"PRIOR PREPARATION PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE"

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Location:

UT,United States

Member Since:

Apr 05, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

"PRIOR PREPRATION PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE"

Best running times:

5K - 17:45, Nestle, 2008

10K - 43:34, Des News, 2008

1/2 Marathon - 1:32:50, Provo 1/2, 1999

Full Marathon - 3:21:26, St. George, 1999

Best Boston Marathon: 3:29:57, 2006

I  RAN AND COMPLETED MY 12/12/60th BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE. 12 MARATHONS IN 12 MONTHS  (FEB 5,2011 - FEB 19, 2012)

ST GEORGE MARATHON(14)    1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019 (14)

THE BOSTON MARATHON(14)  2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, (14)

DESERET NEWS MARATHON,(4)  2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 (4)

OGDEN MARATHON(3)  2004, 2005, 2011, 2022 (4)

PARK CITY MARATHON(6)  2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011

TOP OF UTAH MARATHON(4)  2004, 2005, 2007, 2011.

UTAH VALLEY MARATHON(3)  2010, 2011, 2021.

THE COWTOWN MARATHON(1)  2011

THE HOOVER DAM MARATHON (1)    2011

THE DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON(1)   2011

THE SURF CITY USA MARATHON(2)    2012, 2013

THE LOST DUTCHMAN MARATHON(1)   2012

THE LAYTON MARATHON,(1)  2013

THE MT NEBO MARATHON,(1)  2014

THE ATHENS GREECE AUTHENTIC MARATHON (1), NOV 8, 2015

THE GREEN BAY MARATHON (1), JUNE 22 2016

THE CIM (1), DEC 4, 2016

THE HUNTSVILLE "FULL MONTE" MARATHON (2), 2017 & 2019

 

 

64 MARATHONS, From 1998 until 2022  W/ ZERO DNFS

1st Marathon, St. George Marathon, OCTOBER 3, 1998. 

64 total Marathons, The Ogden Marathon, May  2022.

169 OVERALL RACES (5Ks, 10Ks, 1/2s, Full Marathons & Tris) SINCE JUNE 4, 1998 UNTIL TODAY. (ZERO-DNF'S)

 

"PAY ME NOW OR PAY ME LATER"

Short-Term Running Goals:

RUN A 17:00 5K

RUN A 38:00 10K

RUN A 90:00 1/2 MARY

RUN A SUB 3 HR FULL MARY (I know I will never hit this one, but I will keep on trying)

RUN THE BOSTON MARATHON, AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME IN 2022! 

"THERE WILL BE DAYS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RUN A MARATHON, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIFE TIME KNOWING THAT I HAVE!"

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

2021 RUNNING RACE SCHEDULE: (STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

1. UTAH VALLEY MARATHON, (3rd plc AD) 5 JUNE '21

2. UTAH VALLEY 5k, (1st plc AD), JUNE 2021

3. SANDY CITY 4th of JULY CLASSIC 5K, (3rd plcAD), 3 JULY '21

4. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOMECOMING 5K, U5K, (1st plc AD) 9/18/'21

5. SANDY CITY TURKEY TROT & VETERANS DAY 5K, (1st plc AD), 11/13/'21

6. Midnight Madness 5K, 12/31/2021, (1st plc AD)

 

                                
2022 race schedule:

1. The Ogden Marathon, May 21,'22, 5th in Age Division 

2.  Sandy City 4th of July 5k, (29:37) (Age Div 1st plc)

3.  Sandy City Balloon Fest 5k, (30:51) ( 1st plc Age Div)

 

GOALS.....My goal is to be an Age Division Winner and a Boston Marathon Qualifer & Participant as long as I can run this short, fat, tired old man body down the road!!!  This gettin' old crap isn't for the weak of heart, mind, body or spirit!

 

 

 

 

Personal:

 

"IMPROVISE, ADAPT & OVERCOME"

I'm still alive after all these years, All "71 yrs" of them and I'm continuing to live my dreams and I'm doing it my way! Retired Former State of Utah Police Criminal Investigator & United States ARMY O&I Sergeant! 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
T-1 Lifetime Miles: 928.65
P2 Lifetime Miles: 233.50
P2a Lifetime Miles: 978.15
Other Lifetime Miles: 806.47
P2.5 Lifetime Miles: 392.45
P2.12 Altra Provision Lifetime Miles: 232.50
T-3 Lifetime Miles: 368.41
IQ Lifetime Miles: 414.75
IQ2 Lifetime Miles: 295.79
IQ 3 Lifetime Miles: 153.55
IQ 4 Lifetime Miles: 93.94
IQ 5 Lifetime Miles: 64.31
IQ 6 Lifetime Miles: 31.13
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
Total Distance
4.00

Nice day to run: 32 degrees, clear blue sky, sunshine, about 1/2 inch of snow on the ground that was melting fast. 4 mile modified tempo run.....very successful! tyi......

As my training schedule progresses towards Surf City, The Lost Dutchman and Boston, I find that I will need to adjust and take Friday off and run a 16 miler saturday. I would prefer to run the long on Sunday because my next two marathons are on sundays.  Of course this is just probably a way for me to rationalize taking a day off and not running on Christmas Day, now just how weak is that!!!

Hey, Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and yours !!!!!

 

 

BA9 Miles: 4.00
Comments
From RAD on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 15:38:18 from 98.202.23.178

Slick, we are meeting at Lehi JRP on Saturday morning if you'd like to join us! I think we'll be doing around 13 - so you'd have company for most of the run!! Then you don't have to rationalize about Christmas day, you can say I made you do it :)

From Tom Slick on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 15:58:44 from 69.171.160.202

I just got this email from the "NYRR" and it's exactly what I want to do in 2012!!!!!!

This January, forget typical New Year resolutions. Don't make a promise you can't keep. Make a pact with yourself to run for life. On 01/02/12, apply for the ING New York City Marathon 2012.

Like all the best things in life, running this race is never the same twice. It's an accomplishment no one can take away from you. No matter how far you've run before, on November 4, 2012, everyone will start from the same place.

You will all put one foot in front of the other for 26.2 miles. Your lives will change when you cross the Central Park finish line—whether it's your first time or your 20th. This is what dreams are made of. The ING New York City Marathon is where the world comes to run.

The application opens 01/02/12 at 12:00 noon EST and closes 04/23/12 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

It all starts 01/02/12; check our website regularly for updates and follow the path to greatness.

This e-mail was sent by New York Road Runners, whose premier event is the ING New York City Marathon. To ensure future delivery of NYRR e-mails, please make sure this e-mail address is added to your safe sender list. To unsubscribe from future mailings, click here. Message ID: 22344750.

Copyright © 2011 New York Road Runners, 9 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128

From Tom Slick on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 16:09:15 from 69.171.160.202

Thank you Ms.RAD - I would love to come run with you all Saturday but I've already comitted to run with another doing my mountain course run....I surely hope that the weather is as great as it was for this morning run.....Hey, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours and all my Fast Running Blog friends!!!!!!!

From RAD on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 16:10:49 from 98.202.23.178

I'm glad you'll have company - a mountain course? yikes...I'm good with the nice, flat JRP :) Merry Christmas to you as well!!!

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