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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 26, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Ran first marathon after 18 months of training (minus injury time) at age 52 in Logan, Utah on Sept 18, 2010.  Time was 4:16:56 compared to a goal of 4:15.

Second marathon was Oct 1, 2011 in the heat of St George.  Time fell to 4:52:27.

Short-Term Running Goals:

With two marathons behind me, my next goal is to run one in under 4 hours and potentially qualify for Boston within 2 years.

Long-Term Running Goals:

My primary physical goal is to live a long, healthy life and to stay active to the end.  While I can, I expect running to be a big part of that.

Personal:

Married with 8 children and 5 grandchildren.  Youngest child is 13.

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Total Distance
41.10
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
Total Distance
7.30

7.3 miles in 1:07, give or take a minute.  GPS had a dead battery and so timing came from my cell phone today.  The run felt pretty good after a difficult run on Saturday.  I'm thinking I won't be doing very many more slow runs until after the marathon at this point.  I need to get the miles in at somewhere close to my target marathon pace, which is 9:10/mile.  That was also my approximate pace today.

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Wed, Aug 17, 2011
Total Distance
10.19

10.19 miles in 1:27:05 for an average pace of 8:33/mile and an average heart rate of 154bpm, max 172bpm, max speed 6:23/mile.  I ran this kind of like a race to see what I could do.  These were my mile times:  9:25, 8:42, 8:38, 8:33, 8:29, 8:32, 8:45, 8:22, 8:14, 7:59, and 7:45 for the last fraction.  I was especially pleased with how I finished off.  But I was probably going too fast for anyone to see. :)

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Fri, Aug 19, 2011
Total Distance
5.51

5.51 miles in 48:43 for an average pace of 8:50/mile.  Heart rate monitor didn't do its job today and it didn't much matter because I'm done with the slow running for a while.

We delivered Charles to the MTC (curbside drop off) on Wednesday and Elisa will be off to BYU in four days.  Alma and Ben start school on Monday as the only ones left at home.

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Sat, Aug 20, 2011
Total Distance
18.10

Well, I thought I was done with slow running for a while.  It took me 3:01:39 to run 18.1 miles this morning and it wiped me out so much that I couldn't stand up in the shower.  I didn't worry about the heart rate, which averaged 144bpm, but I tried to keep a decent pace.  Overall average pace was 10:02/mile.

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Total Distance
41.10
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