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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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Tue, Apr 22, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.10

AM: So today is our first day of hill repeats (6.5 miles). We started out gentle and only did 2 of them this time, 30 seconds each at "relaxed sprint pace" with about 1 1/2 to 2 min rest in between. So far so good. The wind was nasty today so we decided to start out running away from the wind down past Storehouse and up river bottoms before hitting heartbreak hill for the repeats.

PM: Ran at work toward Eagleview (4.6 miles) so I could do my version of the hill repeats. Had a hard time getting out of 1st gear it wasn't much of a "relaxed sprint pace". But on the other hand it was a nice warm day and every run is great. Ave pace 8:33.

Comments

From Kim on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:29:17

Am I confused on Heartbreak Hill? I always thought that was the other one. Are they heartbreak #1 and heartbreak #2? They could both qualify for the name in their own right. At any rate, we ran up heartbreak hill and at the top was slapped in the face by Face Slap Wind. Can't get much better than that to start a morning!

From Tom on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:32:09

I hear them both get referred to as Heartbreak hill. I guess if you think of the higher east bench area being the same hill then the 2 roads are just different ways of climbing up the same heartbreak hill?

From Dale on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 19:42:55

Aren't most hills "Heartbreak" hills? If not, how do I tell the difference :)

In any event, tackling them early and often will help when it counts. Same with running into the winds.

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