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St. George Marathon

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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

Sat, Oct 05, 2013

Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:19:04

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
21.50	5.00	0.00	0.00	26.50

I always have known that racing back-to-back marathons rarely turns out well. But I couldn't resist the perfect running weather and had to at least give another personal best a shot. But after just a few miles it was obvious that wasn't going to work as I could feel every ache & pain from 3 weeks ago flaring up. So decided to wait for Kim to catch up to me and try and keep up with her. She did awesome for 20 miles and was on track for a 3:35-3:40 finish when the runners knee flared up and shut her right down. Decided to play it safe and live to run another day and walked the last 3 miles. But still had a great time!

Asics DSTrainer18 #2 Miles: 26.50

Comments

From TBean on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 18:24:32 from 97.117.88.70

I guess us old men can't get two marathon PR's in a three week time period, but it was nice that you gave it a try to at least see what your body would do.

Sorry to see Kim have to give up a great 20 miles of running with knee issues.

From Toby on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 20:00:52 from 74.81.235.5

Great job Tom! Hooray for a wonderful season with a big PR!

From Clay on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 21:02:28 from 67.172.224.251

Great job Tom! You have ran great this year! are you guys going to run it next year?

From Paul Thomas on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 08:35:50 from 76.23.52.106

It's always good to see you and Kim. I'm sorry the running didn't come together for both of you, but I'm not surprised that together you made lemonade out of the lemons. Like me, it seems you've learned there are many more joys to running and life than just PRs (although they're great, too). Keep enjoying the adventures.

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