| 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.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 135.13 | 15.00 | 150.13 |
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| Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 6.48 | Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 26.20 | Brooks Defyance 4 Miles: 6.65 | Mizuno Nexus 5 Miles: 20.30 | Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 90.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.48 | 0.00 | 6.48 |
| It was 55 degrees this morning....very warm for this time of year. I ran 6.48 easy miles tapering down for the marathon on Saturday. |
| Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 6.48 |
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Just Cuz Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:44:02, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 26.20 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
| It was 28 degrees when we started from the Just Cuz Half Marathon finish line at Centennial Park. This marathon is set up like the full marathon at Timpanogos where you run up the mountain and turn around at the half start and run back. The 2 guys that finished 1st and 2nd last year showed up again....darn. I decided to carry my own water as the aid-stations would be unmanned all the way up.
We had a pretty nasty and very cold headwind until we finally turned up the canyon around the 5.5 mile mark. I was glad to trade the wind for the uphill and actually ran better once we turned. My goal was to get to the start before the half marathoners started. I wanted to be there in 1:57. I ended up getting there in about 1:56:30 so I was good. The half wouldn't start for about 15 minutes so I was happy. The last 2 miles up are very steep and my split on 13 was 10:50 with no walking at all. I made the turn and headed back down. My legs just would not give me the turnover to run the quick miles I had hoped on the way back. I ran strong and never took a single walk-break the entire run so I feel good about that. I was finally able to shed my windbreaker around mile 18 and the temperature was in the 40's. The first of the half marathoners caught me around 21.5 miles. Kory looked good as he passed and he finished in a 1:19. My hip flexors started to bug me around mile 22. Probably from all the hills (up and down). But I was able to press on and didn't have any bonk miles at the end. I finished in 3rd place overall. The winner was in 3:22 (a new PR for him), and 2nd place was a 3:32 and 4th was in 4:17 so we were really spread out. I managed to run this race only 42 seconds slower than the Pocatello marathon and considering the course is probably 15-20 minutes slower I feel I ran a good race. |
| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 26.20 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.65 | 0.00 | 6.65 |
| It was 32 degrees and calm this morning. Just a very easy 6.65 miles as my quads are still a bit thrashed from the marathon on Saturday. |
| Brooks Defyance 4 Miles: 6.65 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
| 10.00 miles on the TM this morning. Nice to run a faster pace for a bit of it. |
| Mizuno Nexus 5 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 7.00 | 10.00 |
| 10.00 miles early on the TM this morning. 1 tempo mile at 6:34 towards the end. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| It was pouring rain at 6:00am....luckily I was inside and pretty much had the place all to myself. I ran 10.00 miles in an easier pace than yesterday. Just recovery miles. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Early morning on the TM again. 10.00 miles with 1 @ 6:39 for tempo. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Go to the gym around 5:15am. Ran 1 mile on TM. Did a 1 hour Body Pump class and hit muscular failure with about 10 minutes to go in the class. Great class though. Then I ran another 9 miles on the TM. Pretty wiped-out now. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Because it was Thanksgiving, the weights class was scheduled at 8:00am so I was able to finish my whole run first. I was still really sore from the weights on Tuesday so I really needed to get it done today. I ran 10.00 miles in a good clip with 1 tempo mile from 8-9. Then I did the 1 hour Body Pump class and although it hurt a lot, it really helped loosen up the tightness from Tuesday. My wife Sue and my daughter Jenny even joined me in the class (now they are stiff and sore). HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
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| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10.00 easy recovery miles on the TM this morning. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| 10.00 miles on the TM this morning with 1 tempo mile. Then lifted weights for 45 minutes. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10.00 steady miles on the TM this morning. The arch on my right foot started to hurt a bit around 5.5 miles but went away about a mile later. Just need to keep an eye on it. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Got to the gym early and ran .5 mile before class. 1 hour BodyPump class. I followed that with 10.00 more miles on the TM. |
| Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.30 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
| I was only able to run .3 miles on the TM before my class this morning. Did BodyPump class for 1 hour then ran 10.00 miles on the TM. |
| Mizuno Nexus 5 Miles: 10.30 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I woke up with a nasty headache that I just couldn't shake this morning so I decided to take it easy. | | Add Comment |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 135.13 | 15.00 | 150.13 |
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| Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 6.48 | Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 26.20 | Brooks Defyance 4 Miles: 6.65 | Mizuno Nexus 5 Miles: 20.30 | Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 90.50 |
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