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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: 5.00 Month: 56.00 Year: 289.00
Saucony Fastwitch #1 Lifetime Miles: 65.50
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #3 Lifetime Miles: 718.70
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #4 Lifetime Miles: 561.25
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #5 Lifetime Miles: 179.75
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Early AM: Ran 6 with Kim on main roads as side roads were pretty nasty with patches of black ice. Temps were still not too bad yet, around 32 degrees I would imagine. Guess come Wednesday then we get that bitter cold down into the lower teens. Luckily we didn't have any slips or steps in any puddles. I don't like it much at all when the roads are like this, so easy to slip and fall or pull a muscle. This is about the only conditions when the treadmill starts looking appealing.

9:18/133

Late AM: Reduced running miles week for me so I did mostly XT instead for 30 mins. I also ran 1 mile on the TM, don't think I've run on the 'mill for months and I wasn't loving it but for 1 mile and with the weather such as it is I was ok with it.

Lots of chatter at my workplace today since it was announced that we are being acquired. Should make things interesting for the next while.

Today I am thankful for my son #3 Jansen. Jansen is a unique kid, quite a bit different than our others, mostly in a good way but sometimes in a little bit nerve-wracking way. Full of  energy and passion with a wild & crazy streak. This video shows what I'm talking about, to get the full effect you need to start at about 1:45 into the clip.

Brooks Launch Miles: 1.00Asics Gel 1150 Miles: 6.00
Comments
From Kam on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 15:13:54 from 68.66.163.179

Lousy weather, eh? We are all set to run a thanksgiving day turkey trot, and the temps will be around 11. Great. Acquired, eh? That sounds exciting. I hope to be following in your footsteps at my job in 2011. Bring it on, Medtronic.

From TylerS on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 15:55:34 from 63.248.32.71

Wow that is amazing!! IS this what I have to look forward to with 3 boys!

From Tom on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 16:23:22 from 137.65.56.16

Tyler I'm sure you have much scarier things to look forward to, considering what a wild & crazy father your boys have as an example ;)

From JimF on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 17:40:22 from 68.46.211.156

Good luck going through the company acquisition. I have been through that twice in the last 10 years. It is always interesting.

From Dale on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 18:32:04 from 69.10.215.11

Seriously? So he doesn't mind giving mom & dad regular heart attacks?

Two words....Christmas Present:

http://www.air-vest.com/PDF/KidsVestBrochure.pdf

From Tom on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 18:38:42 from 137.65.56.16

Yeah tell me about Dale. He's always had a knack for breaking things, we nicknamed him "Stuff Breaker" long before he started doing back-flips off chimneys.

And I knew there was a reason we've procrastinated Christmas shopping, that air-vest is looking pretty good...

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 23:31:27 from 76.121.76.165

Wow. You better stock up on CO2 cartridges for that vest too. They will make great stocking stuffers.

From TBean on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 15:41:30 from 63.241.173.64

Love Jansen's Chimney backflip!!

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