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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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Nike Free Lifetime Miles: 22.50
Saucony Peregrine Trail Lifetime Miles: 318.15
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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
86.0016.00102.00
Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 60.00Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Miles: 13.00Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 25.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 miles in Settlement Canyon to Legion Park and back. 9:47 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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13.000.0013.00

Oquirrh Wave/Serengeti Trail Loop run. 13 miles. 1,496 ft. of climbing overall.

12:01 A.P. with Rick.

Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Miles: 13.00
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4 miles at lunch at 9:32 A.P.  Bonneville Loop and City Creek/Memory Grove coming back.  32 degrees and overcast. Happened to run past the State Capitol east side when Trump was about to arrive there to speak.  Apparently the protesting Trump haters walking from their cars to the Capitol's south side expect you to get out of their way as you run down the street.  Such a tolerant bunch.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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4 miles at 10:05 A.P.  32 degrees, sunny.  2 1/2 miles with my black lab.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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Workout Wednesday. 6 miles at 9:07 A.P. on the Stansbury Park flatland loop. Felt good. 

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 6.00
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4 miles on Bonneville Loop in City Creek Canyon out and back.  9:42 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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3 miles at 5:00 A.M. at a slow and easy 10:11 A.P.  Cemetery, Broadway, and Vine loop.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 3.00
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Ivins to Kayenta and over to Tuacahn and back home.  14 miles at 9:59 A.P.  Sunny and clear blue skies

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 14.00
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Home gym. 3 miles on the treadmill. 29:00.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 3.00
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4 miles on the treadmill. 37:40, 9:25 A.P.  Progression run from 10:00 to 8:30 pace.

Still with yucky air outside.  

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 4.00
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6 mile loop on Tooele SE quadarant out of the gunky air at 5,000+ ft. 9:57 A.P. including the "Grinder" at mid-mile with 260 ft. of vertical climb.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 6.00
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4 easy wandering miles at 9:57 A.P. in the SW quadrant of town

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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4 miles to the lighted tree at the top of Tooele's Little Mountain with my black lab. 12:02 A.P.

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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10 miles at 9:12 A.P. on loop to Droubay and 1000 N. with Tina plus 2nd loop to Coleman and SR36 and back home. Light snow the last 4 miles.  We ended up with about 3 inches and icy roads by the afternoon. 

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 10.00
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3 miles on Home treadmill at 9:30 A.P. Progression run from 10:00 to 8:40 pace.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 3.00
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4 miles along Bonneville Loop and back via Memory Grove in City Creek Canyon. 9:34 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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VASA Treadmill 5 miles in 46:38 (9:20 A.P.)  Progression from 10:00 to 

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 5.00
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VASA Gym treadmill. 4 miles with Rick at 5:00 a.m. 37:45, 9:21 A.P. Progression run from 10:00 to 8:30 pace.

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 4.00
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Home Treadmill. 3 miles in 29:03.  9:41 A.P

Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 3.00
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Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 60.00Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Miles: 13.00Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Miles: 25.00Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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