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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
4.000.003.500.008.6016.10
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.500.003.000.000.005.50

I was the only one to show up at the starting corner at 5:45am so I ran alone again. I felt like I wanted a few good tempo miles this morning, and the normal route wasn't appealing, so I decided to run the neighborhood 5K course. I didn't want to run all out, but a little faster than my goal marathon pace (7:38/mi = 3:20 finish time).

After a half mile warmup over to the starting line, I ran the first (mostly downhill) mile at 7:01/mi, the next (flat) mile at 7:30/mi, and the final (mostly uphill) mile or so at 7:28/mi. I then ran another couple of easy miles (8:29/mi).

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.500.000.500.000.002.00

I can't believe it. Once again I stepped on a rock in the dark and rolled my ankle. I was putting in my two extra miles before meeting up with Larry. I had warmed up for a half mile and then had run about another half mile at about a 7:45 pace. There was no moon and it was pretty dark between the street lights. I was cruising along thinking happy thoughts when I suddenly felt the pain. I tried to walk it off. I was able to put weight on it, and even managed to jog part of the way back home, but I could tell I was going to have to take a day or two off.

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No running. Letting ankle heal.

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I was going to try running on my ankle this morning but the only person at the corner was Lee, heading out for a walk. He said he had heard the guys were running 20 miles Friday morning instead of Saturday, due to conflicts, so they weren't running this morning. I decided to give my ankle another day.

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The guys ran the 20 miler from Trefoil to the lake this morning. I love that run, but decided to give my ankle one more day.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.000.000.008.608.60

I ran alone from Vivian Park up to the Trefoil gate at the top of South Fork. I averaged 9:24/mi for the 1.6 miles up to the park, and 8:52/mi for the 2.7 miles up to the gate. Coming back down I averaged 7:29/mi for the 2.7 miles to the park, and 7:07/mi for the 1.6 miles back to Vivian Park. I averaged 8:13/mi overall for the 8.6 miles. My ankle felt good. Even my left knee that had been bothering me for a couple of weeks felt better. It was a great run.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.003.500.008.6016.10
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