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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.

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Sat, Nov 20, 2010
Total Distance
10.15

Early run, late report.  There was nothing spectacular about my run today.  10.15 miles in 1:31:32 or 9:07 per mile.  I don't think that wore me out as much as the rest of the day trying to dig up a tree stump and planting two peach trees.  The second peach tree was not in a very good piece of ground.  I don't know if it could be called soil, because there was more rocks than dirt.  I pulled out about 100 lbs of rocks in a hole about 3 feet deep.

For the tree stump, I cut off four big roots, one over 6 inches in diameter, with an axe.  Then, we tried to jack it up, exerting 7000 lbs of pressure, but to no avail.  We'll try again later after we try to rot the stump.

Comments
From lightitup on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 01:51:27 from 71.37.143.96

Wow, NICE cross-training on the stump. Hey, when does Kevin get home? Soon, right? We are loving having Josh home.

From Stephen on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:23:38 from 204.182.3.235

Dec 18 at 2:39PM at SLC airport.

From flatlander on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:07:41 from 198.207.244.102

Exactly how did you measure 7000 pounds of pressure? I'm sure it was an exact measurement, just looking at this as an educational opportunity.

From Stephen on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 17:38:09 from 204.182.3.235

3.2 lbs per mm of the circumference of all flexed biceps. The sum of the circumferences of the 6 biceps was 2187 millimeters, give or take 2mm.

Actually, the person who lent me the jack said that it was rated for 7000 lbs and if we had exerted more pressure than that by applying a longer lever, we would have bent the jack. We had 3 of us exerting all our strength on the end of a four foot lever.

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