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

December 2012

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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
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236.842.00238.84
Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 23.14Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 155.50Asics 1150 Miles: 60.00
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13.140.0013.14

It was in the low 40's with a cold wind from the South but otherwise pretty nice this morning.  I ran 13.14 very steady miles and finished with a nice kick the last 3.  My timing was good too, it started raining pretty hard only 10 minutes after I got home.

Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 13.14
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10.00 early miles on the TM at the gym.  

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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I did the early morning BodyPump class for an hour and increased the weights for several of the sections.  I will feel that tomorrow.  Then I ran 10.00 on the TM nice and steady.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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10.00 early morning miles on the TM.

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.00
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10.500.0010.50

I ran 0.50 mile before BodyPump classs.  Did class for 1 hour, then ran another 10.00 miles on the TM.  I actually found a TM that did not stop at 60 minutes and go to cool-down mode.  I was able to blast thru the entire 10 without any interruptions...YAY!

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.50
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10.00 TM miles.

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.00
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The wind was really nasty this morning and it was supposed to snow so I decided to do my longer run indoors this Saturday.  I found my "magic" treadmill and ran the whole 16 miles without it interrupting me.  I did the last mile in 6:30 and felt great.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 16.00
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I ran 10.00 easy miles on the TM and then lifted weights for 45 minutes really early this morning.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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10.00 TM miles looking out the window and watching the cars slide around on the icy roads.  

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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11.000.0011.00

I ran 1 mile before the Body Pump class.  Then did class for 1 hour.  Then I ran another 10 on the TM.  Total 11.00 miles.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 11.00
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I was at the hospital late last night with Sue and did not get in bed until 1:00am so there was no way I was getting up at 4:00 to run.

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I did the Body Pump class for 1 hour and then ran 8.00 miles on the TM..  No time for any more as I needed to get to Rexburg early.

Asics 1150 Miles: 8.00
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10.00 early miles on the TM.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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20.000.0020.00

It was really icy outside so I opted to do my long run inside.  I got to the gym really early, as in I was the 3rd person there.  I ran 20.00 miles on the TM with no breaks and just plowed through it.  Glad to be done.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 20.00
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It was a total blizzard outside but I was inside on the TM......10.00 miles.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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I got to Gold's at 5:15 to get ready for my Body Pump class.  The instructor was there a minute or 2 later.  Problem was, they could not find a key for the workout room anywhere.  Get this......a multi-million dollar facility only has 1 key for their workout room and somebody took it home last night.  I asked the front desk guy and he said it has been that way for a year.  REALLY???  You can't copy a key in a year?  We finally got started 15 minutes late so I was behind for the morning.  I did Body Pump for 1 hour and then ran 10.00 on the TM.

Despite my rant....I absolutely LOVE this facility, I just think it's crazy to have a situation like that.  It's the small details that make the difference between Success and Mediocrity. 

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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I did the Body Pump class for 1 hour then did my TM run.

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.00
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10.00 on the TM.

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.00
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10.00 on the TM.

Asics 1150 Miles: 10.00
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It was 30 degrees and snowing this morning.  There was a fresh 3-4 inches on my sidewalks.  I put on my Santa hat and 3 sets of battery powered Christmas lights and ran the 1.5 miles to Perkins to meet up with a bunch of other runners for a Christmas Eve run.  The group run began at 7:00am.

There were 34 of us running the neighborhoods.  We stopped a couple times to sing carols to people....it was great.  I did, however, learn a powerful lesson this morning.  NEVER, and I mean NEVER, give Lowell Hawkes the code to your garage door.  During our run he suggested we go to Terry Jensen's house to sing.  Well, unbeknownst to us, Terry is out of town and his daughters family is living in the house while their new one is being built.  We actually snuck in, went downstairs, and WOKE THEM UP to sing Christmas carols to them.  Thank goodness I know them or I would have felt even MORE Awkward than I did.  Luckily Seth and Tara are good sports.  But Tara did vow to get even with us. 

We went to a couple more places and the run ended up back at Perkins.  Most of the runners stayed for breakfast but Kory, Barry Ames, and I ran another 5 miles to get the mileage over 10 for the day.  Kory and Barry probably got 12-13 by the time they got home.

I ran 10.20 very fun miles with great company this morning.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 10.00
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It was NASTY out this morning.  I followed the Snow Plow to the gym.  I did 1 hour of the Body Pump class then ran 10.00 on the TM.  Time to shovel the driveway....again.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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8.000.008.00

Another TM run on a slick and cold morning....8 miles.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 8.00
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I got to the gym around 7:30 and ran 10 miles on the TM with 1 mile at 6:00 pace.  Then I did the 1 hour Body Pump class.  This is in a different order than I normally do it due to the different schedule of classes on Saturday.  I was tired for the first part of class but finally got going.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 10.00
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My lower back has been bothering me and all the snow shoveling I did over the weekend did not help it.  When I jumped on the TM this morning it was not a good feeling.  I decided to just do an hour of weights and then did 2 easy miles.

Asics 1150 Miles: 2.00
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236.842.00238.84
Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 23.14Mizuno Elixer 4 (new) Miles: 155.50Asics 1150 Miles: 60.00
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