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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

Thu, Jun 05, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.90	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.15

It turns out Larry and his wife Jolene were in Park City yesterday for her birthday and that's why Larry didn't run. He had texted both Wayne and me, but neither of us looked at our phones before the run. Maybe it's Wayne's wife's birthday because he didn't show up this morning.

I ran 0.6 miles before meeting Larry and Kevin. They both wanted to do the water tank hills (I did them yesterday but they missed out) and we were headed there, but then Kevin suggested we run to the mouth of the canyon instead. It was a good choice. We added a little distance on so we could run down to the gas station and back up just to get the hills in. Kevin pushed up the hill and left me behind. We ended up with 6.5 miles. I pushed the last 1/4 mile or so at around a 6:30 pace and it felt pretty good. Overall pace was 8:45/mi.

Comments

From Lybi on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:59:39

You never know when natural catastrophies such as a wife's birthday will conspire to steal your running buddy. Great job on your run, as usual. :)

From Kerry on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 10:33:31

You know, it's great to have buddies like Larry, Wayne and Kevin that are there in good weather and bad, that push you on some days and just support you on others.

I was thinking about that as I was lying in bed this morning listening to the wind howl and wondering whether I should get up or just wait until this evening to run. It might have been the right decision as I was feeling a bit rundown yesterday, but you always have to be suspicious of any reasoning that results in your going back to sleep in a nice warm bed.

I'm trying to recruit some neighbors that'll keep me "singing/laughing in the rain" but I'm not there yet.

From Paul T on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 17:40:42

Yes, Kerry, great running buddies are truly a blessing, but they are not always enough to overcome the powerful pull of the mattress magnet. That has robbed me of companionship on far more runs than natural catastrophes like a wife's birthday. I've even been guilty myself a time or two (very infrequently) of leaving a buddy hanging. It would be nice to have a switch on the mattress to reverse the polarity of the mattress magnet. When you're having a hard time peeling the mattress off your back you just flip the switch and...sproing...the powerful pull becomes a repelling push that propels you off the mattress and onto your feet a la George Jetson's toaster bed.

I wish you and I could run together more often. Wayne drives up from south Orem to run with us. You live a little farther away, and gas is expensive, but you are certainly welcome to come join us anytime...normally 5:45am Mon-Thur and a long run on Saturday morning.

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