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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, Mar 26, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
5.50	2.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	10.50

I went out with Larry in the morning. My legs were still pretty tight from Saturday's race. I thought running some easy miles might loosen them up. It might have a little, but they were still pretty tight after the run. Larry ran a little farther than I did this morning as I had to make a pit stop at Orem High about halfway through. I'm sure glad the school opens early in the morning.

In the afternoon I ran Eagles View with Tom and Nathan. Nathan was coming off being sick and told me to go ahead with Tom, but Tom was really feeling good today and my legs told me to not even try to stay with him. He was about 15 seconds ahead of me at the top of Eagles View. He maintained that lead until the light stopped him at State Street. Nathan and I caught up and we all waited for the light together, but as soon as it changed Tom was off again. I tried to at stay at least close enough that I could shout some friendly trash talk at him to keep him working hard, but by the time we finished he had built up a 10+ second lead again. It was good to see Tom back to his old self and feeling good again. I'm also sure this is one of the few times I'll finish ahead of Nathan.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 16:57:56

Good work! Now we need to figure out a way to restore you to the college weight. You run as much as you did in college, I suppose, but your ability to tolerate what you eat is probably greatly reduced. If the assumptions are correct, the solution is to give your body only what it can properly process.

From Paul T on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 17:29:21

My wife does not share your goal of getting me back to my college weight, which was around 135 lbs. I was kind of wimpy then and I'm a bit stronger now. She thinks I was too skinny and likes me better the way I am now. She also has a real aversion to me weighing less than she does.

Looking at various "ideal body weight" calculations at http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm, I figure my ideal weight range to be 145-157 lbs. After my noon run logged above, the fitness center scale weighed me at 157. I was around 155 when I ran St. George last year. My goal is to be around 150 for St. George this year. I may set my goal to be a little lighter next year, but I don't ever plan to be down to 135 again. Besides, sometimes I enjoy eating every bit as much as I enjoy running fast. One of the reasons I run is so I don't have to watch what I eat quite so carefully. If I have to choose between 1st with a rice cake and 2nd with a banana shake, I'm afraid I'd pick 2nd with the shake.

Feel free to convince me otherwise. I told you I couldn't put in more miles and then I averaged 50+ miles for the next 5 weeks, including a 60+ mile week.

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 18:33:40

Paul:

My formula for ideal weight is the least healthy weight you've had since you stopped growing. In other words, if you have not gotten taller or increased your bone density since ran your 2:52 marathon, you should weigh now what you weighed then. Contrary to popular belief, you should not give yourself a 20 pound allowance for age. If you do, it is not without serious consequences that will affect not only the quality of your running, but may also affect the quality of your life later on. Extra weight that is not backed up by an increase in strength puts a stress on your spine, which overtime results in some form of spinal deterioration. At the age of 50 all you may see is that your running form gets worse, and you are slower on every distance. At the age of 60 or 70 things could get much worse - not being able to run at all, and walk with pain when had you maintained a healthy weight all throughout, you'd still be running marathons.

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