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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

Tue, Mar 11, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

It was great to finally run with Larry and Wayne again this morning. I put in a couple of miles (about 8:40 pace) before I met up with them and then we ran the six mile Lindon loop. There aren't many street lights in Lindon and it was pretty dark. I tried to stay away from edges of the road as a safety precaution.

We only averaged around 9:40/mi but it sure felt harder than that. I think my legs are feeling the effects of the increased mileage of the past few weeks, and the long hilly run yesterday. I don't mind the tired legs...no pain no gain...I'm just grateful the pain is not of the injury variety. I still feel a little PF pain at times, and minor soreness in my Achilles now and then, but I've run 45, 45, and 50 miles in the past three weeks and the injuries are still feeling better, not getting worse, so I'm
optimistic.

I plan to put in some longer miles again tomorrow but then run some short easy runs on Thursday and Friday to rest my legs for Spectrum on Saturday.

Comments

From Nathan on Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 18:19:30

I did a search for the Spectrum 10k race to sign my daughter up and your blog came up. I thought I'd take a read. I wish I could have run with you today. I ended up doing a 8 miler and pushed harder than I have for a long time. I ran the psuedo-Eagle's view up through those condos and then down the hill on the north side of the condos. I then wandered through a couple neighborhoods and went back up the hill and back to Novell. I pushed the last three miles hard and averaged 6:30 on them - of course most of that is downhill. Had a 6:58 average overall, so was very pleased. Maybe I can break 48 mins at Spectrum after all.

From Tom on Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 18:51:45

I'm glad your injuries are getting better Paul. After reading Nathan's comment I'm thinking you're both going to do very well as Spectrum. I'll be looking forward to the race report.

From Paul T on Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 00:10:34

Nathan - I'm glad I didn't run with you. Those are awesome times for that run. I think you'll surprise yourself at Spectrum and at Boston. You and Tom are going to easily meet that sub-3:00 marathon goal we set for St. George. I haven't given up, but I've got a lot of ground to make up. Heck, I just want to be able to run with you guys at noon and not feel like I'm holding you back.

Tom - I haven't dared push the speed much as I've been recovering, but I intend to let the brakes off at Spectrum a little. I'm interested to see the effect of building mileage without speed. I just hope I can finish as close to Nathan as I did at Painter's. He's running so well.

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