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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

Sun, Mar 30, 2008

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

Race week this week! Also going to be a reduced-mileage/taper week as my body surely could use the rest. Looking at doing something along the lines of the following...

Monday: 4 miles AM slow, 4 miles Noon at 7:00 pace or slower. Circuit/Weights.

Tuesday: 6 miles easy (7:30 pace or slower)

Wednesday: 5 miles with 2 miles tempo in the middle at HM pace (6:15-6:40).

Thursday: 3 miles easy.

Friday: 0-2 miles easy.

Saturday: Striders 1/2 marathon!!!! Going to treat this race differently than the past few races and not set any Gold/Silver/Bronze goals. My only goal is to take some risks and go out a bit more aggressive than usual, try to hold a 6:00-6:15 pace on the downhill first 8 miles of the course then try and hold on for dear life and hopefully have a PR type race. Probably a recipe for crash-and-burn but what the heck.

Comments

From Brent on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 19:59:10

Tom, no guts, no glory. (I hope the weather is not freezing that morning. You never know up there. We had pelting hail one year in the marathon with cold rain). Lets hope the weather is not the joker.

Stay Kool, B of BS rools out

From josse on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 20:01:12

I believe only risk takers get ambitious goals. I think you have to go out that fast and take advatange of the downhill start. Good luck you will do great.

From Jeff on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 22:08:31

Tom. After marathon training I believe that a 1/2 marathon is an insignificant distance. By that I mean that I see no reason not to do a 3 mile warm up before hand. Get a nice and easy 2-3 just before the race (ending less than 10 minutes prior to the start -- if it were me I'd go for 2.5) and then I don't believe that such a fast start is that risky. Good luck!

From Terry on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 09:38:13

Hit those down hill miles at 6:00-6:05 running smooth and easy so you can move to 6:25's on the level. I'll be cheering for you unfortunatley I'll be doing it from my home.

From Ian on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 09:48:12

Sounds an exciting course Tom. I think your strategy makes perfect sense, you've got to use that downhill advantage. Enjoy your week and turn up fit and sharp on race day.

From JeffC on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:15:27

If you don't try you will never know. I say go for it. Best of luck to you in your race, I look forward to the race report.

From cgbooth23 on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:04:37

I have ran the course 2 out of the last 3 saturdays and 1st one had 4 inches of snow at the start and 16 degrees and this last Saturday started warm (44) but dropped quick with a very stiff headwind and horizontally blowing snow kernals... with that being said it was a great run, i figure it can only get better for Saturday, Good Luck!

From Kim on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 13:08:16

Not sure I want to know the weather conditions for the route! I might chicken out! 44 degrees would be fabulous! But please no 4 inches of snow, dropped temps, very stiff headwinds or horizontally blowing snow kernels!!!!

From Clay on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 19:34:58

I think the sky is the limit for this weekend Tom, I can't wait to see how you do:) I will see you there and I hope to learn a lot from you elite's its fun to watch you guys run...

From JohnA on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 22:14:15

After the first mile I say, cut it loose. You have been training great so you deserve to run a great race.

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