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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
22.004.0026.00
Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 12.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 4.00
Mon, Oct 07, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

Resting today.

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Tue, Oct 08, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines upper body weights. 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:00 p.m. 4 miles easy recovery run to top of Little Mountain and back with Rick and Pickles.

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 4.00
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Wed, Oct 09, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

5:00 a.m. 20/20 upright stationary cycling/elliptical workout.

6:00 p.m. 5 miles in 44:58 with Rick to Middle Canyon and back via the cemetery. Cooler and light rain for much of the run. Still in the recovery mode from the marathon.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00
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Thu, Oct 10, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.005.00

5:00 a.m. Gold's Gym: 3x15x6 machines light upper body weights. 20 min. Recumbent cycling.

5:45 p.m. 5 miles in Settlement Canyon with Rick in 44:10. Lt. Rain just letting up. Low 40's.

Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00
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Fri, Oct 11, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

5:15 a.m. 4 miles very easy with Pickles on Skyline Ave. and back.

Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 4.00
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Sat, Oct 12, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

9:00 a.m. 8 miles at the base of the Oquirrh Mountains on the double track from Bates Canyon in Erda to Pine Canyon and back with Rick. Nice, sunny Autumn morning run. 1:14:43. 26 total miles for our recovery week.

Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 8.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
22.004.0026.00
Saucony Peregrine Trail Miles: 12.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #1 Miles: 5.00Saucony Guide4 #3 Miles: 5.00Saucony Pro Guide 6 #2 Miles: 4.00
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