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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
5.000.000.000.002.007.00

I ran the normal Tuesday morning run up 2000 N with Larry and Wayne. I pushed ahead on the big hill, and Wayne and I pushed ahead on a smaller hill, and looped back both times. Combined with the 1/2 mile I ran before meeting them, I ended up with 7 miles instead of the normal 6.

I was planning on getting in a couple of miles early and getting in 8 miles, and was up and dressed plenty early enough to do it, but I spent the time reading the new Liahona magazine that just arrived instead. The Liahona is the church's Spanish-language magazine. I decided a number of months ago to subscribe and start reading it regularly to brush up on my Spanish skills. I served an LDS mission to Barcelona, Spain in 1979-81, then taught Spanish to new missionaries at the Missionary Training Center for a year, and completed a double major in Computer Science and Spanish at BYU. I used to be pretty fluent in Spanish, 25+ years ago.

Comments
From RivertonPaul on Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 14:10:16

¡Viva España!

From Paul T on Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 14:23:22

RivertonPaul - So what else do we share in common besides our names, our goal to break 3:00 in a marathon, a love for Spain, and wearing a white running hat in our blog pictures? What's your connection to Spain?

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