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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.002.502.0010.25

Ran a Yasso 800s workout down in the bottoms on a flat stretch of road that works well for 1/2 mile intervals.  I lucked out and got near perfect weather, around 60 degrees with low humidity and very little wind. 

Goal was to do 6-9 repeats in the 3:10-3:20 time range with equal time rests.  Similar to when I've done this workout in the past the first 3 repeats were harder than I wanted them to be and I had thoughts of doing no more than 6.  But then the next 3 felt pretty good and I decided to go for 9.  Last 3 repeats were hard but not totally-wipe-you-out-and-make-you-hate-life hard. Can I say they were "comfortably" hard?  And though I was glad to be done at 9, I'm pretty sure I could have done another 1 or 2 if I had to. I'll save that for a few weeks down the road when I do this workout again. Yasso says I only need to do 10 of these right?

I was mister consistency on the pace today.  Time/aveHR info for each repeat as follows:

3:12/154

3:13/176

3:14/179

3:13/180

3:13/182

3:13/184

3:14/184

3:14/185

3:13/187

Overall: 10.25 miles, 7:59 pace, 164 ave HR max 193

Happy with the workout :), but bummed out that Kim's achilles problems are being very pesky :(


Asics DSTrainer #2 Miles: 10.25
Comments
From Dale on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 13:09:19 from 69.10.215.11

Very nice repeats, Mr. Consistency

From Clay on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 13:28:43 from 63.248.35.54

Nice workout Tom!

From Tom on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 08:19:41 from 67.199.180.90

Thanks guys!

From TBean on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:35:13 from 63.241.173.64

The heart rate tells a great story.

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