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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
9.653.000.000.006.0018.65
Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 5.75Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 6.00Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 6.90
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.753.000.000.000.005.75

I expected Kent and Larry this morning, and maybe Kevin. Nope. Just me.

I headed to the track anyway. My body is getting to where it can run double digit miles at 9:00-10:00 minute pace. I need to remind it that it's possible to do that at 7:00-8:00 minute pace. So I did three 1 mile repeats on the THS track this morning. My goal was around 8:00 minute pace. The results were 7:57, 7:56, and 8:02. I'll take it.

I was pleased with how I felt this morning after the long hot run on Saturday. I was still dragging a little yesterday, but felt recovered this morning.

Overall: 5.75 @ 9:47/mi. 

Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 5.75
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.003.006.00

Kevin and I ran the 2000 N hill route this morning. He beat me up the big hill easily, and pulled me along the rest of way. Like I told him, I'm getting in okay downhill and even on-the-level shape, but my uphill fitness is lagging behind. I felt tired the whole run trying not to hold Kevin back too much. I felt slow, but my overall average pace (hills included) was 9:47/mi today, compared to 11:10/mi on the same route last Thursday.

My father, who turned 80 recently, told me when people ask him why he's so happy he tells them it's because he always sets his goals just 1 step ahead of him so they are easy to achieve. In another conversation he pointed out how dirt poor he used to be, and now they have in abundance everything they need to be happy. I'm a believer in "line upon line", "here a little, there a little" and that "by small and simple things are great things brought to pass" (Alma 37:6). I don't know if I'll ever get back to a sub-3 hour marathon, but I do know that if I consistently get out and run (and do other small things to improve my life) that great things will come to pass. It's been true for 52 years. That's the great thing about true principles, they can always be relied on to deliver as promised.

Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.400.000.000.003.005.40

I ran the water tank hills with Kevin. I took it slow. I think my legs were still feeling the effects of the big hill run yesterday. I made it up the hills in 20:06 instead of 18:50 (last week).

Kevin was a couple of minutes late coming out and I had almost decided to not run. Last night I was invited to join the youth handcart trek at Martin's Cove my daughters are going on tomorrow thru Saturday. Some adult leaders couldn't make it at the last minute. Now I have to get ready to go at the last minute, but I'm grateful for the opportunity.

Kevin's daughter is also going. She and a couple of the other girls want to keep up their training and run in the mornings. They were looking for an adult to run with them. If I'm not busy cooking breakfast, maybe I can swing it. That would be enjoyable. 

For some must push and some must pull...la la la la la la la la.

Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 5.40
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.500.000.000.000.001.50

I did a little running during our 10 mile handcart trek...jogging back to find two sisters from our "family" who had fallen way behind...running ahead to see how far behind the others we were...and racing the last half mile or so back to camp pulling a loaded handcart by myself.

I don't have time to share much about the trek, but it was a great experience. I was truly blessed to be a part of it. 

Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 1.50
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.653.000.000.006.0018.65
Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 5.75Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 6.00Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 6.90
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