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Location:

Tooele & Ivins,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 30, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St. George Marathon 20-year Club (completed 26)

Boston Marathon 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017 (+DNF 2011)

Running for 39 years, logged 58,000 miles since 1982. 38 marathons.

Old Man PR's:

5K = 19:58 - July 4th Freedom Run 7/4/08

6K = 26:38 - Cold Turkey Rrrun, 11/23/06

10K = 43:00 - Deseret News, 7/24/08

1/2 Marathon = 1:32:54 - Hobble Creek, 8/23/08

Marathon = 3:23:13 - St. George, 10/4/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Best: 3:35:07, 4/21/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Worst:  DNF, 4/18/11 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running for another 20 years.

Personal:

Married for 44 years to a wonderful and supportive wife. She's run 2 marathons herself in our earlier years so that helps.  4 boys, all married, and 10 grandchildren.  2 sons are runners. I celebrated 39 years of running madness, insanity, or at least OCD, on August 23rd, 2021. 

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Asics 2000 Aqua #2 Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Lifetime Miles: 393.10
Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Lifetime Miles: 610.30
Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Lifetime Miles: 168.40
Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Lifetime Miles: 355.00
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9 easy miles.  4 this morning at 5:10 a.m.  Met Elaine for the last mile.  Is she going to commit to running again, we'll see.  5 more tonight at 6:00 p.m., 4 with Gina.  Very easy recovery miles today.

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6:00 p.m. run.  5 miles pretty easy.  4 with Gina and 1 mile stretch at 8:05 to 8:40.  Dark but nice temperature.

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5 miles at 5:00 a.m. with Tina.  About 45 minutes up and and back down Skyline via Loma Vista and Upland loops.  Good run.

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5 mile run in the warm before the storm this morning at 5:10 a.m.  Almost 60 degrees.  Pushed 2 of the uphill miles at a moderate effort.  Met Elaine for the last 1.25 miles coming back.  Bad weather's a comin'!

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5 miles at 5:00 a.m.  Much colder this morning.  Very light snow flakes and breeze.  Met Elaine with 1.25 miles left.  She staying with it so far.  Long run tomorrow.

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6.006.0012.00

12 mile solo run this morning at 9:30 a.m.  Like two different runs.  Sun with blue skies going up the hill.  Getting cloudy after 5 miles, turned around at 6 miles and headed into a cold north headwind in Pine Canyon.  Progressively colder and cloudier the last half with snow starting with 2 1/2 miles to go.  8:56 pace overall.  Fastest mile 8:08.  Slowest mile 9:38 on the hill.  Not a bad run. 

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