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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: 20.00 Month: 94.20 Year: 389.20
Saucony Fastwitch #1 Lifetime Miles: 65.50
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #3 Lifetime Miles: 718.70
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Went out just before noon. Two mile warmup, 6 mile HMP tempo run, 2 mile cooldown. I was missing the sun most the time as it was overcast for most the run but then it finally made an appearance toward the end. Body felt good but not great today. For fun I wore my super-light Asics Pirahna flats just to see if they did any better than the Adidas flats as far as blisters. Probably about the same but I think I like the Adidas better for longer distance as they don't seem to have as much wobble and they only weigh about an ounce or 2 more.  I just need to remember to wear the right socks and maybe put a bandaid or moleskin over the problem areas for the race.

Ave pace for the tempo 6:26. Splits were 6:28, 6:30, 6:27, 6:28, 6:26, 6:16.

Comments
From Clay on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 14:35:20

Nice run Tom. Those are some great splits, atleast from were I'm standing they are anyway... Keep up the good work and you will be kicking some butt in a couple of weeks!

Be safe out there...

From Dave S on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 15:45:32

Tom, nice running. I wonder how you would do if you were feeling great. At the rate your going you might end up closer to 2:50 than 3 hours at St. George.

From Tom on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 19:19:17

Thanks guys. I'm kind of hoping 2:50 is closer to reality for St. George this year but I'll take the sub-3 if that doesn't work out.

From Brent on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 19:25:54

Tom, nice consistent workouts. Striders half will be an interesting for you, given how well your training has gone.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Dale on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 19:44:46

Wow, nice splits on your Tempo. It looks like you're in sub-3 shape now so I don't see why you shouldn't be ready for a sub-2:50 in the fall. Keep it up!

From johna on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 22:42:58

Heck of a run. End with a 6:16 niccce!

From Terry on Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 14:59:24

Nice finish with a 6:16. I'm betting that you can run a 6:30 pace HM without to much problem but a 6:15 pace HM is a lot faster, but if you had a perfect day who knows?

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