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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 03, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

HS/COLLEGE:
mile: 4:56, 2 mile: 10:21 (1978)
marathon: 2:52 (St. George 1982)
OLD MAN (20+ years later):
5K: 19:53 (Nestle/Art City Days 5K 2007)
10K: 39:55 (Spectrum 10K 2008)
half marathon: 1:26 (Hobble Creek 2008)
marathon: 3:07 (St. George 2007)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to a BQ marathon time (currently 3:40).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun running, keep fit, and fight middle age spread. Run consistently and injury free. Maintain a healthy balance between running and other life priorities. Encourage my ever-aging running buddies to keep running so we can continue to share runs on the trail instead of rocking chairs.

Personal:

Blessed to be married to Karen for 30 years. We have six children (4 daughters/2 sons) ages 16 to 30, and one wonderful granddaughter.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						83.50
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						21.80
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Lifetime Miles:						376.95
Saucony Fastwitch 6 Lifetime Miles:						200.05
Saucony Guide 7 Black 1 Lifetime Miles:						271.15

Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
11.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.00

AM. I ran the Lindon loop with Lyle this morning. He's running really well. He's targeting sub-4:00 in his first marathon at St. George in two weeks. I just let him set the pace this morning and he was surprised that we averaged 8:50/mi for the 6 miles. It seemed pretty easy to him. I think he's going to have a great race.

PM. I ran 5 miles with Nathan towards Eagles View. We stayed conversational and didn't push very hard, but still averaged around 7:38/mi, even with the hill and overpasses. I wish I was as confident that I have a sub-3:00 in me as Nathan and some of my other buddies are. Even better would be if I had as much confidence that I have a sub-3:00 in me as I am that Nathan has a sub-3:00 in him. He's so ready.

Comments

From larry on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 14:40:16

I hope I can keep up with Lyle!

I talked to Mark Nelson today, we might run the marathon together, he has hardly ran all year and I have had better than my average milage this year, so maybe I can hang with him for awhile. Race ready order is here already.

From Paul T on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 15:17:41

That would be cool for you and Mark to run together. I think you could stay with Lyle, but he sure is running well. He'll make you work.

Lyle's benefited a lot from running with me, and I don't mean his running. As you know, I recently decided to start giving him my car repair business. I spent around $400 at his shop a few weeks ago, and it looks like it will be around $800 today.

He did share one of his new Shot Bloks with me this morning so I could try them out. That was kind of him, and it tasted pretty good, but I can by a lot of Shot Bloks for $800.

I'm just kidding around. It's not Lyle's fault all my cars are old and falling apart. I'm lucky to have a mechanic I can trust, so that it's $800 instead of $1800. This is my "get to St. George" car so I've got to make sure it's going to get me there for the marathon.

From Tom on Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:27:06

Sounds like a pair of great runs Paul. I wish I could have joined you for the PM run but I had some meetings at 1 and was under the gun during the noon hour so I had to go around 10. You didn't complain about the weather so perhaps you didn't get any rain.

You and Nate are both running so well right now, I really just hope I can stay with either of you the last half of SGM. But whatever happens it will be a glorious, grand adventure.

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