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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
Saucony Fastwitch #1 Lifetime Miles:						65.50
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #3 Lifetime Miles:						718.70
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #4 Lifetime Miles:						602.45
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #5 Lifetime Miles:						209.75

Thu, Mar 25, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

Felt a little perky starting out so I got a little daring with the gimpy calf and did some MP miles in the middle. Felt good until the wind kicked up and ruined the moment. Plus my calf started giving me hints that I better not push my luck and HR was creeping up higher than it should so I slowed way down for the rest of the run. Hopefully I didn't overdo it.

I'm still considering adding more cross-training to my regiment and maybe dropping my running days to 5 or even 4 days, at least until the calf feels fully healed. This goes along with guidelines that Brad Hudson suggests for masters runners. Just wish the cross-training was a bit more enjoyable.

8:01/160

Comments

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 16:10:32 from 67.42.27.114

Pool run.

From Tom on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 17:33:01 from 137.65.56.16

Boor ing.

From Calvin on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 19:10:32 from 66.133.117.3

I'm happy that your calf thing wasn't as serious as you thought. Just be careful with it still, right?

From Bonnie on Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:02:40 from 64.119.33.134

Good job playing it smart Tom! Often, I think to myself that the running consistently trumps any speedwork/workouts over the long term. It is much more important, to me, that I remain able to run than to run fast. Dean has been out-of-commission for the past 1.5 years; a few months he was able to run slowly and was getting back to the 60 mpw range and then another flare. I can't tell you how painful this has been for him (physically and emotionally). Getting old is not for sissy's (neither is being a woman, but that is a different story) ;-).

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