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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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Race: Lake Lowell Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:48:34, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.0026.200.000.0028.20

Ran the Lake Lowell Marathon today and won in a time of 2:48:34 and setting a new course record.  Sub-par training and being sick for a few weeks coming into this hurt my time but I got a bit of my racing mojo back since this was my first race since TCM in October 2012.  More to report later as I am tired from the run and a long drive home. 

Congrats to Craig for winning the half in a solid time for a training run and prep for Ogden.  So two SE Idaho boys went to the big city and showed 'em we have fast runners over here too!

The rest of the story...

Got to Boise Friday afternoon and stopped by the store to get our bibs then went to dinner and found Craig's brother in law at the sports bar watching the games.  Stayed out a bit later than we expected but had a good time.  Thanks to Matt for putting us up.  I didn't sleep well and woke up at 2am with a cramp in my left calf that was still hard as a rock at 5am this morning.  Working hard to get it to calm down, not what I wanted before the race.

Craig and I got out the start early and literally park right on the start/finish line!  Nice morning...sunny, 50 degrees and  light breeze.  Chatted a bit and got in an easy couple of miles of warmup. 

As we were lining up, saw Zach Pope (last year's champ whom I met at a race here last summer) and Jake Perry (NNU coach, just ran Boston).   At the gun, it was pretty much the 3 of us from the start taking off in a pack.  Zach was shooting for a 2:45 and Jake wanted to go out about for whatever he could do but be under 3:00...nice to have some company on what could be a lonely race.  We ran pretty easy for the first 6 miles on the uphill rollers averaging around 6:20ish and chatting a bit.  One bigger hill at mile 3 that wasn't bad and then what felt mostly flat until 6.5 miles (learned more about this on the way back). 

At 6.5 miles we hit the dam an a nice little straight downhill section.  I picked up the pace and put about a 100-200m gap on Zach and Jake.  From mile 8 to the turnaround point it was nearly perfectly flat.  I kept up the pace and got in a groove running 6:05-6:15ish pace, nice and comfortable with the guys never really getting closer or dropping back.  Course aid stations were plentiful yet typical of most small races not well trained (had to stop twice to get aid or a gel).  I hit the half at just over 1:22 and knew that I was running pretty good but probably going to finish over 2:45 but would give an even split a hard try.

From mile 13.1 to mile 18 I was still just cruising and now passing all the rest of the marathoners, giving high fives, thumbs up and encouragement and getting it back as well.  Just past mile 18 I hit the dam and the now uphill section.  I knew I just wanted to be patient, use my quads and drive my knees and keep a decent pace thinking I just have to make it to mile 20/21 and I was done with the hills.  This worked ok and I started to pass the slower half marathoners.  What I did not realize is that the uphill kept going until mile 23!  I would approach a roller and top it thinking I was done and see another hill just past it...this happened 3 times.  The load on my legs from this climb, while not bad in elevation just in length, fried my legs for the downhill mile which I never really could take full advantage of. 

Miles 24 - 26 really just sucked and my legs were finally toast.  This is where I lost the 2:45 and gave all the time back.  Luckily, Zach was just as fried and never really made up any ground.  The slow finish was due to lack of good quality endurance workouts outside this spring.  However, my stomach issues that have plagued me never showed up and I had no problems at all in this race.  My calf did most good until the last few miles where it tightened up and affected my hammy, but my achilles really did good and was no issue (until after the race).   Overall happy with the result as I was running this one more for position that time and wanted to come away with a solid run and the win...accomplished.  Most of the folks there were expecting one of the locals to win and did not know what to think of Craig and I.  They were not sure Craig actually won and first and one person kept trying to call me Jake. 

Met Craig afterwards, chatted with a few of the other runners and thanked the volunteers and supports as well as the RD.  He put on a nice little race and had a good party at the end.  Only issue was the awards.  He gave 1st place a nice bag of stuff from the running store, but gave second place a free pair or PI shoes!  the PI rep told us we should have free shoes too, but the RD didn't look in the bags to see that we got a $25 gift card and 2nd got $125 shoes!  Talked to the RD and the rep and they both kind of just shrugged but said they will see if they could fix it later.  Craig and I decided it wasn't worth the fight and that the second place runners in our races (a grad student and a young high schooler) probably needed them more than us.

Drove back to Matt's for a shower, over to the store to use the gift cards and coupons (thanks Mike for the help) and then made the long trek home...the champs car driving back to IF!  I am glad Craig was driving as my leg was cramping the whole back and I was squirming around in the seat the entire time.  It was a great weekend with a great friend whom I got to know a lot better.  Not a bad trip! 

Splits: 6:06, 6:17, 6:27, 6:32, 6:16, 6:23, 6:08, 6:06, 6:06, 6:10, 6:24, 6:12, 6:15, 6:16, 6:18, 6:13, 6:22, 6:18, 6:26, 6:38, 6:33, 6:46, 6:39, 6:29, 6:48, 6:59, 2:24 (0.32).

Saucony Tangent 3 2011 Miles: 28.20
Comments
From crhudman on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 20:38:36 from 174.27.38.100

Great couple of days. THANKS!!! Great run for and old guy.....

From Little Bad Legs on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 21:04:58 from 68.186.0.46

Congrats on the win!! And getting your mojo back!

From Marlin on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 21:15:06 from 174.27.112.74

Awesome job Jeff, you two rock Lowell Lake Marathon and Half Marathon, Very Proud of you and Craig and glad you guys had a great time. THE MOJO IS BACK!!!!!!!!

From Neil on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 22:39:17 from 65.129.82.162

I knew you'd do it, congrats Jeff! Wish I could of seen it but too much baseball this time of year. Now you need to keep coming back til somebody takes your crown. ;)

From Ryan Achatz on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 00:30:16 from 170.232.128.10

Nice job Jeff. It would have been nice to meet you guys. I wish I were not so busy with family in town or I would have been there to see FRBers win today. I hope to run about the same time in 2 weeks.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 07:14:40 from 24.10.249.165

Your reputation doesn't extent all the way to Boise? I can see the newspaper headline today... "Geriatric Yokel From IF Steals Local Marathon".

That sounds like a fun weekend all around. Congratulations on the win!

From steve ash on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 07:24:57 from 174.52.100.252

Congratulations Jeff! Sounds like a pretty challenging course.

From Derek D on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 07:53:25 from 68.109.132.154

Great job getting the win. Winning a marathon is something most people will never experience. Awesome job!

From Neil on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 08:55:35 from 65.129.82.162

Wow, didn't realize how bad you got jobbed on the swag. Oh well, you were very magnanimous and that sort of thing has a way of coming back around to your benefit. Good luck at UVM/Teton.

From Curt on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 09:06:15 from 69.20.189.206

Congrats on the win Jeff. That;s a great race especially for the way you had been feeling for quite some time. It's good to see the mojo coming back for you as I know how frustrating it is when that's missing. Great job!

From Superfly on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 09:11:22 from 74.211.21.81

Nice win Jeff. So good to see you feeling a little better about your running and getting some mojo back. Hope it's a great season from here on out for ya.

From Jason D on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 10:19:07 from 24.1.80.94

Congrats on the win and course record, Jeff. Sounds like you accomplished what you set out to do. More importantly you revitalized your racing mojo. Stinks about the prizes though.

From shellberns on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 12:53:26 from 174.126.52.90

Truly amazing, inspiring and just plain awesome! Congratulations!

From JimF on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 13:28:47 from 98.222.218.178

Congratulations on the win and CR! That is awesome. This should help you kick off a great year of running!

From josse on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 18:10:22 from 174.239.100.5

Congrats on the win:)

From Bob on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 21:18:31 from 67.176.195.62

Great job Jeff! My legs hurt just thinkin about that car ride.

From Steve on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 11:20:25 from 66.87.113.231

You gotta love Rob's comment! :-)

Nice marathon. No way I'm comming up to Idaho to run 26 miles. I keep hearing stories of $25 gift cards and bags of potatoes for winning races.

From Marlin on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 11:33:35 from 70.208.30.17

Steve, that is to funny, but you know at Dez News Marathon I have placed 3rd in AG there and get a thanks for showing up but you get nota, you don't live in Utah. But I keep coming back because I love the race and seeing all my friends and will be back again this year. Hope you and Rob run Poky this year, best dang spuds around. :-)

From Rob Murphy on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:00:56 from 163.248.33.220

I won $300 last weekend just for running a 1:22 half. That buys a lot of potatoes.

From Marlin on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:16:25 from 70.208.30.17

Rob - yes it does, Utah put on in my mind some of the best races in the Western States

From Rob Murphy on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:36:22 from 163.248.33.220

Marlin - if you want to use my address on your Des News entry you can.

From Marlin on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 13:13:35 from 70.208.30.17

Rob - Thankyou very much, I woild like to take you up on that! Not that I think I will get in the top 3 but you never know. Thanks again Rob!!!

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