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June 2010

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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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Total Distance
23.63
Sat, Jun 26, 2010
Total Distance
12.60

Gearing up to run my first marathon on Sep 18.  (Top of Utah, in Logan)

Since my hip injury in January, I;ve had a slow recovery.  But, I've been able to progress quite a bit in the last 2 months.  After the 12.6 miles this morning, I felt a little pain.  It's probably time for an easy week next week.

 I was pretty pleased with my efforts this morning.  The goal was to run each mile faster.  This worked well until mile 11 which was uphill for the whole stretch.  At one point, I noticed that my pace was 11:45.  Mile 9 was the fastest at 8:12.  Average pace was 8:47.

I feel like I'm getting close to January conditioning, but still not ready for the big race.  My longest run is still 14 miles.  That should change within the next month.  I've got to get it up to 20 a couple of times before September.

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Tue, Jun 29, 2010
Total Distance
7.27

Normally, I don't take two days off, but I needed a little recovery after Saturday's run.  7.27 in 1:02 (8:37) per mile is OK for me.  I'll try to run Wed, Fri, and Sat for 4 runs this week.  This is my easy week before I start ramping up the miles again.

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Wed, Jun 30, 2010
Total Distance
3.76

It was supposed to be an easy run, but it wasn't.  I was sweating profusely by the time I was done.  This hot weather is getting to me.  It got up to 69F this morning.  I'm kidding just a little.  I know I don't have to endure what most of the south endures in terms of heat.  I'd rather run in the snow than the heat.

 

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Totals
Total Distance
23.63
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