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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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Well we had a bit of rough night last night as Tia was sick through the night and today. In particular Kim didn't get much sleep at all between having a late church meeting that went well past 10 and her being the one to usually take care of Tia (since I'm mostly dead when I sleep). So the bottom line was that we had to scratch the morning run.

Was able to get out about 11am at work and get in 10 miles. My legs felt really good today and I actually quite enjoyed the fartlek workout and the feeling of running fast (fast for me anyways). Got in 8 45 seconds repeats during the middle miles, spaced roughly a 1/2 mile apart but felt like I could have done more. Although I don't think the garmin is very reliable over 45 second intervals I thought I'd log the data anyway just for comparison purposes for future workouts. Looks I averaged around .15 miles distance for each repeat, mostly in the 5:15-5:30 pace range. Split paces were 5:35, 5:27, 5:31, 5:22, 5:19, 5:26, 5:07, 5:16.

Ave overall pace for the 10 miles 7:41.

Comments
From Brent on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 23:24:41

Tom, your adjusting running times and workouts based on the day is smart running. Very nice pace on those repeats, darn fast.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From JohnA on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 00:05:37

I should try that excuse when my kids are sick--I am dead when I sleep.

I see you are flirting with the 5 min mile--those are good anyway you can get them.

From Ian on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 06:45:20

Good workout Tom, it's a great feeling when you're feeling good and can enjoy a fast workout. Also well done on getting your workout completed later in the morning, if I don't get my workout out of the way first thing then I find it really difficult to motivate myself to go out later.

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