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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
15.000.002.000.000.0017.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Miles: 3.00Saucony Guide 6 Miles: 2.00Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

3 miles - easy - Altras

I must be getting back to being a real runner...the rain only paused me long enough to notice it was raining, then off I went.

Altra Instinct 1.5 Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.002.000.000.002.00

2 miles - moderate

I didn't have much time, so I did laps around the block for a couple of miles after doing my HITC.

Saucony Guide 6 Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

12 miles @ easy/hiking pace

Larry, Jolene, Wayne and I hiked/ran up to Rock Pile then east on a trail called Middle Earth that was recommended to us last week. The weather was cold and the trail mostly uphill at the start, but still enjoyable. As the sun came up it warmed up, the skies became crystal clear, and the trail changed to mostly level and downhill. The scenery and valley vistas were amazing. The company was even better.

We met a couple of women, from Ogden and Indiana, who had a map of the trails but couldn't quite figure out where they were. We ended up walking with them for several miles until we got them back on a trail towards their destination.

At one point in the middle, as Wayne and I were running together on a single track trail through trees and frost-sparkled grass high on the mountainside Wayne commented on how people who have never run in the mountains don't know what they are missing. I heartily agreed.

At one point, Larry, who has been struggling to get back into shape, commented about being weak. I tried to point out that weak people don't get up on dark, cold mornings and go run/hike 12 miles.

As usual, there are some great life parallels in this run. I'll leave those to the reader, or maybe save them for a future lesson or talk at church. It was an amazing morning. I am truly blessed by the beauty in the world and in the people around me. Sure life's hard sometimes, for everybody, and usually often, but if we look around and count our blessings, we can begin to appreciate how blessed we are, and how much our Heavenly Father truly does love us.

Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
15.000.002.000.000.0017.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Miles: 3.00Saucony Guide 6 Miles: 2.00Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 12.00
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