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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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Tue, Feb 19, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.500.000.000.0011.50

AM - Semi-eventful morning run this morning. Temps still chilly, huge moon, a bit on the breezy side at times. I went 2 miles solo then went to meet Kim for 6 more miles. She had gotten a little further along than I was expecting so she surprised me a bit when I saw her and realized it was her in the dark. She hollered to me and as I turned to her I hit a patch of black ice and went down pretty hard on my right hip! Kim says I did it very gracefully however. I thought I was going to be hurting but I felt pretty good throughout the run and also as I'm writing this. We'll see how tomorrow feels.

Actually ended up being a pretty nice run. With the haze it made the morning moonset both eerie yet spectacular as we watched the blood-red moon set behind the West mountains.

Late AM - Did a few treadmill miles plus my typical circuit/weights cross-train routine. Don't seem to be any worse for the wear from my biffing it this morning.

 

Comments
From Kim on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:33:02

It was actually an awesome slide, Tom! I'm just glad you are still feeling ok from it! I feel bad that it was me distracting you that caused you to slip! The moon was so cool! Thanks for helping me get up and out in the early hours once in a while!

From Clay on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 14:35:53

I hope your spill doesn't hinder you Tom, sometimes this aches don't come until later it has a lot to do with our age!!!

From Paul T on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 14:37:09

I'm glad you weren't injured by the fall. I guess the opposite of "the bigger they are the harder they fall" is also true. Me falling would be like you falling carrying two 10 pound bags of sugar. Of course, I have a little more padding, so maybe it balances out.

It's cool you're able to log so many miles with Kim. The only down side for me is that since you're logging so many of your non-tempo miles with her (as you should be), and your tempo miles are way too fast for me (for now), I've missed getting to run with you much lately. I guess that will give me some incentive to get faster. The problem is that I don't lack incentive, I lack a young healthy "quick to heal" body.

The next time you are planning to run some slower miles at noon let me know. I'll see if I can keep up.

From Brent on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 19:18:55

Tom, can't keep a good man down? It sounds like it was a bad moon rising, without CCR. It must have been that moon shadow following you that caused the biff.

Thanks for the PR props. It is difficult mentally to know that they may never be broken again. I am going to give the 1/2 marathon under 50 PR a try at Provo River and Hobble creek. I think that the 1/2 marathon has the best chance of falling.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Ian on Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 14:10:31

Hope you're feeling ok today Tom, I tend to feel knocks after the excitement of the run. Got to make sure my wife doesn't read your blog entry or she'll be shouting to me unexpectedly anytime we're near ice.

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