A Runner at Heart.....Riding a Bike

March 2011

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Location:

South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Started running in 2001.  Have completed over 100 marathons and ultras since then. 

Marathon PR 2:56:04 (2005 St. George)

New PR 2:53:24 (2008 Tucson)

Finished 2nd Overall in 2005 Utah Grand Slam to Paul Peterson.  He beat me by 30 min in every race.

1/2 Marathon PR 1:23:56 (2008 Just Cuz Half Marathon)

Completed the Utah Grand Slam 10 consecutive years (2003-2012).  I don't know if anyone else has done that.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 Goals:

Be consistent in my Riding.

Drop a few lbs.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I have long-term biking goals.  Running is completely out of the question with the Meniscus in my knee.

Personal:

I'm in the 55-59 Age Group.....Yikes!

I have been married for over 39 years.  We have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.

 "Only those who risk going to far can possibly find out how far they can go"  T.S. Eliot

"Putting miles in your training log (blog) is like putting money in the bank.  You begin to draw interest on it immediately."  Hal Higdon

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Biking 2021 Lifetime Miles: 653.86
Biking 2023 Lifetime Miles: 702.58
Biking 2022 Lifetime Miles: 2001.75
Biking 2024 Lifetime Miles: 400.84
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
251.0010.00261.00
Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 39.00Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 98.22Asics 1150 Miles: 69.91Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 53.87
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.250.0010.25

10.25 treadmill miles.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 10.25
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8.250.008.25

8.25 treadmill miles.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 8.25
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10.250.0010.25

10.25 treadmill miles.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 10.25
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0.000.000.00

Felt under the weather today and had to work early so I decided to take it easy today.

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16.280.0016.28

I picked up Barry Smith at 6:15 and we drove to the start of the marathon course.  The temperature was OK (32) but we had pretty strong headwinds the first 13 miles which made it feel colder and slowed our pace.  We ran 16.28 miles.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 16.28
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8.630.008.63

It was 30 degrees and calm this morning.  I ran 8.63 easy.

Asics 1150 Miles: 8.63
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10.250.0010.25

It snowed a bunch last night.  I ran 10.25 miles on the treadmill, then shoveled the walks.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 10.25
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.560.008.56

It was 33 degrees but pretty windy.  I ran 8.56 miles.

Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 8.56
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10.530.0010.53

It was about 40 degrees, which was good; but the winds were very strong out of the South-East at 25-30mph.  I ran 10.53 miles, slow against the wind, fast with the wind :)

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.53
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8.660.008.66

I ran an easy 8.66 miles this morning in 30 degree temps but still very windy.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 8.66
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12.265.0017.26

It was 27 degrees with light winds this morning.  Barry and I had hitched a ride to the top of Buckskin to run part of the marathon course with several other runners.  As we started, we realized we would be waiting for almost an hour at the drop car for the others to get there.  And...it wasn't our car anyway.  So we decided after 6 miles to turn around, run back up Buckskin, and then run down the Pocatello side back home.  We ran 17.26 miles, fast downhill, slow uphill.

Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 17.26
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8.560.008.56

It was 36 degrees, not too bad this morning.  I ran 8.56 miles.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 8.56
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10.690.0010.69

It was 33 degrees this morning.  I ran 10.69 miles.

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.69
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.610.008.61

It was 33 degrees and raining this morning.  I ran 8.61 easy miles.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 8.61
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10.660.0010.66

It was 31 degrees this morning with some VERY Cold wind.....  I ran 10.66 miles.

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.66
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8.540.008.54

It was 30 degrees with cold winds again.  I ran 8.25 miles easy.

Asics 1150 Miles: 8.54
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9.312.0011.31

Barry sent me a text yesterday and asked me if I wanted to run 11 miles today with him and Dallin.  I said OK, not thinking who Dallin is.  When I ran over to Barry's house and saw it was Dallin Farnsworth, I knew it was going to be a long morning.  I have not been feeling great and speed has not been with me lately.  

For those of you who don't live around here, Dallin Farnsworth is a Junior in high school and one of the best cross-country and track runners in the country.  He raced last Friday in New York City in the New Balance Indoor Championships and finished 4th in the nation behind 3 seniors and missed the all-time record for a junior by 1.5 seconds.  He is racing again next week at another national meet at Stanford.  The kid is fast....

 When we started, Barry told him we would start slow and then run some tempo miles later on.  We ran up to Satterfield, down the hill, and back up to Monte Vista.  Then Barry said we would tempo the next 2 miles just past Syringa Elementary school.  We started picking up the pace and I could not keep up with them.  I ran a 6:30 mile and was lagging way behind.  Dallin didn't even break a sweat.

We even had him run an extra mile loop on the ISU campus while we headed back North, but he caught us before we got to Alameda Park. 

Overall, this was actually one of my better paced runs this year, but I felt like a slug next to this great runner.  It's actually pretty cool that he only lives a few blocks from me.  There must be some genetic thing going on in his family because all the state/course records that Dallin is breaking were held by his older brother Taylor, who runs for BYU now.

I feel old and tired...


Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 11.31
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8.540.008.54

It was 39 degrees with some light winds this morning.  I ran 8.54 miles fairly easy and mostly in the dark.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 8.54
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6.000.006.00

The plan was to run over to Kory's house this morning, run 5-6 miles with him, and then run home.....that was the plan.....

When I got up this morning we were in a blizzard.  There was 4+ inches of heavy wet snow with 30+mph winds.  I decided to just drive over to Kory's instead because the roads were so bad and it is always better by his house because he lives more on the valley floor.

Kory, Barry, and I ran 6 miles in the slop, slush and heavy winds but it wasn't too bad because we spent the whole time talking and catching up since it has been a long time since I have talked to either of them.  It was good to see Kory running again....

I am not too worried about the mileage today as I am going to spend all day outside loading a construction dumpster with stuff from my yard....it is such a lovely day (not) for it.

Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 6.00
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I was way too wiped-out this morning after all the outside work I did yesterday.  My back and shoulders are killing me, but at least I completed all the destruction and hauling away I wanted to finish!

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10.200.0010.20

It was 37 degrees with light winds this morning.  I actually ran without the windbreaker and stocking cap!  I ran 10.20 easy miles, the last couple with Lowell and Terry.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 10.20
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8.630.008.63

It was 27 degrees this morning.  I ran 8.63 miles easy.

Asics 1150 Miles: 8.63
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20.210.0020.21

It was 27 degrees this morning with some cold breezes on the back side of Buckskin.  Barry and I ran the marathon course all the way to Century High School without the out and back at mile 7.  We ran 20.21 miles and kept a good pace the whole way.  My pain level was lower than it has been in quite a while.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 20.21
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9.233.0012.23

It was 31 degrees and snowing this morning.  Luckily, the winds were fairly mild.  I did my Tuesday run today because I have to be in Rexburg fairly early tomorrow and will not have as much time.  I ran a couple miles before I met up with a newer running group Barry Smith started on M-W-F.  I ran 3.5 with them with a couple faster miles thrown in.  I then ran another 6.7 on my own to finish with 12.23 for the morning.  It snowed the whole time.

Asics 1150 Miles: 12.23
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8.550.008.55

It was 25 degrees this morning.  I ran 8.55 easy miles.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 8.55
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10.740.0010.74

It was 36 degrees but very windy at times this morning.  I ran 2 miles before I met up with Barry's group, then I ran 4.5 with him.  After I dropped him off I ran another 4.2 on my own for a total of 10.74 miles.

Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 10.74
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8.610.008.61

It was 45 degrees but VERY Windy this morning.  I ran 8.61 easy miles as I was tired from working very late last night.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 8.61
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
251.0010.00261.00
Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 39.00Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 98.22Asics 1150 Miles: 69.91Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 53.87
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