| Location: Orem,UT,USA Member Since: Jun 26, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments:
Ran first marathon after 18 months of training (minus injury time) at age 52 in Logan, Utah on Sept 18, 2010. Time was 4:16:56 compared to a goal of 4:15. Second marathon was Oct 1, 2011 in the heat of St George. Time fell to 4:52:27.
Short-Term Running Goals: With two marathons behind me, my next goal is to run one in under 4 hours and potentially qualify for Boston within 2 years. Long-Term Running Goals: My primary physical goal is to live a long, healthy life and to stay active to the end. While I can, I expect running to be a big part of that. Personal: Married with 8 children and 5 grandchildren. Youngest child is 13. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | 3.76 miles in 47:03 or 12:32/mile at 126bpm. I think this is the first time all my miles have been under 13 minutes at that heart rate. It was short sleeve, 61 degree weather this morning and I even started to sweat a little bit, but nothing like indoor treadmill work. | | Comments(1) |
| | 4.62 miles in 57:54 at 12:32/mile and 126bpm. Same pace and heart rate as yesterday, but different distance. Talked with another runner along the way about the beautiful 59 degree weather. After he moved on, I noticed that my heart rate was in the high 130's and my max heart rate turned out to be 145bpm, but most of the rest of the time, I kept it real low to get the 126bpm average. I'm thinking I need to do some fast running soon. All this slow stuff feels really good, but I think I need to start developing speed too.
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| | 7.31 miles in 1:12:39 or 9:56/mile and 149bpm. Actually, I hardly ever went at that pace with that heart rate. Sometimes, I ran at a 14 minute pace with under 130bpm. Other times, I ran closer to an 8 minute pace with a heart rate around 160bpm. More or less, I ran as fast as I could to the end of each mile and then got my heart rate down below 130 before racing to the end of the next mile. I want to learn to run faster and so I'm trying not to totally neglect the speed work.
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| | 4.88 miles in 1:01:52, or 12:41/mile at 126bpm. Max was lower than usual at 134. Still enjoying great weather at 47 degrees this morning. | | Add Comment |
| | About 5.5 miles in about 52 minutes, or about 9:30/mile and not a low heart rate run. Woke up to a completely dead GPS. So, I tried to go fast today. It was 47 degrees this morning and it's supposed to get up to 64 degrees by 10:00 tomorrow morning. (That would be 4 hours after the start time for the Utah Valley Marathon, in which my brother and my son will participate.) | | Add Comment |
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