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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
5.100.000.000.003.008.10

I went to meet Larry and Wayne this morning but neither of them were there. I think Wayne might be tapering for the Provo River Half Marathon this Saturday. I saw Larry's wife Jolene heading out for her walk with Denise. She had left Larry at home thinking it was a biking morning for him, when he normally leaves later. She said he was moving pretty slowly this morning and may have fallen back to sleep. I went over and rang the bell, waited, then knocked and waited some more. I figured if he was that tired I'd just let him sleep so I headed out alone.

I ran the water tank road like we have been doing on Thursdays, but when I got to the top instead of turning around I continued on the dirt road for another 1.25 miles or so until the Garmin got to 4 miles. I then turned around and headed back. It was another beautiful morning, and I enjoyed the run, but some companionship would have been nice.

Even though I went a little farther than normal, my pace must definitely be rated as easy. I only averaged a 10:12/mi pace for the 8.1 miles. Sure, there were quite a few hills, but my legs just had no zip. I pushed pretty hard yesterday, and with the extra miles I've been trying to get in, the legs only had an easy run in them today.

Comments
From Kerry on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:44:23

I can really relate to your run this morning. With all of the miles I've been running recently, my legs have lost their zip as well. I'm not suffering from any injuries, but at times I feel that I'm just on the verge. After reading at article last night on the importance of hard/easy efforts and rest, I decided to take this morning off and will probably just do a light run tomorrow. I'd planning to treat Saturday's race as a long tempo run and not worry so much about time. I think I'll then be ready to put in another high mileage week next week. I'll have to see. It's all about maintaining that fine balance between hard efforts that build and and hard efforts that destroy. It's sounds like the eight miles at easy pace were just what you needed today.

From Terry on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:49:02

Paul,

It looks like you are winning the mileage race for the month so far. As of Wednesday, I am 17 miles behing you, and Tom and Kerry are 10 and 9 miles behind. Keep up the good work. I'm hoping to close the gap alittle over the next week.

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