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Week starting Feb 01, 2015

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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

Totals

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
36.10	4.40	0.40	0.00	0.00	40.90

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 18.40	Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 22.50

Mon, Feb 02, 2015

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
5.70	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.10

6.1 miles @ 11:16/mi. Neighborhood loops with Kevin, Larry, and Lyle.

It was great to be able to run with Larry and Lyle this morning. It's been a while. Larry and I started from my house then shortly met up with Kevin. Larry was just going short so we ran up and around the Northridge Park loop and back. Just before getting to Larry's house we ran into Lyle. He followed us to Larry's then Kevin and I looped up to Northridge Park again with Lyle. At the 4-way stop Kevin had to head back. I continued on with Lyle back to his house then added another couple of miles on my own, which included looping back up to Northridge Park a third time. Just before I left the park loop I saw a couple of runners go by pretty fast. I came out on the road and chased them down then pushed on to home,

The last 0.4 miles was at about 7:20 pace. The overall pace was only 11:16/mi., as Larry and Lyle are just getting back into running, but I didn't mind one bit. The both seem committed. I hope so. It was so nice being able to run and talk with them again.

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 6.10

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Tue, Feb 03, 2015

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

6 miles @ 9:14/mi. Murdock trail north with Kevin.

We probably averaged closer to 9:00/mi together. The overall average pace includes about 0.6 miles at around 11:00/mi pace. I had a really hard time getting started this morning as I ran up to Kevin's house.

Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 6.00

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Wed, Feb 04, 2015

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.20

6.2 miles @ 9:42/mi. Murdock trail north then back thru Lindon solo.

Easy day. I was expecting to run with Kevin, Larry, and Lyle this morning but ran alone. The threat of rain may have scared them off. It was dry (roads a little wet) and about 40°. Great running weather.

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 6.20

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Thu, Feb 05, 2015

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
2.10	4.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	6.50

6.5 miles @ 8:27/mi. Murdock trail north solo. 40°-ish

I opted for 4 x 1 mile intervals this morning w/ 1/4 mile recovery jog in between.

1 mile @ 10:00/mi - warmup (0.5 moderate uphill)
1 mile @ 7:34/mi - slight downhill
0.26 @ 10:14/mi
1 mile @ 7:31/mi - slight downhill
0.26 @ 10:55/mi
1 mile @ 7:49/mi - slight uphill
0.25 @ 10:17/mi
1 mile @ 7:43/mi - slight uphill
0.33 @ 10:17/mi
0.45 @ 7:17/mi - moderate downhill

Great morning.

Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 6.50

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Fri, Feb 06, 2015

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.10

6.1 miles @ 10:19/mi. Murdock trail south solo.

Easy day easy.

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 6.10

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Sat, Feb 07, 2015

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

10 miles @ 9:42/mi. Timp park to Vivian park with Kevin, Wayne, Larry, and Jo.

It was so great having 5 of the old gang together to run again. Having it be 55° at 7:45am in early Feb was also great...and something none of us old runners could remember ever occurring before.

Larry's just getting back into running so we stayed with him and ran slower for the first 1.5 miles. We then picked up the pace a little. I was thinking I might throw in a couple of fast miles at the end, but my legs were so tired that I could only get down to about 8:20 pace for the last 2 miles.

I'm satisfied. I've been averaging 30+ miles per week for quite a while and this week I bumped up to 40. I also pushed pretty hard on Thursday. My legs felt pretty tired during today's run.

My daughter got her LDS mission call yesterday to serve for 18 months in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She's pretty excited. We're all pretty excited. She's such an amazing young woman. She'll be a great missionary. (Kevin's daughter is currently serving in southern Brazil.)

Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 10.00

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Totals

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
36.10	4.40	0.40	0.00	0.00	40.90

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 18.40	Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 22.50

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