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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
24.009.1033.10
Nike Free Miles: 1.50Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 17.10Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Miles: 13.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.500.001.50

1.5 miles with my 9 yr. old black lab. Pretty slow, but he did great.

Nike Free Miles: 1.50
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1.504.105.60

SLC. Luch run. COB north thru lower Captitol Hill district to Warm Springs Park and up Beck St. to Victory Rd and then up to the Capitol east side and back via Heber C. Kimball's grave (along with his cajillion wives).  Cool 42 degrees, but sunny.  9:39 A.P.

Tooele. Evening run with my black lab.  1.5 miles at 10:40 A.P. 

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.10
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Stansbury Park flatland loop.  5 miles in 45:32, 9:06 A.P.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 5.00
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4.000.004.00

4 miles at luch on the Bonneville Loop west, City Creek Canyon, and back via Memory Grove.  39:00, 9:30 A.P.  Clear and sunny day.  Upper 40's but felt warmer.

Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 4.00
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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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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
24.009.1033.10
Nike Free Miles: 1.50Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Miles: 17.10Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Miles: 13.00
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