| 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"
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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 |
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Altra Miles: 64.81 | Altra B Miles: 75.21 | Altra C Miles: 14.30 | Newton Distance S Miles: 12.20 |
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| | 3 mile shake down run for the Sandy Classic 5K on Friday .......still a bit tired fron the Ragnar but ready to go give it the best I can.....
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Sandy City Classic 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:24:07, Place overall: 68, Place in age division: 1 | | Not a bad day at the Sandy Classic 5K! I got up feelin' pretty good about a great nights sleep and didn't have any parts that hurt out of the ordinary. Got down to the race early and managed to get in about 30 minutes worth of warmup which really made my morning.
I'm unclear about how many runners there were overall but it seemed to be about 300.
Knowing that I was still a bit weary from the Ragnar last weekend I decided to work in all the tricks of the trade to have a pleasant outcome. I crowded my way to the front and toe'd the starting line with all the young kids that run like the wind. I was standing next to a young toe headed boy, probably about 10 years old, that I kindly told not to pass any gray haired old guys like me because it's bad form for a youngster! This kid actually finished just after me taking 3rd place in his whipper-snapper age group, I gave him a huge high five for his great effort to beat the old man across the finish line.
Boom, Boom, Boom.....Bang, Bang, Bang, the race started and I felt like setting down. I took another deep breath and kick it into high gear..... and trying not to get passed by everybody including the little blond haired kid.
I cut the corners and tracked the shortest distance between points and tried to keep the focus on keeping my breathing under control and my feet moving forward toward the next road kill....I even drafted on a cute young chick on the south bound leg of the race that was into the wind.....When I rounded the south end of the oval course headed north I passed the young lady and started looking for the finish line and any old guy between me and the end. I passed a couple of old guys but it turned out that they were in the age group ahead of mine.
As I moved to the .5 mile mark left in the race I took a drink of water from the small bottle I had and kicked up my pace so as not to get passed by any pirates lurking in the back ground, I hate it when they do that!
So it's all said and done, I managed to run at a 7:45 Min/Mi pace with a 24:07.3 minute finish time. 68th body to get over the finish line and the 1st old guy in my 60 to 64 age group to finish.......it was fun...........
Happy Independance Day all of you Americans!!!
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| | 6 mi hill trainer & post race recovery run. Looks like summer is here. It was 82 degrees at 5:30 am ....Uck!
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| | 10 mi med-long run this am out on the PRT. I was scheduled for more miles but decided to throttled back to compensate for my last two 5k race efforts.....
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| | 6 mi hill run @3:30a |
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| | 6.2 easy mi @ 3:30 am,
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| | 6.2 tempo mi @ 3:30 am
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| | 8.3 mi on the Dimple Dell Hills.....didn't get out on the road till about 7am.
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| | 19 mi long run @ 4:30am, Up Dimple Dell down Wasatch and a little bit further and voil, the run is in the bank.....
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| | 4 recovery miles @ 3:30am, 78 degrees, no wind.....looks like summer is here!
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| | 6 mi tempo run @ 3:30am. Met up with my am running buddy and had a nice hot morning run. It was only 80 degrees with 31% humidity.....
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Newton Distance S Miles: 6.00 |
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| | 6.2 mi @ 3:30am, runnin' in the hills.....
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| | rest day
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most do".............................................---Dale Carnegie
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| | Rest Day - I needed that!
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." -----------------Alice Walker
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Draper Days 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:24:07, Place in age division: 3 | | Not a whole lot to report. The Draper Days 5k is a rather small race with about 235 total runners in all ages. My goal was to place in my old guys age group, I did it. 3rd place with a 24:07 time. I can't believe that 15 days ago I ran the Sandy Classic 5K at the exact same time. The Draper Days 5K is a certified USATF course so it tends to draw in some of the fastest runners in the area. It was fun and it's actually a very fast course. The overall winner did it in 15:15......And today I got to meet Allie at the race! She's such a sweet, humble young lady!!!
"When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth, his eye is as clear as the heavens.When he has base ends, and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy, and sometimes asquint. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| | 20 miles up Dimple Dell and down Wasatch....twice! 48 days till my Mt. Nebo mary....
"Knowledge is Power". --Francis Bacon
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| | 6 mile recovery run @ 3:30am......dark, warm and quiet with my running buddie, "M".
"There are two types of People. Those who come into a room and say,"Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are!" --Frederick I. Collins
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| | 6 mi (7 X 800) @ 3:30am. 67 degrees, light breeze.....
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Newton Distance S Miles: 6.20 |
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| | 7 mi easy run @3:30am. 80*, windy...at least it was dark.....
Thought for Today: “A liberal paradise would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive healthcare, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only law enforcement has guns.” “And believe it or not, such a place does indeed exist, It’s called prison.” --Sheriff Joe Arpaio Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
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| | 7.11 mi easy run @5:am....cloudy, hot (80) and windy....tough run. I feel for all those that are running the Des News Mary, times are going to be 4 to 10% slower and many many more heat and hydration casulties....
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. --John F. Kennedy
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| | I forgot, for a moment, that I need to take a rest day every now and again.....so there it is. I'll go out tomorrow and pick up a few miles and have a pretty good week of running to put in the books.
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| | 4.4 shakedown run in the heat. 45 days till NEBO...
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| | 13 miles up Dimple Dell and down Wasatch. 80 degrees, full sunshine big cut back sunday.....
"Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love." --Nelson Rockerfeller
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| | Monday 6 mi recovery run...@3:30am
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| | 7 mi @ 3:30 am...hills
Hide not your talents. They for use were made.What's a sundial in the Shade?
--Benjamin Franklin
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| | 7 miles in the hills @ 3:30a
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Altra Miles: 64.81 | Altra B Miles: 75.21 | Altra C Miles: 14.30 | Newton Distance S Miles: 12.20 |
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