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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
20.400.000.000.005.0025.40
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 6.00Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Miles: 6.50Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Miles: 6.90
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles @ 9:29/mi.  The old tri-city loop (Orem, Lindon, PG) solo.

Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Cross training: Basketball with Andrew & the old morning gang.

I should probably establish some sort of formal training plan to get ready for the St. George marathon in October, but I just don't feel like it right now, and it seems so far off. I may just play it by ear for the next week or two, and mix in some basketball.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.500.000.000.003.006.50

6.5 miles @ 10:44/mi.  Water tank hills solo.

I don't know if this was an easy hard run or a hard easy run. I tried to run easy pace throughout, but there's not much easy about running up the water tank hills.

I don't think my legs have fully recovered from the marathon 1.5 weeks ago, but they're feeling pretty good.

Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Miles: 6.50
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Basketball

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.900.000.000.002.006.90

6.9 miles @ 15:08/mi.  Water tank foothills with Wayne, Larry & Jo.

Very enjoyable easy run with good friends I haven't been able to run with for a while. It got a little hot, but there was a good breeze for most of the run. We're all getting old but we're not dead yet. We ran into Gary and Lynne near the end of our run. They are both older than all of us. Gary is 75. He's had hip replacement and she's had knee replacement. They were 10 miles into a 20 mile run, and had done 20 miles last Saturday also. I guess there's hope for a few more years of running for us youngsters (I'm the baby at 55.)

Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Miles: 6.90
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
20.400.000.000.005.0025.40
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 1 Miles: 6.00Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Miles: 6.50Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Miles: 6.90
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