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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
33.850.005.000.000.0038.85
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
11.500.000.000.000.0011.50

After Saturday's run up Mt. Timpanogos, this morning's run wasn't much more than a "loosen up my legs" run. I can feel a little soreness in my quads, but surprisingly I feel pretty good. I only averaged a 9:11 pace this morning, but the first mile was 10:54, so I did gradually speed up as my legs loosened up.

At lunch time, I ended up running alone again. It was probably a good thing. I wouldn't have been able to keep up. My quads still felt a little sore, especially as I started the downhill halfway through. My legs didn't have much zip in them. I ran the 5 miles in 41:55 (8:23/mi = 8:48/mi up, 8:00/mi down).

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.350.000.000.000.007.35

Larry committed to help Kent pour concrete at 6am this morning, so Wayne and I skipped going to the track and ran the Lindon loop instead. I was up early so I ran 1.3 easy miles before meeting up with Wayne. I felt fine during the 1.3 miles and the first mile with Wayne, but then I started feeling some tightness and a little pain on the backside of my right knee. My legs have been a little tired from the long run up Timp on Saturday, but generally they've been feeling really good lately. I'm not sure what triggered this pain today. I didn't run hard yesterday, and we weren't pushing the pace very hard this morning. In addition to my quads being a little sore from Saturday, I also felt a little tightness in my right calf. Maybe running the steep Eagles View hill yesterday stressed the already fatigued calf causing it to tighten up into my knee. I may have also bumped my mileage up too quickly over the past couple of weeks. I think I'm going to have to back off a little until I can figure out what's up with this pain I felt this morning. Bummer! I was feeling so good about how my running was going. At least I still have some time before St. George.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
15.000.005.000.000.0020.00

I ran the 20-miler from Trefoil to the lake this morning with Larry, Wayne, and Nathan. It was overcast with a light rain falling for most of the run. It was nice not having the hot sun bearing down on us, but by the end of the run I was so wet water was dripping off my shorts.

We all ran together until Nunn's Park, then Nathan and Wayne gradually pulled away never to be seen again until the end. When Larry and I stopped at Will's Pit Stop, Larry convinced me to try to catch up to Nathan and Wayne. I averaged 8:00-8:15/mi for the next four to five miles but then I started to feel the pain behind my right knee again so I backed off and ran the last couple of miles quite slowly. It didn't hurt at all at the slower pace, and wasn't really hurting too badly at the quicker pace, I just didn't want to risk aggravating it.

All in all it was a good run. I finished in under 3 hours and had pretty good energy throughout.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
33.850.005.000.000.0038.85
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