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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	1058.20
Saucony Fastwitch #1 Lifetime Miles:						65.50
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #4 Lifetime Miles:						829.45
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #5 Lifetime Miles:						483.25
Altra Escalante #1 Lifetime Miles:						194.00

Mon, Sep 29, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.10

Ran Lakeview route at noon with Bill. Just nice and easy taper miles. Felt pretty good although there were the usual taper phantom pains and bit of sluggishness. Hamstrings are getting gradually better although still tighter than I'd like them to be.

It's sure been a tough weekend for my sister-in-law and brother. However she is seeing some improvements today and there is hope that she might be able to avoid surgery and return home in the next couple of days. I really hope this is the case. The other good news is that Kim was able to run 4 miles today with no ITB pain. Super!

Plan for the rest of the week is to do another 5 tomorrow with 2 miles at MP, then easy the rest of the week with 4 on Wednesday and 3 on either Thursday or Friday with maybe a few striders thrown in.

Ave pace 9:03. Ave/Max HR: 142/167.

Comments

From Dale on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 18:30:56

Some strides will help you get rid of that sluggishness without hurting your taper any.....only a few more days to go and you can unleash ALL the horses!

From Brent on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 21:39:42

Tom, hope you and Kim have a great marathon, you both have certainly put in the work.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rool sout

From JohnA on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 23:20:59

Looks like a good plan coach. It is hard for me to think this is the same Tom that use to roll out of bed and run a marathon--meaning that you are that wound up for a run. You never use to get all wound up, but you never tried to run a sub 3 before. Good Luck.

From Mike Warren on Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 00:17:58

Tom, sorry for the tough week your family had. Things always seem to get better, some way. Well, can you feel the excitment yet? Its going to be a blast.

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