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Location:

Springville,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jan 19, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

 

 

2:49:21 at 2009 St George Marathon

2:53 at 2009 Top of Utah Marathon

2:54 at St George Monsoon Marathon of 2008

2:58 at Top of Utah  in Logan

3:06 at Snickers Energy Bar Marathon in Albany, GA on March 1, 2008  PR by 23 minutes - Boston Qualified

3:01 at Utah Valley Marathon April 12, 2008 New PR by 5 minutes

3:10 at Ogden Marathon May 2008

3:24 at Deseret News Marathon July 2008

Short-Term Running Goals:

Finally Broke the 2:50 Barrier,  Now just to achieve the 2:45 goal.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run 50 Marathons before I turn 50 years old, keep times under 3 hours.  Dream of hitting 2:30-2:45 speed range.

Personal:

Happily married with 3 Boys (16, 13 & 7)

Update! New Arrival August 16, 2009

Boston -- Now 4 Boys!
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Celebrating today, my wife gave birthday yesterday at 11:47am to a new baby boy.  My little inspiration Boston is his name.  He and my wife are both healthy and we are thrilled.  What a great day and today I was just glowing and my run was a fun awesome time.

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Comments
From Jon on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:00:16 from 128.217.221.71

Huge congrats on the new baby!

From jtshad on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 15:04:45 from 204.134.132.225

Congratulations on the birth of Boston.

From Dustin on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 15:11:39 from 204.113.48.77

Congrats on the new baby, we have all boys.

From RivertonPaul on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 15:27:05 from 67.42.27.114

Congrats -- cute name.

From Cal on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 15:39:47 from 66.133.117.3

Congrats on the new baby.

The big question is, how does this affect your running schedule?

From richborget on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 15:46:43 from 71.199.12.164

The effect on my running schedule is yet to be determined. I did promise my wife I would run less races next year, no grand slam and probably 2 or 3 marathons only. I hope I can keep up a good load of miles and it helps me keep my sanity.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 15:32:32 from 64.81.245.109

Congratulations!

The closest I ever get to giving a child a running name is annoyingly tease my wife about adopting an Ethiopian girl named Tirunesh or Meseret and letting her keep her Ethiopian name. I keep coming up with new names as I watch the World Championships. She's been telling me she wants a girl, but we keep getting boys.

Fewer marathons and other races could actually be good for your training. Definitely fewer marathons. A marathon is not good for your health, it is a publicity stint of sorts with a price to pay. They say there is a fine line between hard and retard. That line, I believe is around 20, maybe 22 miles at the most. The rest is in the retard zone. In and of itself it is not good to be there, that is where your fitness savings are spent with no promise of return. That is why your typical elite marathoner rarely goes over 22 in a long run.

From RivertonPaul on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:51:55 from 67.42.27.114

Rich, good seeing you yesterday. If you get a chance go to Sasha's course tool and look for Park City Marathon.

http://fastrunningblog.com/course.php

I think it helps to check the smooth the course box.

At least this will let you get an idea on some target splits.

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