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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 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 14.00Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 20.00Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 8.00
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5:10 a.m. run solo.  To Grimm's Gate on Skyline route and back via Upland, 5th, 200 S., Broadway, Cemetery, and along 400 S.  A very nice morning and recovery run.  A bit more stiff and sore than I ought to be from Ragnar.

Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles solo this morning at 5:10 a.m.  45:56 easy pace along Skyline and back via Loma Vista and Upland.  A nice morning with some breeze and 60 degrees.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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5 miles at 5:10 a.m.  Ran with Liz and Roland for a short distance.  Skyline to Grimm's Gate and back via SR36 to Canyon Road and home.

Trackwork:  Yasso 800's, first session.  2x800 in 3:21, 3:19 with 400 recovery after each.  Easy run to and from track.  8:00 p.m.  3 miles total.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 3.00
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5 miles at 5:10 a.m. in 45:51.  Skyline route to gate and back via SR36.

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5:10 a.m.  5 miles very easy.  Felt a big sluggish but a nice, quiet morning.  Skyline to gate and back via Loma Vista and Upland loops.

Asics 2150 Gold #1 Miles: 5.00
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7:00 a.m. 8 mile trail run loop with Tina.  From Settlement Canyon guardhouse up past Camp Wapiti in Left Hand Fork and up trail into Bear Trap.  A lot of uphill running.  One mile was 17:00.  Steep downhill back into the canyon at about 5 miles.  I took a tough fall at 4.5 and sliced my right palm pretty good, blood spurting all over the place.  Gashed my knee and some road rash on the side of my lower leg from the rocks, but no apparent damage to my knee otherwise.  Then 3 fast miles down the gravel road to the Dark Trail and to the finish.  7:20 fastest mile.  A nice morning run on the trails.  I always seem to have memorable runs with Tina.

6 miles at 6:30 p.m.  Quite warm.  Needed to get my 14 miles in.  My ribs are hurting some from my fall this morning, but not as bad as when I hurt them in January of 2009.  53:57, slow easy pace at 9:00 minute mile average.  Skyline to Grimm's and then along canyon rim into mouth of Middle Canyon and back home direct via Vine, 100 S., and 200 W.

Nike Structure Triax +12 Red #2 Miles: 8.00Asics 2150 Gold #2 Miles: 6.00
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