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.
Larry, Wayne, and I started out planning to run 5 miles. We spent some extra time and distance looking for Larry's dog Ozzie at one point, and ended up with an extra mile.
Are you still looking at sub 3 next week? We have quite a group forming if you are interested in running with a group. I think that the plan is to hit the half in 1:30-1:32.
Go for the glory, Paul! You'll know at the half way point whether the stars are aligned or not. It seems to be a common trait to worry too much before the marathon. I have no doubt that you'll give it your best effort for the day.
Andy - Thanks for the invite. See my reply in the "Sub-3:00 SGM group" topic in the forum.
Kerry - I'm planning to go for "glory". I just hope I don't end up with "gory" instead. Wait, does that mean I have to go through "l" to get "glory" instead of "gory"?
Kim - Have you got a web cam in my office? How do you know I've been doodling (or blogging) all day? And right back at you with the "amaze even yourself next week" and "Keep on smilin'!" comments.
BTW, I probably shouldn't mention this, but I'm glad you didn't go with "Pollywog" or "Pollyanna". That's what my mean cousins used to call me, their parents included, and they weren't terms of endearment. They were athletic and good looking. I was more like one of the other nicknames the boy my age called me, "wimp". Then one day, my senior year, I was at a track meet at their high school. Most of them were there (I think my female cousin was the state shot put champ that year). That was the only meet my coach let me run both the mile and two mile events. I didn't win either race, but I ran the mile in 4:58 (not my event), then finished 2nd in the 2 mile behind my teammate (ahead of everyone on their team), running the first mile in 4:56 (my lifetime PR). It may have just been coincidence, but I can't remember them ever calling me anything but "Paul" after that. Have I mentioned before how much running has changed my life?
(Boy, where did that come from? I guess that "Pauly wally" triggered some old strong feelings. Ya think? BTW, my cousins are good people and we get long just fine. No hard feelings.)
ooohhhh! I am soooo sorry I brought up things that may have previously been blocked from your mind! I use to get "Kimbie Diapers" as a nickname...how's that? Just so you know, "Pollywog" and "Pollyanna" never even crossed my mind! Pauly Wally Doodle did because you are are such a happy-go-lucky guy! If you want you can make a comment on my blog and call me Kimbie Diapers and then we'll be even and I won't have to save your life or anything! :o)
Nice to hear you are going for the "sub 3 glory". This has been a good week of training for me so I'm getting excited for the SGM. My last 5 marathons I've averaged 3:18's. I'm hoping I can beat that.
From Kevin Jessop on Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 17:53:06
Any plans set for running on Saturday?
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