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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
27.900.000.000.000.0027.90
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

I ran Eagles View with Tom at noon. He's sure running well. He had already run a bunch of miles before we joined up , and it was an easy day for him, but even so I'm pretty sure I was slowing him down. I think we only averaged around 8:40/mi. I'm still reluctant to push very hard.

The PF doesn't seem to be getting any better or worse. I tried some firmer arch supports on today's run and they felt good. I'm getting kind of discouraged (bored) not being able to boost my mileage or my speed, but I think I'll continue the reduced training through the holidays and see what the new year brings.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.100.000.000.000.006.10

Ran the Serpentine loop solo. I averaged around 8:40/mi instead of 9:40/mi this morning. I stepped on a pine cone about 4.75 miles into the run and rolled my ankle pretty good. I ran it off and managed to average about the same pace for the remainder of the run.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.200.000.000.000.005.20

Ran Eagles View with Will. We averaged about 7:47/mi. Will and I always seem to subconsciously push each other. I was planning on 8:00+, but Will claimed I was the one pushing the pace. It doesn't really matter. The weather was a little warmer today and it was a very enjoyable run. I was a bit surprised not to see Tom today.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Larry and I ran towards the canyon to the golf course this morning. It was good to get out with Larry again after over a week.

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I was planning to run at work today, but then I was planning to go into work today, too, and that didn't happen either. As I went to leave for work I discovered our old 1992 suburban (the only one of our four vehicles I'm normally allowed to drive) was dead in the water...or at least dead in the driveway. It turned over great, and had a full tank of gas, but no spark. I decided to take the morning and try to fix it, but after trying everything I could think of I finally had to give up.

I gave up about the same time it started getting really cold. During this adventure I also discovered that I wasn't feeling very well...and not just because of the dreaded car repair expense. I ended up not going into work at all...and not running either.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.600.000.000.000.005.60

I'm blogging this 4 days late, but I couldn't not record that Larry and I actually ran with Kevin today. It was the first time for me in almost a year. Kevin had to get back early so we didn't even make our 6 mile goal, but that was probably good. It was very cold, about 17' I think, with a cold headwind as we ran towards the canyon, and I was feeling a little under the weather.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
27.900.000.000.000.0027.90
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