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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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Thu, Aug 21, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.100.000.000.009.10

AM: Ran 5.1 mile river bottoms loop with Kim. We also ran into Sarah C right after we started and she was able to join us for the rest of the run. Feeling pretty good today except I tripped on a stupid wire or something coming up Heartbreak and it was all I could do to keep from landing on my face. Even so I landed awkwardly and very ungracefully, and I just hope I haven't aggravated my left hamstring which is prone to giving me grief at the slightest provocation.

Ave pace around 9:20.

Late AM: Decided to give my legs a bit of a break and do some crosstraining instead of running. Did 22 minutes on the bike and 20 minutes on the elliptical. My legs actually felt really good afterward and I was able to have a really good stretch so I think I did the right thing.

RHR 47 

Comments
From Mike Warren on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:10:01

Tom, your really doing awesome. Darn obstacles! You never know the crazy things that can get you. Does it feel good, SGM is right around the corner and you know you have paid the price.

From JeffC on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:19:30

Tom, be careful out there man! Don't need any more last minute injuries among the bloggers. Seems like marathon devil knows were getting close and tries to screw us up. Take it easy today, don't push it.

From Clay on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 13:23:52

Watch out for those wires out there on the road Tom, they can be hazardous:-) I hope you don't have any set backs, you have paid the price and deserve a great SGM!!!

Keep working hard...

From Dave S on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 13:28:27

Tom, don't scare me like that. That near fall sounded a little too familiar. Only mine was a rock and it's been 2 1/2 weeks and I still can't run.

From Dale on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 18:30:04

Always a good idea to cut yourself some slack heading into a race...hard to make yourself do it though.

From Ian on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 06:32:09

I cringed reading about you tripping up over the wire, a horror story for runners. Good luck for your race on Sat, I am willing you to enjoy it.

From Tom on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:09:45

Thanks guys for the comments and support. Looks like I survived the wire-trip without any serious consequences. No obvious new aches/pains/injury to speak of, however my legs aren't feeling particularly "peppy" heading into the race tomorrow. With this in mind I'll stick with the plan to treat the 1st half of the race as a marathon-paced downhill training run, then depending on how I feel at the 1/2 way point I may push it the rest of the way.

Ian I make take a vow right here and now to enjoy this race no matter what!

From Terry on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:19:47

This should be a good race to see if you are disiplined enough to take it easy the 1st half and let it rip the 2nd half. You going to try to hit 6:35-6:45's the 1st half?

From Tom on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:27:45

Not that slow Terry. The first 1/2 of Hobble creek is pretty decent downhill, even more-so than the first 4 miles of Provo River.

So the plan is to run with Paul and Nate who are planning to run 6:15-6:20 for the first 5-6 miles. At this point the course flattens and becomes more like Provo River maybe but with only a couple of minor uphills. For most people Hobble is a few minutes faster than Provo River so I should be fine running 6:15's or so the first 1/2 as this is about what I'll be running at SGM for those miles that are the more downhill miles.

My hope is that at the 1/2 way point I'll be feeling good and have plenty of zip, in which case I'll try to hold the 6:20 pace the rest of the way or at least stay under 6:30.

From Tom on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:30:34

One more thing Terry (and anyone else for that matter)....if I get some wild notion 1 minute before the start of the race that I'm going to go out at 5:45 pace so I can crash and burn later, will you PLEASE slap me silly or hit me over the head with a big stick!!!!

From Kim on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:32:24

Yes!

From Dustin on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:40:50

Hey Tom

Bill and I are coming up for Hobblecreek, so hopefully we'll run into you guys. I've been struggling all summer with hip problems, but I'm going to give this race a go and see how I feel from the start, hopefully I can push it the entire race and not have to ease up.

From Tom on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:43:47

Dustin I'll look for you guys and hope you both have great races. As you may have noticed I've been struggling a bit this summer as well and I'll be going out a little conservative so I may not see much of you guys during the race. Hope the hip is kind to you.

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