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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, Jul 24, 2006

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
2.50	0.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	5.50

I was the only one to show up at the starting corner at 5:45am so I ran alone again. I felt like I wanted a few good tempo miles this morning, and the normal route wasn't appealing, so I decided to run the neighborhood 5K course. I didn't want to run all out, but a little faster than my goal marathon pace (7:38/mi = 3:20 finish time).

After a half mile warmup over to the starting line, I ran the first (mostly downhill) mile at 7:01/mi, the next (flat) mile at 7:30/mi, and the final (mostly uphill) mile or so at 7:28/mi. I then ran another couple of easy miles (8:29/mi).

Comments

From Kerry on Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 07:44:47

How are things going? I haven't seen any posts for the last couple of days and was worried that you might have gotten hurt or something. Hope things are going well for you.

From Brent on Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 22:10:16

Paul, I also ran the 1982 St. George, set my marathon PR 1983 at St. George, 2:55. What age division are you in? I am in 55-59. It seems you are racing Top of Utah, instead of St. George. Good luck? It seems your training is going good. B of BS Rools out.

From Paul on Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 07:55:14

Sorry I didn't reply to these comments earlier. Yes, I got hurt or something. I'm okay now.

I am 46. I didn't get into St. George via the lottery, so I decided to run Top of Utah, which I've been wanting to do for years. When I won a free entry into St. George at the Strawberry Days 5K, I decided to go ahead and try to run both Top of Utah and St. George. My goals are 3:20 for TOU, and to help pace a couple of friends to a 3:35 qualifying time at SGM. These are very aggressive goals for me, but my training has been going well this year (except for a few ankle sprains along the way).

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