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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: Kim and I ran one of our regular river bottoms loops. Kind of a brain-dead run for me I think I was still asleep for some of it. Legs feel fair, just going to run easy every day for the time being and throw in some cross-training to give the legs a bit of a break while still working hard enough to get the heart up and out of the comfort zone. Trying to heed everyone's advice from yesterday.

Ave pace 9:36.

Late AM: Spent some time at the gym with my newfound rehabilition buddy Mr. Eliptical. Went a good 40 minutes this time, eased into it the first 5-10 minutes then played my little game where I see how high I can get my heart rate. Set a HR record as I was able to spend some time over 180 toward the end, but mostly in the 165-175 zone. I seem to vaguely remember back a few years when I had a HR monitor that I used to get into the 180s or even 190 on hard runs, but that was when I wasn't in that good of shape and 10 years younger, they always say MAX HR goes down with age. Guess I'll learn more when my garmin finally dies (it's already starting to flake out) and I break down and get that 305.

I feel so much better lately (mentally and physically) after working hard on the eliptical compared to running. I think that's my brain telling me I need to take a break from running and find some substitutes for a while. Looking forward to a nice taper after this week and some time off after SGM.

Comments
From JeffC on Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:35:46

Sorry to hear about yesterdays crash and burn but I am glad to see that you are listening to your body and taking it easy for awhile. Things will come back, just wait and see.

From Dave S on Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 15:45:02

Tom, I think you're smart to back off on the hard running workouts for a few days. You probably have no more to gain before St George anyway but risk losing ground by overdoing it. That cross training sounds like a good idea giving your body a fresh challenge and maintaining your cardio fitness at the same time.

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 15:53:53

Very sensible indeed. You must really push it on the elliptical to get the heart rate up!

From Tom on Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 16:33:47

Paul I think I probably look like a big spaz on the elliptical with what I have to do to get to where I feel like I'm starting to work to get to a similar feel of effort as running. I get a few strange looks from people not used to seeing someone go hog-wild for a long period of time while not holding on to the hand rails. I'm tempted to price a machine to get for home not just for convenience but also to avoid the public scrutiny.

From Paul T on Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 20:21:33

Tom, let me know the time of the next show. I'd love to see it!

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