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Location:

West Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

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Running Accomplishments:

Once beat Cheryl at the Hobble Creek Half Marathon about three years ago, and kept up with Peggy for 100m four years ago. Completion of 52 marathons to date.

I enjoy the marathon distance. It demands consistency in training and provides a constant goal to work towards. Could not run without the support of my great family and friends. 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy would be the number one goal. To accomplish this long-term feat I need to cross-train and add strength training into the mix.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Someday I would like to qualify for Boston although at the moment it seems very tough!

Personal:

Love running, music, art, food, friends and family in no particular order it just depends on the day.

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Thu, Jan 01, 2009
Total Distance
11.50

Man! What a miserably cold and windy morning. We met at the Riverton river bottoms for a nice run along the Jordan River. It was just as the sun was coming up. The scenery was incredible with the snow covered trees and ground and steam coming up from the river. I visited with Peggy, Jody, Mike, Cheryl, Cheris, Cal and a newcomer Rachel. It turned out to be a nice run. I put in about 8.5 and then called it a morning.

Later that day I returned to participate in the 4Life Research New Year's Day 5K. The shirt was long sleeved with a cow running with a scarf around its neck. The cow's udders were sticking out and it looks quite comical. It was just as miserably cold and windy. I ran into some old friends and familiar faces and had a great time visiting. The race went well for an old guy running against the wind. I finished in 25 minutes even. About a 8:10 pace.

The thing I learned today was that weather doesn't influence what kind of a day you will have. If you are around great people your day can turn out to be incredible. 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Comments
From Cheryl on Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 20:00:22

Good job on the 5K in this kind of weather. You have a great attitude. You're right, it helps to be around great people to get thru a run like today. No way I would have run outside today if I had been by myself.

From Kelli on Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 19:11:52

YOU ARE GREAT!!!! Awesome time, I think that beats any unofficial 5k I have ever run (I have never done a REAL one and do not plan on it!)

Thanks for taking care of Rachel for me, I still feel horrible about it!! And you can tease me anytime by pretending to be whoever you want, as long as you fess up later so I do not go nuts trying to figure it out!

Scott said the same thing about the Holidays---all of this build up and the BAM, it is over!

Lastly, I want to see that shirt! It sounds great. Have a good weekend!

From erico on Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:17:03

Oh Kelli,

It seemed really funny at the time but I did not think it through. Thanks for being such a good sport. I promise just to be good ole' Eric from now on.

The shirt is pretty funny, I'll wear it one of these mornings when we don't need 3 layers to keep warm.

From rachel on Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 03:20:50

Eric,

Great Job on the race, 5K's always kick my butt because I can't run fast enough, I need a few miles to weed the fast, but no endurance runners out. I won't be by in the morning, my daughter is being baptized at 10 AM and the whole family needs to be there by 9:15, so I'll just be way too stressed for time, thats why I thought I'd try for the evening. See you soon!

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