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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
7.703.003.000.003.0016.70
Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 5.30Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 5.40Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 6.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.303.000.000.000.005.30

At least one of you (thanks, Tom) is wondering if I'm okay so I thought I'd drop a quick note in here. I'm okay, just old and getting older, and too busy/lazy to blog. I've been running more than I've been blogging, but that's still not been much. The last two weeks have been no running during the week then a 10 miler on Saturday. I broke the pattern by getting a normal Monday run in this morning.

The first week of no running was to let a huge blister heal on my left instep. It first appeared on a normal Tuesday morning easy run. I was wearing my normal shoes and socks. I have no idea what caused the blister. It got worse on Wednesday's run (about the size of an elongated silver dollar) so I didn't run again until Saturday. It felt good for about 6 miles then resurfaced. I decided to let it heal completely, which took a week. It was fine on the next Saturday's 10 miler.

The second week (this past week) was our family's Staycation. We played tennis on Monday (among other activities), and I visited my parents early on Tuesday morning during which time my 80 year old father tutored me on his daily exercise program including deep knee bends. I'm not sure if it was the tennis or the knee bends, but all week long after that my left knee felt sore and a little swollen. I decided to skip running during the week so I could remain mobile for the remainder of the week's activities.

I was nervous about Saturday morning's run, but I wore my knee support and got in 10 miles at about 9 minute pace without aggravating my knee or getting a blister. That doesn't mean I was pain free. I have had some pain in my right foot, my right calf, and my right hip, but so far they are still manageable.

I've been blaming all these aches and pains on my age, but while I was visiting my 80 year old father he noted that despite his heart, sight, and blood pressure issues, he doesn't really have any pain anywhere. He worked construction and was always stronger than me, and still is. He does 100 mini pushups, 100 overhead pulls, and 100 modified jumping jacks every day, along with his deep knee bends and various other exercises. He said he recently added 20 regular pushups everyday. I have a feeling I could benefit from following his exercise regimen.

A little anecdote my dad shared with me. He said his blood pressure jumped really high recently (my parents rarely tell us of their health issues in a timely manner) while he was eating. He began to feel like this was the end. I guess he doesn't tell my mom about his health issues either because about this time she offered him an ice cream cone. He figured if he was going to die he might as well go out eating an ice cream cone.

Fortunately, he lived to tell me the story and was doing great when I visited him. He told me he's not concerned at all about death. I think his words were, "There's not 5 minutes difference between here and there." Since it's unlikely my parents will let us know there is something wrong until it's too late to say goodbye, as I left I said, "If I don't see you again, thanks for being a great dad." We don't say stuff like that much. I guess it wouldn't hurt to express love and gratitude a little more often to him, and my mom, and my wife Karen, and my children, and...

Well, I'd better go. If I don't see you again, thanks to all of my running buddies out there for your encouragement and friendship. "Because I knew you, I have been changed for good." (Any "Wicked" fans out there?)

That wasn't so hard. It felt pretty good...

Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 5.30
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I intended to run late this morning after I dropped my daughters off to go to YW camp. I took about 3 steps and my hip was so tight and painful that I turned and walked back into the house.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.400.000.000.003.005.40

I stretched my right hip well this morning and it didn't bother me too much on the water tank hills run. I wasn't fast, but I got it done. 19:06 up the hills.

 

Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 5.40
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.003.000.000.006.00

Ran the Cascade route with Wayne. 6 miles @ 9:11/mi.

Out at 9:40/mi, back at about 8:45/mi. I'm slow and my old body aches, but I'm just glad to be able to be running.

Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 6.00
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I drove up to the MIA Shalom girls camp to do gate guard duty on Friday night and help pack up and pull the trailer home on Saturday morning so I didn't run on Saturday.

While on guard duty at the gate, about 2:20am a car stopped at the beginning of the road up to the camp. I watched it for a while. When I finally got out I think they caught a glimpse of my 52 year old 5'7" overweight body and were scared off. Either that or they saw the light come on in my vehicle and realized someone was watching them. Whatever the reason, I was glad to see them leave. The next morning someone said they saw a couple of beer cans down there as they were driving in.

When we were leaving Saturday morning they said there were runners doing a race in the Fairview direction and recommended we drive home via Scofield. My daughter Emily and I decided to go the Scofield direction and really enjoyed the drive home, including stopping to buy buffalo jerky and watching up close as a firefighting helicopter lowered to fill its bucket with water just off the side of the highway. Some who drove the other direction past the runners said that at one point there was a flock of about 300 sheep crossing the road. They said it was funny watching the runners trying to make their way through the closely packed sheep, who were also leaving droppings all over the road as they crossed. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.703.003.000.003.0016.70
Saucony Guide 3 Miles: 5.30Saucony Guide TR 2 Miles: 5.40Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 6.00
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