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

Poky Run 10K

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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: 383.13
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
48.0324.2672.29
Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 18.66Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 24.26Saucony Omni 7 Miles: 8.47Asics Phoenix Miles: 10.66Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 10.24
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.005.0210.02

It was 65 degrees and overcast this morning.  I ran 2.50 miles over to my mother-in-laws house to run with my sister-in-law who is visiting from Kimberly.  She is training for her first half-marathon here in Pocatello in a month.  We ran together for 5 miles at a 9:12 avg which she said was the best she has ever run.  Then I ran 2.50 miles home.  I am going to run the entire half-marathon course with her tomorrow.  This will be her longest run.

Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 10.02
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.2213.0424.26

It was about 55 degrees at the top of Buckskin this morning.  OK.....here was the plan.  I was going to start at 5:30am at the marathon start and my sister-in-law was going to start at 7:00am at the half start.  The plan was I would catch up to her and run most of the half course with her.

That was the plan....

I got a late start and did not start running until 5:50.  By the time I was closing in on Inkom I was behind schedule and was probably 1-2 miles behind her, so I cut straight in to Inkom at mile 12 so I could catch her.  When I hit the main road she was nowhere to be found.  I looked back towards the start and could not see her and figured she HAS to be in front of me.  She probably got an early start so I needed to push it to catch her.  So I did.

After mile 20 I still did not see her and was asking passing bicyclists and runners if they had seen anyone and nobody had.  I figured if she started at 6:45 instead of 7:00 she was still in front of me so I pushed all the way in to Ross Park hoping she was there.  She wasn't.

My wife drove up about 15 minutes later to pick us up and used her phone to call and she was about 1.25 miles from the finish.  As it turns out, she got started LATE and took a wrong turn in Inkom, even though we drove the course last night.  She also stopped a couple times to take pictures because she said the Inkom area was so pretty?  Never heard anyone say that before...

The good news is she ran the entire half course plus some extra, by herself, and feels GREAT.  She will have a very fun first race in 3 1/2 weeks.

I also got a good workout with a solid 24.26 miles in about 2:57 so all is good.

Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 24.26
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.470.008.47

It was 53 degrees this morning.  I ran a nice easy 8.47 miles.  I was tired after my run yesterday morning and then I spent the rest of the day helping my next door neighbors daughter/son in law move in to their new house.  I then got a 2 hour massage last night so my body is beat up.

Saucony Omni 7 Miles: 8.47
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.660.0010.66

It was 53 degrees with some rain this morning.  I ran an easy 10.66 miles.

Asics Phoenix Miles: 10.66
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.640.008.64

It was 49 degrees, nice and cool this morning. I ran 8.64 miles easy.

Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 8.64
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Race: Poky Run 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:42:52, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 2
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.046.2010.24

It was 45 degrees this morning.  I ran just over 4 miles to the race start picking up Barry Smith on the way.  I ran the race at a steady, but not too hard pace to test where I am injury-wise.  It hurt a bit, but it was manageable.  I finished in 42:52, which is where I thought I would be.  Just for comparison, last year I was 2nd overall in about 38:30.

Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 10.24
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
48.0324.2672.29
Mizuno Nirvana 5 Miles: 18.66Asics 2140 #2 Miles: 24.26Saucony Omni 7 Miles: 8.47Asics Phoenix Miles: 10.66Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 10.24
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