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September 08, 2008

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Location:

UT,USA

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

11 marathons

Marathon PR: 3:17:06 2006 St. George

1/2 Marathon PR: 1:24:20 2008 Painters (adjusted to account for incorrect length. Official time 1:23:19)

10K PR: 38:39 2008 SLCTC 10K

5K PR: 18:37 2008 Uneventful 5K

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-18:30 5K

Sub-38:30 10K

Sub-1:24:00 1/2 marathon

Sub-3 hour marathon

Have FUN!

Upcoming races

  • October 4: St. George Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub-18:00 5K

Sub-38:00 10K

Sub-1:20:00 1/2 marathon

Sub-2:50:00 marathon

Consistently place in the top 5 of my age division as long as my body will allow it.

Run until I'm 99 with Kim by my side and continue having FUN!!

Personal:

I've been married to the lovely Kimberly for 21 years. We have 5 great kids.

kimkimilee.blogspot.com

Favorite Blogs:

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Slept in a bit this morning as today is Lagoon Day at my work so we'll all be headed up to Lagoon shortly. Probably not the best thing to do the day before a race but hey we gotta have fun with the family too! Also since my employer is footing the bill we can't pass that up.

Ran 5 miles solo then 2 more with Kim. Taking it easy today with hopes that the legs might be a little fresher tomorrow for the 10K. Was originally going to go 8 miles but for whatever reason my legs felt like lead today so I stopped at 7. Hope I have a bit more zip tomorrow.

No big goals for the race tomorrow. I haven't tapered so I'll just be treating this one as a glorified tempo run. It's not typically a PR-type course so I'm not sure where I'll end up, hopefully a bit under 40 minutes. Kim has a chance to go under 50 minutes but she really hasn't tapered much either and has had a string of hard workouts in the last week or so so it may be more of a tempo/training run for her as well.

After the race we'll be watching the parade and in particular we'll be cheering my boy Jansen as he he'll be riding on the Icelandic Association float all dressed in native Icelandic attire. My Aunt made these outfits years ago and I've worn them on many occasions in years past including the parade so I was glad that Jansen could get a turn. My Aunt had initially asked if I could do it but with the race timing it wouldn't work so good this year. But I think it will be better with Jansen doing it anyway and the rest of us will enjoy sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the parade and other festivities.

Ave pace 9:25.

RHR 48

Comments
From JeffC on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:59:46

I'm jealous, have fun at Lagoon! Good luck at the race tomorrow you will do great!

From Clay on Jul 23, 2008 at 12:49:15

Good luck tomorrow Tom, I hope you and Kim kick some Spaniard Tail!!! I wish I could run it with ya, oh well maybe next year...

Have fun at Lagoon!

From Jeff (LAD) on Jul 23, 2008 at 14:41:13

Good luck being speedy in the Speedy Spaniard tomorrow. I look forward to reading the race report.

From JimF on Jul 23, 2008 at 14:52:17

Good luck in the race tomorrow! Enjoy the other activities as well.

From Lybi on Jul 23, 2008 at 23:17:39

Good luck, Tom!

Do you have Icelandic roots? Cool about the float.

You guys are always up to some kind of mischief, I mean, you guys are always having so much fun.

From Shauna on Jul 23, 2008 at 23:45:41

Tom, I hope you wore sunscreen today! (I'm assuming Lagoon is a waterpark, but I could be way off). GOOD LUCK

From Shauna on Jul 23, 2008 at 23:48:21

Oops, I hit send too early. Good luck tomorrow! I also just realized I sounded way too much like a nag. What I meant was: I hope you didn't get sunburned today! Running with a sunburn is never pleasant...

From Lybi on Jul 24, 2008 at 00:31:07

Running with a sunburn builds character! Chuck the sunscreen, Tom. I'm sure there are aerobic benefits to getting sunburned--there are for just about every other unpleasant thing I can think of!

From Ian on Jul 24, 2008 at 07:09:07

Good luck Tom, I wish you an enjoyable fun race and for the rest of the day with your family.

From Tom on Jul 24, 2008 at 13:38:15

Thanks everyone for the encouragement and support.

Lybi - I am 1/8th Icelandic but I'm still trying to find those Icelandic genes since as you know I'm not tall or blonde and I bare little resemblance to a viking.

Shauna - Lagoon is the "premiere" amusement park here in Utah. It does have a water park as well but we didn't go there this year. But I was wise and wore sunscreen so no sunburn issues to put a damper on the race.

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