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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: Went over to Payson to give Kim her first taste of Payson canyon uphill/downhill running. As usual it was a little hard to get the legs to wake up in the early AM hours but after a couple of miles I was feeling pretty good. Kim must have also been feeling good because she kept speeding up every mile on the uphill. We ran 3.5 miles up then turned around where Kim starting doing 3 1-mile repeats back down with 2-minute jog rests in between. I've been wanting to do only very easy miles for a few days to try and resolve some lingering injury issues. So far so good although it was tough to stay in the easy pace range since Kim was cranking out some sub-7 min paces during stretches of the downhill mile repeats. Overall we did around 7:30 pace on the repeats. My legs are still feeling great so I'm thinking after another easy day tomorrow I will try to keep the majority of my 20-mile run on Saturday in the 7:30-8:00 range.

Besides seeing many deer and 1 fox (2 if I count Kim), there was also a sighting of fellow FRBer Marion (I could have included Marion in the fox count as well but wasn't sure if that was proper ettiquete!). She was running strong up the Canyon while we were coming down finishing up. Good job Marion!

Overall ave pace 9:22.

Late AM: Ran a couple slow miles on the treadmill (8:30 - 9:00) then did my core workout.

Comments
From marion on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:49:48

Thanks for the fox comment- I'll take it :) The only comments I get are from my kids and it usually is something like "are you gonna shower soon? You smell like a fox."

It was great to see you guys this morning! Isn't the canyon BEAUTIFUL! I have always loved to drive up it, but now that I am running in it, it is so much more spectacular!!

Kim is so great! I am so glad she told me about this blog!

From Clay on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 13:47:14

Great workout this morning Tom, keep up the good work.

From Brent on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 14:29:39

Coach Tom, is fox better than hot running chicka. No doubt, women runners have the legs, with ZZ Top.

Nice workout for Kim on the downhill repeats.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Kim on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 17:34:14

Hey Tom,

Using the "fox" comment, people may think you went to high school in the 80s! Oh wait, you did go to high school in the 80s! Where in the world did all that time go? Thanks for the blast to the past compliment. Marion and I will both take it!

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