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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
13.007.455.103.105.5034.15
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.751.250.000.000.006.00

Normal Monday morning run with Kevin, Kent, and Larry. Kevin and I inserted a couple of fartlek runs, the first for about 3/4 mile and the second for about 1/2 mile. I ran about a 6:45 pace on each (Kevin was significantly faster). My overall average for the 6 miles was about an 8:45 pace.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.250.002.000.002.507.75

I went out early to add a couple of miles before the normal Tuesday morning run. I ran just under an 8:00 minute pace for those two miles. My legs felt pretty heavy this morning. The rest of the run with Kevin and Larry was at an easier pace.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.006.200.000.003.0012.20

I started the day by running the normal Wednesday morning hill run with Kent and Larry. I didn't push real hard, trying to save my legs for 10K tempo run at noon.

At lunch time Tom Lee and I ran the Lake View 10K course I had mapped out. We both had run in the morning. With the temperature near 80 degrees, we knew we had a tough run ahead of us. We ran the first half in 23:06 (7:25/mi). The heat took its toll and we ran the second half in 24:49 (7:50/mi). My overall time was 47:56 (7:38/mi). Tom was about 7 seconds faster.

I feel good about the run. It was a good measure of where I am in my training, and I think pushing hard in the heat will pay dividends in the future, both mentally and physically.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.003.100.000.004.10

I ran the neighborhood 5K course with Larry, Kent, and Kurt to prep for the race (fun run) this Saturday. My legs were still tired from yesterday's run so I took it a little easy (8:00+/mi.).

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.003.100.004.10

The (17th?) annual neighborhood 5K fun run was today. Kurt won it with a time of 18:56, or something like that. Kurt, Justin, and Christian (all high schoolers) started out very quickly (5:30-ish for the first mile). I had decided to push the race hard so I foolishly allowed myself to run a 6:00 minute first mile (gradual downhill). I slowed to about 6:40 for the flat second mile. The last mile is a gradual uphill and I slowed a little more. Nevertheless, I was very pleased with my finishing time of 20:35 (6:38 average pace), a new PR for me for this course. I was just hoping to break 21:00.

My mileage was down this week, but the hard 10K in the heat on Wed., and the hard 5K today, give me confidence that the training I have been doing has been effective.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
13.007.455.103.105.5034.15
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