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March 28, 2024

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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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Miles:This week: 16.00 Month: 157.50 Year: 484.55
Runs With Moxie Lifetime Miles: 12491.60
Vibram Five Finger Bikila Lifetime Miles: 137.80
Saucony Xodus 2011 Lifetime Miles: 982.61
Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Lifetime Miles: 1960.23
Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Lifetime Miles: 1187.00
Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Lifetime Miles: 2227.00
Zoot Solana Tigers Lifetime Miles: 877.00
Nike React Infinity Black Flyknit 2021 Lifetime Miles: 960.90
Nike React Infinity Blue Flynit 2021 Lifetime Miles: 602.00
Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 Lifetime Miles: 667.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.003.500.000.0010.50

Standard early morning 6M run along Sunnyside on a warm morning.  Very easy, right hip and left quad a bit stiff at the start, but was able to run some sub-7 portions of the last 3M.

total time: 46:02  (Trigon 2 - 318 miles)

4.5M at lunch.  Had to make an unplanned visit to the desert today for meetings, so the run was shorter than usual.  Hot!  Decent paced run (6:35 avg) with a slower first mile then 3M right at 6:30. 

Trigon 1 - 451 miles

Comments
From wheakory on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 14:49:01

Don't you hate those unscheduled events that mess up your day. That's a great pace for such a hot afternoon. Nice work Jeff.

From jtshad on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 14:51:09

Thanks. Nice mileage last week! You are looking ready to go for your Tri and Poky! Did you get my note on your blog last week about Poky? I am thinking of running it rather than Salmon due to travel considerations and separation time from TCM. Would you be up for some company? Which would you run if you were in my shoes?

From wheakory on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 16:55:03

No I didn't get your note. I lost/discarded several incoming mail messages because of maintenance on our mail filter configuration changes we made so I didn't get anyone's replied comments for the last three days last week. I mentioned this in my Blog on Saturday. But everything is fine now.

If I were in your shoes I would run the half marathon at Pocatello and run the Salmon marathon, because your going to be running Twin Cities, and the Salmon course is more similar too the Twin Cities course. That's what I would do. One advantage of Salmon over Poky is it's a faster course.

You don't want to beat your quads up at Poky. Twin Cities is flat so I would run a marathon before Twin Cities that's more flat. I know for a fact when I ran the California Marathon last year that was completely flat, I wish I would have trained more long runs just running a flat course. I didn't think it would make a difference but it did.

But if you decide to run Poky your welcome to stay at my house.

I'm going to try and average a 5:50 pace the first half a Poky then see whats left for the second hilly portion of the course.

From wheakory on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 23:19:14

Jeff did you get a comp entry for the Salmon Marathon? It sure does look like it could be a fast course. I wonder what the registered numbers are for it now.

From jtshad on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 09:43:26

Yeah, I did get a comp. Last time I checked, there are 145 registered runners...a couple of faster runners from Boise and the 3rd place finisher from TDM are the only other "faster" runners I see so far (all 3hr+ finishers).

Thanks for the input. If I were to run Poky, I would run the first half easy (1:20ish) then hit the second half as if I were at TCM since the second half is rolling just like TCM. Otherwise, I would hit the Poky HM course at a TCM pace (5:45-5:55).

From wheakory on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:31:33

Just another thought I had. If your wanting to do a peak performance at Twin Cities I wouldn't try to do a marathon hard before that, because you want to peak at the right time for that one. My goal was try to peak for the Pocatello Marathon, and that's why I haven't done any races lately, because I wanted to be at my top performance. Although I'm doing the Pocatello Triathlon on August 9th.

If you want I would run the Salmon marathon with you, (if you decide to run it), as a training run, but during the run I could pace you at your marathon pace for 10 miles or 13 miles or something to get you ready for Twin Cities. I should by recovered by then from the Poky Marathon.

From jtshad on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:45:50

If I run either, they will be essentially training runs, not going for TCM marathon pace (5:55) for the entire run. I would target about a 2:48 at either race (6:18 pace) to have a good long supported training run. I am running a HM this weekend and hope to hit near TCM MP and if I run Poky HM, it would be great rolling hill training that I would target that pace as well.

Thanks for the offer to run Salmon with me...I might take you up on that (and I have a hotel room reserved, I actually have 2 rooms depending if my family comes with me).

From wheakory on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:18:28

Jeff - Hard decisions we have to make on what pace and what races to run. My goal at Poky Marathon is 2:40. With the rolling hills that's not going to be easy.

But my favorite part of the course is the rolling hills when you first enter Inkom. I really don't care for the Rapid Creek downhill first half.

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