| Member Since: Aug 23, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Started running in 1990 with goal of running one St. George Marathon, after watching Mark Nelson run his 1st marathon, to see why a person would want to run 26.2 miles. That was all it took to hook me I will be running my 19th St. George this year. My PR is 3:30 in 1999. I still have a goal to qualify for Boston before I am dead. Short-Term Running Goals: Run short term Long-Term Running Goals: Run long term faster than today. Personal: I run with Paul Thomas, Wayne Fairbanks, Kevin Jessop (when he wakes up) and Ozzie the dog.
I have been married 31 yrs to JoLene she loves to run and has ran several SG marathons, but has a couple of injuries that keep her from running distance. 4 adult children ,of which my oldest Stacia has also ran 8 marathons, Jeremy her husband started running and will be running his 4th SG Marathon. Favorite Blogs: |
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Top of Utah 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 00:01:51 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
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8:27 pace
Ran with Jeremy until mile 7 then he slowed down a bit. Fun race, Stacia ran 1:43 ? Jeremy 1:55 ?
After the race we went swimming at motel the ate and drove to Island Park. |
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| We stayed in Island Park, went to Yellowstone, rode bikes, played golf, racquetball and relaxed, no running ( too many bears) |
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| Trefoil to Utah Lake |
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| Bike ride with Kent from Orem to top of Suncrest. We looked over SL Valley saw very dark clouds, turned around to start ride home, and the storm hit us hard. We rode fast but the rain, hail and wind was faster, we too cover in a carport, and called Jo to meet us in Alpine to take us home, it was very cold. Stopped at convience store in Alpine to wait for Jo, has hot chocolate, we started to warm up, weather broke a little, we could have ridden home but we were soked and cold, so we rode home with Jo. It was alot of fun. rode 26 miles |
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Mouth of Canyon to Trefoil and back.
Very cool today, felt great!
Ran with Paul, Wayne, Kevin (he went short) Stacia & Jeremy came down from SLC to run with us, they went 18 miles.
Hundreds of runners on the trail today, it must be Marathon season. |
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5:45 am 42 degrees, dark
Ran 6 miles easy with Paul & Lyle. and Ozzie
We picked up another dog during this run, Paul tried being "Mean Paul" to get rid of it, to no avail. He followed us all the way home, Paul's dog tried to eat it. I put it in my truck and returned him to the spot he started running with us.
I did not feel any effects from Saturdays 20 miler, that is good.
I weighed myself before and after the run, to see how much I sweat during a run, 1 1/2 lbs. That is on a cool morning with little effort.I need to consumed at least 10 oz. of fluids for each of the 13 aid station to replenish what I am losing. That is alot of fluids. I have never drank that much during St. George, That is probably why my performance suffers. I am not going for a PR this year so I will experiment with floating along this year.
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6 miles 2000 N. Hill and through Lindon, 48 degrees, Paul, Wayne, and Kevin .
Hills are always hard, I let gravity take me on the way down, feels good to have the legs move quicker.
Sweated 2 lbs today, I have never monitored this in the past, it is interesting to see how much water we lose when we run. Years ago when I was running with a heart rate monitor, I took note of how much higher my heart rate was at the end of a 15 miler, my speed was much slower than at the start, I did not drink much water as always. I surmised at the time that as we sweat our blood would get thicker and our hearts are pumping sludge as we are running.2 lbs is about a quart of fluids down and that is only a 6 mile cool tempeture run.
Well, thanks again for the warm welcomes and I look forward to hearing from anyone.
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Water tank hills with Paul & Wayne & ozzie the dog.
It sure is dark in the mornings!
I got up on my toes and pushed up the last hill, now if I could only push up all 5 hills. |
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5:30am Paul & Larry, no Wayne
ran toward canyon
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I don't usually run on Fridays, I need the sleep from going to bed at 11pm or later and getting up at 5am and I like to have a day of rest before running long on Saturday.
Paul & I did not know what route to run, so we ran over to the High School track and ran slowly around, I just can't get myself to run 8 or even 8:30 pace this year. I almost wish it was because I was sick or something, sickness can be cured, if it is just because I am getting older, well, the only cure for getting older is....
I have a friend who has 3 registrations into the St. George Marathon that I believe are available. He has them because he is a sponser, they gave him one, and I had asked him if he could get any more for a mother and daughter that had been training and did not get into SG. I was quite sure this friend could get them, but I waited until I received confirmation before informing the mother & daughter. By the time I found out he did have them, they registerd in Top of Utah. So I am quite sure he would like to see these used, if you, or someone you know would like to run SG Marathon, let me know. |
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| 7 am with Paul, Wayne, Kevin Murdock Canal 7.5 miles to Cedar Hills and return. Kevin & I were a bit dehydrated so it was a slow hard run. Last long run before SGM. |
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Did not run, it's taper time! I will run shoter but faster the rest of the week. This Saturaday we should run Trefoil to the mouth as a tempo marathon race pace.
Amazing! Friday afternoon I place an order with Raceready for shorts and shirt and here it is Monday before noon and I received the order. |
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| Ran with Paul, Wayne & Colin (for the 1st 2 miles) shorter but faster miles. averaged 8:07 for the 4 miles. |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.10 | 0.00 | 5.10 |
| Ran Easy with Paul toward mouth of Provo Canyon. I wanted to run more of a tempo run each day this week but today no motivation and legs felt tired. Actually I wanted to run fast but Paul could not keep up, so I elected to run his slow pace. Sometimes it hard to go so slow but it's what friends do. |
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| Ran toward mouth of Canyon, intended on 5, had to find Ozzie, we though he was behind us, but it turned out he was ahead of us. ended up with 6 miles. Went for 13 mile bike ride in evening, did push hard for a bit, legs felt it. |
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Traditional pre SGM 10 mile tempo from Trefoil to Mouth of Canyon. Paul, Wayne, Kevin, Micheal, Colin. 1:17:25 7:44 average, last mile was 7:18 Kevin pulled me along, we were still conversing, (even running fast can't shut me up) Talking made the time go quicker, I felt labored but oviously finishing with a 7:18, I was not maxed out. I could not run this pace for 20 miles let alone 26.2. I have been running at 9 minute pace and slower all year, it is encouraging to run faster even for only 10 miles downhill. I think I will try for a 3:45 SGM instead of 4 hrs. I am going for a 5 to 10 minute negative split.
Shoes felt great, drank Heed sports drink before the run, took a Guu Rocktane at Vivian Park, it kicked in and I was wired for speed. This year I will take more Guus than in the past and lots more water. |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 |
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W/ Paul no Wayne ran to Northride Park then ran Ward 5K route @ 8:04 pace
one more run then hay is in the barn. |
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W/ Paul & Wayne easy 8:54 avg. last 1/4 6:33
The SGM is like Christmas, and we are all wondering what time the Marathon Santa is going to bring us. Have we been good boys and girls and did all of our trianing? We might get a shiney PR for Marathon Christmas. Have we been bad boys and girls and ate poorly and trianed like spoiled brats? We might get rocks for legs and a a big wall for the Marathon Christmas.
Wayne will be running 3:15 to 3:20 @ SGM and needs (wants) someone to run with!!! Will someone respond? |
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St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:55:36 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 26.20 |
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Well that was Fun! I like the rain, I do not like headwind, but I could look at it as a nice cool breeze. I would take this weather over hot weather most of the time. I did not drink as much as normal, I did take 4 gu's 2 of them were Rocktanes, I like 'em! talk about power boost. Paul would have gone under 3:00 if he would have taken 5 Rocktanes, in fact he would probably still be chasing his tail, he would have so much energy. Kevin & I ran the whole way together, we had a great time, we started with Stacia & Jeremy but they fell behind before Snow Canyon, Stacia was so cold, she almost perished, friends handed her a jacket and hat at Snow's, or she would not have finished, as it was, she was still so cold her legs barely functioned, she can't take in any fuel as she runs, so alot of her energy went to keeping her alive instead of her legs to keep her moving. The cool weather made be believe I did not need the fuel with the electrolytes but I took it anyway to test the effects as I ran, I now know that fuel is also good in the cold. When Kevin and I were in the finishers area, Kevin's father in law was there, which Kevin expected him, what he did not expect was the news Rusty (his father in law) had for him. Kevin's father passed away this morning, no illness, it was a shock. Kevin is a great friend and I feel for his loss, during the run we had discussed the passing of loved ones and how fortunate we are to know there is an afterlife and how we will be with them again.
A couple of notes I need to make for next year: We meet before the race at 5am not 5:30, it was not much of a problem, but it could be. Also we started way too far back in the pack, we bobbed and weaved to get past the 5:30 pack, we ran an extra mile at least.I also need to pack all the gu into my race ready shorts and run around to see if my pant are going to fall down, I almost lost them. This year I shut off the auto lap on my gps watch so I could click on ea. mile marker instead of the gps miles, they were almost identical so no need to worry about watching and clicking. Somehow I shut my watch off 13 seconds after I started it, I don't know how that happened, never had it before, during training. I turned it back on at mile 3. I also need to take the Rocktane on a 20 mile run early and often to see if any ill effects, ie burnout. Legs feel great, Wayne & I are going to run Tuesday 7:30 a.m. later but more daylight.
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| 7:30 am ran later with Wayne so we could have daylight. The traffic is bad at this time so Thursday we will go at 7 am. I could feel a few aches, but not bad. we ran to Northridge Park and just ran around and around so we did not have to think about where we were going and no traffic. |
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| 7 am with Wayne, ran Lindon trail to the top road, very steep hill, Whew!! |
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7 am Ran with Wayne, I had not run this week due to work, had to get taxes done.
we ran 2000 North and Lindon to trail, followed trail down, nice to go on a different route.
Will run Sat. at 7:30 am |
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