wayne was going to end up at nearly 50. We ran into Pleasant Grove near the cemetery then added a loop down to 1200 N and 400 E when we got back to get to 12 miles. It was an enjoyable, if not fast, run. We ended up with a total of 12 miles, avg. pace 10:11/mi.

Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
26.700.509.600.005.0041.80
Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 17.50Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Miles: 24.30
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