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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
30.750.007.000.000.0037.75
Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 12.00Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 19.75Brooks Axiom Yellow Miles: 6.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Wayne and Larry haven't been coming out on Mondays and Wednesdays, but Wayne says he's going to start and Larry might as well. It was nice to have Wayne join me this morning, but Larry didn't we make it. We ran the Lindon loop at an easy pace. It was a beautiful morning, but a little chilly with frost on the lawns and car windows. I think I've had enough of winter-like weather.

It's almost May.

Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.750.000.000.000.005.75

I ran the 2000 N hill route this morning with Larry and Wayne...nice and easy. It was a beautiful morning.

Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 5.75
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Lindon loop with Larry and Kevin (and their dogs).

Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Larry, Wayne and I ran up past Cascade golf course and back. It was another beautiful morning, still a little chilly though.

Larry's headed out of town for a wedding, but Wayne and I are planning to run Provo Canyon early (5:30-ish) again this week. We both really enjoyed the early run last week. We plan to go 16-18 miles instead of 20 this week. The Ogden marathon is just two weeks away.

Brooks Axiom Yellow Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.000.007.000.000.0014.00

With the steady rain falling at 5:30 this morning I suspected Wayne but come to pick me up. I gave him a call and confirmed that he preferred to run at the fitness center later to getting soaking wet. I didn't want to pay to run at the fitness center, so I was going to go out in the rain. But then I decided to go give the fieldhouse at BYU a try. I ran many miles there in 1982 training for my first two marathons, but it has probably been 25+ years since I've trained there. Kevin J. and I tried once a year or two ago but there was a high school track meet going on.

I got there a little before 6:00am. No track meet this morning. At first there was mostly just a few senior citizens walking around or jogging. The numbers slowly increased and got younger as the morning went on. The big loop was closed this morning.

I had originally planned on 16-18 miles for today, but with 7 1/7 laps per miles, I didn't think my sanity would last that long. I decided to just start running and see how long I lasted.

Keeping track of laps was the hard part. I would count three laps on my right hand, then three laps on my left hand, then one lap not counting on either hand. Every 7 miles I ran an extra lap. I ended up doing this twice for a total of 14 miles. I didn't realize until afterwards that (7x7)+1 = 50, and 50x2 = 100, so I ran exactly 100 laps. That's a new record for me. In high school I once ran 10 miles in 80 laps on an 1/8 mile indoor basement track (no windows, just concrete).

This morning I averaged about 8:10/mi the first 7 miles and 8:30/mi the second 7 miles for an overall average of about 8:20/mi for the 14 miles. Not bad for running uphill into a strong headwind. OK, it was on an indoor track...level with no wind...but I still feel pretty good about the run. It was kind of fun passing people over and over again. I only got passed a few times, generally by people doing speed work or kicking at the end of their run. It reminded me (a little) of 1982 when I was 22 years old and in sub-3:00 marathon shape.

Driving home I passed a runner we see out most Saturdays, and other days when we run to Provo Canyon. He was soaking wet and it didn't look very fun. I don't mind running in light or intermittent rain, but with the steady rain this morning I was glad I decided to try the field house.

Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 14.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
30.750.007.000.000.0037.75
Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 12.00Saucony Guide Blue Miles: 19.75Brooks Axiom Yellow Miles: 6.00
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