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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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Mon, Jan 25, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Time to switch gears and begin the marathon training cycle. Enough of that 5K training foolishness. Although the 5K race itself wasn't so bad, I think 5K training is the pits, especially in the winter.

Focus for the next few weeks will be mainly on building base and working weekly mileage up in the 60's instead of 40's and 50's. Also extra emphasis on hills. Not much speed work or tempo runs yet, just some occasional strides or maybe take off for 5-10 minutes when the horses are neighing.  Also a race each month for fun and to get a feel for where I'm at.

Had a very enjoyable, relaxed run today out toward Utah Lake. I was pleased to see my HR average in the low 140's while the pace was close to 8 min miles. Seems like I haven't been able to do this for a while.

AP/HR 8:05/143

Comments
From Clay on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 16:18:11 from 67.222.231.10

What Marathon are your training for Tom, and what is your next race? Good job today.

From Tom on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 16:21:31 from 137.65.56.73

Clay I'm running UVM in June. Other races currently on the schedule or Dam2Dam 5 mile on 2/20, Rex Lee 10K on 3/13, and Provo 1/2 marathon on 5/1.

BTW I have a check for you sitting in my wallet. I can probably just swing by on my way to or from work and get that to you. Just let me know what works best for you.

From TylerS on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 16:26:14 from 70.102.167.2

Great seeing you on Saturday! That race really flipped the switch for me.! Time to get back to just training. Good job!

From Brent on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 20:49:54 from 168.178.30.194

Tom - your race report, interesting about keying off someone. Tough to find someone going just the right pace to push you faster, once in a while, you find the perfect situation. Good luck on the marathon training, seems you already in very good shape given you HR and pace. When 8 min miles are easy at 140, always a good sign of conditioning.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From RivertonPaul on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 15:31:45 from 67.42.27.114

Nice that you are starting from such a good place.

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