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

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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:						722.63
Biking 2022 Lifetime Miles:						1981.70
Biking 2024 Lifetime Miles:						723.49

Tue, Oct 14, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
18.27	5.00	23.27

7:30am: I had today off so I ran later today, actually ran in shorts for the first time since Thursday. It was 27 degrees but warmed to 32 by the time I finished. I ran 15.12 miles in 1:58:46. Nice, crisp morning. It was nice to run in the light.

5:00pm: Ran an easy 8.15 miles in nice weather. 50 degrees and a light breeze. Did not push very hard as it has been several years since I have done doubles.

Comments

From wheakory on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:30:10

Bill your putting in the miles. If your planning on doing the Half Marathon on November 1st as a fast race, I would do a good fast run down the Satterfield hill to get your legs used to a high turn over rate. If you want to get down to a 2:45 marathon teaching your legs to turn over fast is a good start. The downhill will help in this area. But you need to practice going faster than your marathon pace and treat it as a tempo run. Doing a good hard 4-6 mile tempo run once a week faster than your Marathon pace will teach you to run faster.

From Bill Mandler on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:59:05

Kory, thanks for the suggestion. I plan on working on a lot of base miles the next couple of months. I will try to do a tempo once per week and then do some better speedwork in the spring. I should be at 1:25 or better for the half on Nov 1st.

From wheakory on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 22:33:50

I ran on Satterfield about 6pm tonight. My daughter has soccer practice at the Gate City School.

From The Howling Commando on Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:08:54

Hi there Bill. I just wanted to say that the fact you have run 67 marathons in 7 years makes me feel lazy! What is your secret? And as I am sure you ahve really good biomechanics and as I am not really built to be a runner, do you think that a 4:00:00+ marathoner can still achieve specs as lofty as yours? I would love to be able to finish even 20 marathons.

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