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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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Miles:This week: 18.60 Month: 65.20 Year: 360.20
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AM: Ran 14 nice relaxed miles, did a slightly modified version of the Krishna Temple loop with a stop in the middle at the ball fields for a drink. Don't remember a lot since I guess I was doing the sleep-running thing most of the time. Legs feeling pretty good after the Saturday 5K (thanks Kim for the awesome Father's Day massage last night!!!). Ave pace 8:26.

With WBR this weekend the plan is for mostly easy miles the rest of the week. I've gradually worked up my long run the last few weeks to where I'm used to getting a 20-mile day in at least every other week so today with a 2nd run at noon it will probably be a 20-mile day unless my body says to do otherwise. Seems like when my mileage gets much above 70 mpw my body starts to rebel so I think I'll keep most weeks in the 60-70 range for now, with possibly a couple of 70-80 mile weeks at the peak of the marathon training cycle.

Noon: Let the heat training begin! Ran Lakeview 10K loop with Paul and Nate. Also another guy I didn't know whose name I can't remember joined us for the first 2.5 miles. We were all a little tired so didn't want to push too hard, but I was surprised considering the heat that we ran as fast as we did. Ave pace 8:05. 

Comments
From Cal on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:45:10

Hey Tom, I'm interested in the lower ab/groin pain you mentioned previously. Sounds eerily familiar, I think I've been having similar issues for the last few weeks. Question, does it hurt down there when you sneeze?

From Tom on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:53:16

Cal sneezing is the worst, I try to avoid it at all costs. I think a couple of times I've been close to being over the problem but then I go and sneeze and it stirs things up again, much worse so than any type of running I might do.

I've had this a couple other times and it's usually taken me a few months to get over it. I couldn't really tell you what I've done to get it to go away in the past(no sneezing for 3 mos perhaps?), usually it seems I just get used to it and start ignoring it and then one day I notice it's gone.

I've been to some core work to try and strengthen those areas, but it's a fine line knowing whether the exercises are helping or whether I'm aggravating the problem further. Dang it's just frustrating that every time I fully recover from one thing and think I can just run without hassles then something else pops up. Oh well....seems to kind of be the norm for many runners, especially Masters.

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