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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, May 17, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
2.65	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	5.65

Larry, Wayne, and I ran the old Thursday route through Lindon which ends with the climb up 2000 N and then the long downhill back home. I felt pretty strong throughout. I averaged 8:45/mi overall for about 5.65 miles. I pushed the big downhill near the end pretty hard at 6:02/mi for 0.7 miles. In my mind I was preparing for the neighborhood 5K this Saturday.

I've been hoping I could break 20 minutes for the first time at the neighborhood 5K this year, but I'm not sure I'm quite there yet. That would require an average pace of 6:27/mi. I think I'm going to go for it anyway and see if I can hold on. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Comments

From Tom on Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:31:48

That's the spirit Paul. Just go for it in the 5K. The way you ran Nutcracker in December I think if things come together in just the right way you could have a shot at sub-20.

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