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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Lifetime PRs:

Marathon: 3:07:59 2013 Big Cottonwood Marathon 

1/2 Marathon: 1:24:30 2008 St. George Painters

10K: 38:39 2008 SLCTC

5K: 18:44 2009 Nestle Art City Days 

55-59 AD PRs:

1/2 Marathon:???

10K:???

5K:??? 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2023 plans: 

  • Work on core strength
  • Lose 5 lbs
  • Overcome lingering injuries
  • Have fun!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Consistently place in the top 5 of my age division as long as my body will allow it.

Beat Terry Bean at any distance at least one time before I depart this earth.

Take care of mind and body so I can be in it for the long haul. Don't do STUPID THINGS!

Run until I'm 99 with Kim by my side and remember that EVERY RUN IS A GREAT RUN!

Peace of mind by striving to live like this

 

Personal:

I've been married to the lovely Kimberly for 36 years. We have 5 great kids and 5 great grandkids.

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AM: A bit of a sleep-running morning today with Kim. Couldn't seem to completely wake up and get going. Ran the 6+ mile river bottom loop. Beautiful morning today even with the wind. Kim was feeling some pain in her right hip adductor muscle so we went a bit slower than normal. Pain is probably due to the long run on Saturday followed by sort-of-long-run yesterday with hill repeats. My bad--perhaps Coach Tom needs to mellow out a bit. Ave pace around 10 min/mi.

Late AM: Ran 4 miles out toward Lakeview, paid no attention to pace, ended up being around 8:30 pace.

Also did some core work at the gym.

 

Comments
From Kerry on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:55:00

Yes, by all means, listen to your body. I think we all get some warning signs that we might be overdoing it a bit, but we get a bit obsessive about checking off another workout and end up doing more harm than good. I'm noting that mostly for my own benefit :)

From Kim on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 14:51:33

Don't take the blame, Coach Tom. You know that I am the one who wanted the extra on Saturday and added in yesterday on my own. I will be very careful though this week and hope it's just a minor thing.

From Brent on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 15:29:56

Tom, I got fired as a coach by Sylvie many years ago, lets see how long you have your coaching job? Hopefully, longer than me, smart to back off a fews days until the race.

Stay Kool, stop watch in your pocket, B of BS Rools out

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