| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | I had lots of aches and pains yesterday, not to mention terrible weather and I chickened out of running. The good news is that after running this morning, the pains have subsided and I feel really good. But, my pace keeps getting slower: 5.53 miles in 51:34 or 9:19/mile | | Comments(1) |
| | I really don't know my time or my distance, but my pace was about the same as yesterday through 5 miles. Then my GPS just stopped, right at the 5 mile mark. It was 30 degrees and clear so that I could see the stars. Orion used to be in the east and now it's in the west. Before I know it, it won't be visible and I'll have to learn a new constellation. | | Comments(1) |
| | There was a message on my GPS watch this morning, which I couldn't read, but I could tell it wasn't working. I used the google pedometer to calculate that I ran 6.56 miles and it took about an hour. When I got back and put on my glasses I discovered that I overflowed the history. I should be able to use it next time, because all history is now deleted. We are enjoying great weather. It was 50 degrees this morning, but next week it's supposed to get down into the teens.
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Early run, late report. There was nothing spectacular about my run today. 10.15 miles in 1:31:32 or 9:07 per mile. I don't think that wore me out as much as the rest of the day trying to dig up a tree stump and planting two peach trees. The second peach tree was not in a very good piece of ground. I don't know if it could be called soil, because there was more rocks than dirt. I pulled out about 100 lbs of rocks in a hole about 3 feet deep.
For the tree stump, I cut off four big roots, one over 6 inches in diameter, with an axe. Then, we tried to jack it up, exerting 7000 lbs of pressure, but to no avail. We'll try again later after we try to rot the stump. | | Comments(4) |
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