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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:	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

Sat, Sep 27, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

Happy Birthday to son #2 Tyler - 18 yrs old!

Met up with the SF runners at the usual meeting spot. Kim is on docs orders to take it easy today so she "had" to sleep in (poor girl!). Glad the SF crew wised up and moved the start time from summer to winter hours at 6am instead of 5am. Just ran nice and easy for the most part but threw in a couple of flat marathon-ish paced miles (around 7 min/mi) near the end. I was glad that the MP miles felt better than on Tuesday but it still seems like running 7s feels about like what running 6:30 used to feel like earlier in the year. Oh well we just do our best. I can tell the taper is doing it's thing as the lingering aches/pains are lessening but not all the way gone. Hopefully with another week of heavy duty taper and the race day magic will be there in full force come Oct 4!

It was good to see Pat L out this morning and hear that he is going to be able to run SGM. He got injured a month or so ago while water skiing and was going to bag the marathon, but it sounds like with some good rest and working with the sports doc that he's going to be able to give the race a shot, albeit a little slower than usual for him. Hope things go well for him. It was nice getting some last minute advice from a guy who has run numerous marathons in the 2:50-3:00 range and who seems to get better with age. His marathon PRs have been run in his 50's.

Ave pace: 8:30. Ave/Max HR: 146/183

MP miles were 6:57 (HR 162) and 7:02 (HR 179)

Comments

From wildbull on Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:18:53

Man 18 year old second son. We are getting old! Hope to see you next week. have a nice restful week.

From Curtis on Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:22:02

Hey Tom you will have an awesome SGM. I hope Kim will be able to have a great experiance. I hope the coming week go's great for the both of you.

From Kim on Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 15:24:20

I want you to know that even though I get to sleep in a bit the last few days, I get a little jealous as I see you lace up and head out the door! "I'll be back!" (say that with a governator accent!)

From JimF on Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 16:15:36

Glad to hear you are felling better and the taper is going good. Hope this week gets even better and when you show up to race at SGM it is beyond your expectations.

From Mike Warren on Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 21:16:15

Tom, nice miles today. Like I said before, the calm before the storm! I know you will light it up next weekend! Stay healthy Bro!

From MarcieJ on Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:48:27

I have finally had the time to sit and look at others blog. So sorry to hear about your sister in law! I will definetely keep her in my prayers! See you in a few days at the start line, you will be ready to go!

From josse on Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 13:53:09

Fast stuff always fells the hardest right before a marathon for some reason. But come marathon day the leg usually remember and take over. You are going to do great.

From Terry on Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 17:58:15

Less than a week and we'll be running the SGM!!! Good luck with the tapper. To late to get any faster, even though I hope I do.

From TylerS on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:38:56

Great job Tom, I hope to see you at St. George this week. I am sure that our paths will cross. I hope that we can go on some long non fast runs this winter. After a week of deer hunting I feel well rested and ready to run. The aches have pretty much left as of today. So the taper is working. I am glad that Pat is going to run. Is he looking to finish fast or just finish?

From Tom on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:44:26

Tyler did you get a deer? Glad to hear the aches are gone, you'll be ready to smoke that sub-2:45 Saturday.

Pat says he's only looking to finish, but I wouldn't be surprised if he surprises himself and everyone else and still comes in under 3 hours.

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