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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:	9.00	Month:	83.20	Year:	378.20
Saucony Fastwitch #1 Lifetime Miles:						65.50
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #3 Lifetime Miles:						718.70
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #4 Lifetime Miles:						611.45
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #5 Lifetime Miles:						218.75

Fri, Feb 13, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
31.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	31.00

Had a very busy day on Saturday so decided to do my very long run today. Started out around 7am, felt pretty good the first 22 or 23 miles. Probably went too fast on some of them. Was sure nice to have Kim join for 13 miles in the middle on the high canal road. Started to struggle after Kim got done. Last few miles were quite a death march. Pretty much walked the last mile which was mostly uphill.

Need to figure out how to properly fuel and pace for 50 miles. I was dead at 30 today and can't see how I could have finished another 20. Ugh I hope I can do this.

Brooks Cascadia #1 Miles: 31.00

Comments

From TBean on Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 16:45:15 from 63.241.173.64

Interesting. Knowing the right pace and what to eat/drink to be able to finish the 50 miler without walking the last 20 miles is an issue. I'm thinking that our bodies gives some clues in advance that we are use to ignoring as a marathoner.

From Toby on Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 21:39:39 from 74.81.235.87

Your wife mentioned your doing the Antelope 50 miler. Me too. It will be my first.

My run was very similar to yours today......and I was thinking the same thoughts, "how can I possibly run more". I have NO advice except one foot in front of another. Good luck!

Are you doing anymore long-long runs?

From Tom on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 08:13:52 from 137.65.56.2

Toby - always nice to hear there are other lunatic runners out there who are up for doing something crazy like a 50-miler! I'm thinking the big thing first-timers like us need to focus on is just finishing the race and going much slower than we are used to and force ourselves to do some walking nearly every mile even early in the race so we don't end up walking the entire last 20 miles in agony.

I have 1 more 25 miler on the schedule for next Saturday (mar 7) and other than that I don't think I have anything longer than 18 miles.

Good luck to you too!

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