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Location:

Idaho Falls,ID,USA

Member Since:

Apr 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2007 St. George Marathon 2:32:06 (marathon PR)

2014 St. George Marathon 2:32:45 (close to old PR...7 years later!)

2014 Boston Marathon, 2:39:00, 298th OA, 8th AG, 1st Idahoan

2013 Lake Lowell Marathon, 2:48:34 (Course Record), 1st Overall (#6)

2012 Boston Marathon, 2:43:26 (HOT!!), 114th OA, 9th Master OA, 1st Idahoan

2010 B&A Trail Marathon (MD), 2:40:18, 1st Overall (#3), Master's Course Record (still!)

2010 Mesa Falls Marathon, 2:48:55, 1st Overall (#4)

2009 Pocatello Marathon, 2:37:22, 1st Overall (#2)

2011 The M.A.D. Marathon, 2:55:14, 1st OA (training run) (#5)

2006 Teton Dam Marathon, 2:50:48 1st Overall (#1)

2015 Hood to Coast Relay (195 miles), 1st Masters Team (6th OA), 19:59:57, 6:03 avg pace for the team

2008 Ragner Relay Del Sol (182 mile relay) 1st place team 17:04:37, 5:38 pace avg for the team

50,000 lifetime miles from spring 2000 to October 2019.  Computer logged 50,000 miles from Jan 2005 to September 12, 2020. 

Logged (on computer) 49,802 miles (2 x circumference of the earth) in ~5,700 days (8/23/20)

Logged (on computer) 24,901 miles (circumference of the earth) in 2,889 days (11/29/12) http://jeff.fastrunningblog.com/blog-My-alarm-went-off-I-got-up-eventually-/11-29-2012.html  

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running, enjoy it for the sake of running, relax and enjoy life...de-stress.  Stay fit as I enter retirement in < 4years.

No racing, retired.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running until this old body says no, running for fun.

Personal:

 I started running competitively in 2005 and ran my first marathon in 2005. Now retired from competitive racing.

Bend down, O Lord, and hear my prayer;

answer me, for I need your help.
Protect me, for I am devoted to you.
Save me, for I serve you and trust you.
You are my God.
Be merciful to me, O Lord,
for I am calling on you constantly.
Give me happiness, O Lord,
for I give myself to you.
O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive,
so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.
Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord;
hear my urgent cry.
I will call to you whenever I’m in trouble,
and you will answer me.  - Psalm 86:1-7

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Mon, Sep 15, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.906.600.000.0014.50

6M nice and easy on a good morning through Snake River Landing.  Thought I would still be pretty sore and fatigued but I wasn't that bad.  First mile really easy (8:20) then progressed up to a 7:20ish pace at the end of the run.

Stratos 2 - 178 miles

No run at lunch today (most likely) as I will be pacing the Skyline HS XC boys up the Sunnyside hill this afternoon.  Got up to the hill a little before the team and did 1M warmup on the warm afternoon (85 degrees) with no wind.  Once the kids got there, did another 0.5M warmup then talked to the coach about what he wanted.  He had his top 50 fastest times for the 6.6M out and back up the hill (ranging from 39:22 by David Jankowski - who went on to run collegiately for Oklahoma State - to just over 46 minutes) and wanted me to push his 3-5 fastest boys to a low 40's time.  So we took off at a good clip and the top 2 boys hung tough for the first mile (6:50 ish) then it was the #1 boy, Isaac, and me for the rest of the run.  I kept the pace pretty steady (~7:00ish) to push him and I talked to him about his form, breathing and motivation to keep him going.  The pace felt really easy, which was very encouraging.  We hit the 3.3M mark at around 24 minutes then hit the downhill back.  I could tell the kids were not used to downhill as I was just coasting and holding back, trying to help Isaac with the mechanics of downhill but he was struggling a bit and never did quite get his breathing or cadence quite right.  We ran steady and hit a final time of 43:11 for the 6.6M (6:36 avg.).  Felt good to help push Isaac (who beat his time from last year by over 1.5 minutes!) and to see how easy this felt.  If I were running this for me, I think I could have easily beaten the time by Jankowski. Overall a good day of running (finished off with about 0.5M cooldown back to the truck).

Stratos 1 - 176 miles

 

Comments
From JimF on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:13:44

Good for you working with the HS boys. Sounds like a fun/tough afternoon.

From wheakory on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 13:12:22

Have fun with the pacing, and let it be fun and you'll do fine.

From Superfly on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 19:54:42

I hope when I'm your age that I'll be pacing HS kids. Your amazing!

From wheakory on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:57:43

Nice work Jeff. You are definitely fit and still can give HS and College runner's a run for their money.

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