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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
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.702.202.500.003.0010.40

I ran the water tank road with Larry this morning. It was sure great running with him again. I hope he can get his sore toes figured out so he can get back to regular running. They bothered him again this morning so he'll be biking again tomorrow.

At lunch time I ran Lake View with Cory, Nathan, and Bill. It was good to have Bill along. We started off at a fairly easy pace but it steadily increased. I ran the 5.23 miles in 40:23 (7:43/mi). My mile splits were: 8:34, 8:07, 7:59, 7:23, 6:55. My watched showed the average pace for the last 0.23 miles as 6:03/mi. I was going fast, and I hope it was that fast, but I'm a little skeptical. At any rate, it was a great run with great guys. I missed Tom being there, but after reading his blog I see he did a 4.25 mile tempo run at 6:57/mi this morning. Maybe I'm glad he wasn't here. Of course, Nathan blew me away today (as usual), so maybe Tom would have just given Nathan a little company up there in front.

Comments
From Tom L on Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 15:57:35

Paul I think your run is more impressive. I did my run this morning in 55 degree weather but you guys kicked it in the heat. Good job. The relay is going to be awesome this year!

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