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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
15.520.0017.000.000.0032.52
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.500.000.000.000.002.50

Larry and I went out this morning in spite of the falling snow. The snow and the wind picked up shortly after we started so we opted to cut the run short. I may try to put in a few miles at lunch time, but I'm leaving work early for my daughter's dance performance and I have a lot of work to do so it may not be possible.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

With the wind gusting and rain beating on the windows, Larry and I decided to skip our run this morning. Instead I went with my son Andrew to basketball again. When the weather is bad it's nice to be able to exercise indoors. It was fun. I even took an assist from my son to hit the game winner in one of the games. I also dribbled off my toe to turn the ball over, and barely drew iron on a wide open 10 footer. It's all good. Being 5'7" and 46 years old, if I expect too much I'm almost certain to be disappointed.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.300.000.000.000.005.30

Ran the Orem course with Larry. Temperature was in the mid 20's. Canyon breeze had a bit of an edge when we were running east on 400 North.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.005.000.000.006.00

I ran about 6 miles with Larry this morning. We did the normal Orem route with a little extra at the beginning and end.

Larry has been reading about Jeff Galloway's run-walk approach to running and suggested we try some run-walk intervals of running about 4 minutes then walking for 30 seconds. It sounded interesting.

We warmed up for about half a mile then averaged the following paces/mi for the 10 roughly half mile intervals: 7:49, 7:49, 7:53, 8:02, 7:40, 7:24, 7:59, 7:48, 7:56, 7:22. With the walking included, we averaged about 8:20/mi overall.

Larry wants to try about 13 miles of this on Saturday. It should be an interesting experiment.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Basketball with my son Andrew again.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.720.0012.000.000.0012.72

Larry, Wayne, and I tried something a little different. We alternated running for 3:52 (roughly half a mile) and walking for 30 seconds. We completed 25 intervals, at the paces below:

1 - 9:20 (warmup, uphill to canal road)

2 - 7:55

3 - 7:41

4 - 7:51

5 - 7:56

6 - 7:54

7 - 7:34

8 - 7:50

9 - 7:58

10 - 7:54

11 - 7:39

12 - 7:51

13 - 8:01

14 - 7:39

15 - 8:00

16 - 8:44

17 - 8:05

18 - 7:56

19 - 7:58

20 - 7:32

21 - 8:04

22 - 7:59

23 - 7:44

24 - 7:48

25 - 6:57

Total 12.72 miles 1:47:26 (8:27/mi)

I'm not sure what to make of the run. It was enjoyable running with Larry and Wayne, the weather was pretty good, and I feel like we got a pretty good workout. However, I don't think I would ever use the run-walk for a race. It was interesting only having to worry about holding the pace for half a mile at a time, and it allowed us to stay together even though we were running slightly different paces. For me, however, the frequent walking resulted in a disappointing overall pace.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
15.520.0017.000.000.0032.52
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