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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:

2024 plans: 

  • Work on core strength
  • 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 38 years. We have 5 great kids and 5 great grandkids.
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Mon, Mar 03, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.200.000.000.0013.20

AM: Brrrr! Felt like a step back to winter this morning with cooler temps and nasty canyon breeze. But all in all ended up being a nice run with Kimi to start the day. As has become the pattern for us as of late we ended doing a bit of a progression run as we pretty much sped up each mile. Ave pace: 9:55

Planning on going out again a lunch today also. Today will likely be my high mileage day of the week. Planning on a reduced mileage week this week to give the legs a bit of a break after 3 consecutive aggressive weeks.

Noon: Went out with Nate and ran LakeView route. Ave pace 7:57.

Comments
From Kim on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 10:12:27

You are almost right on the Brrrr! Except it needs to be BRRRRR! I am finally warming up! Dang that SF canyon "breeze"! Hopefully you will have your lunch run in the sunshine!

From Clay on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 14:36:21

Tom it was cold this morning, I was having a hard time getting going but I finally did.

What percentage to you take off on your reduced mileage weeks? Just curious. I have decided to do the same thing every 3 to 4 weeks just to give my legs a break:)

Keep up the good work!

From Tom on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 15:32:20

Clay - on the reduced mileage weeks it depends somewhat on how I feel but I usually reduce by 20-30 percent. So where I've been in the 60-70 mile range the last 3 weeks I'll probably be in the 40-50 mile range this week. I still typically don't decrease the intensity/speed of the workouts (unless my body tells me to), just less miles. I like to also schedule races at the end of a reduced mileage week just to take advantage of the mini-taper effect.

From Brent on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 21:05:12

Tom, I like your reduced miles take, I am going to try it this week, 50 miles max, including the race. I have not backed off, 4 months of 65 to 70 per week. By the way, I really like you and Kim's down to earth attitude about running and life.

Take Care, Stay Kool, Keep it Real, B of BS Rools out

From LakeAnnDandy on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 21:59:25

Brent -- are you hitting on Tom or did you mean to say ... "I really like your and Kim's ..."?

:-)

Its all good. I really like Tom too ... but not like that, er ... what I mean to say is you Rool ... Just listen to what I mean, not what I say.

BTW Tom, Sorry to hear about your Dad's passing. It appears to me that he was a great man.

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