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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
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Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 Lifetime Miles: 667.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
73.6010.500.000.0084.10
Saucony Progrid Ride 2009 Miles: 16.10Saucony Trigdon Ride 1 Miles: 50.50Saucony Tornado 3 (T3) Miles: 3.00Saucony Tornado 2 2008 (T2) Miles: 5.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.100.000.000.008.10

We are having awesome weather right now!  Went out early before church for an easy run...44 degrees, sunny no wind!  Nice and easy start and pushed up to about 6:30 pace a couple of times for a total time of 1:01.

After the service, the church had a picnic which we stayed around for, then we went home and played in the backyard for the afternoon...waterguns and trampoline!  Man, my kids are good shots with the water guns.  Kami went for a 14M bike ride down through Snake River Landing on the new pathways...nice!!!

Talked to my friend Pam who finished her first marathon at Ogden yesterday...she is very excited (and very sore)! 

Saucony Progrid Ride 2009 Miles: 8.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.504.000.000.0015.50

7.5M easy miles on a warm (48 degrees) and calm morning.  Nothing hard, just an easy start to the week in new shoes (dug up one of my Trigon Ride boxes that I stocked up on about a year ago!).  (Trigon)

8M around the greenbelt on a hot (75 degrees) and calm day.  1M easy to wu, 4M at MP (6:11-6:25 pace), then 3M easy (6:45ish avg.).  Overall the run was good and I completed it in 52:30.  First "hot" run of the year!  (Ride)

Saucony Trigdon Ride 1 Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Got up earlier than normal to get a longer run in this morning as I probably won't get out at lunch so we can take Dan S. out for his birthday.  

Awesome morning at 4am, 58 degrees, calm and clear.  Slow, easy run down Sunnyside, around the Edwards Theater and down Hitt Road to 17th, then back home.  Saw 3 other runners and 3 bikers out...active morning before 5am!  First few miles really slow then picked it up slightly, but still easy in a total of 1:18.  The ball of my left foot started to ache a bit as I was approach 8 mile mark, not bad but enough to be noticed.  I don't think it is anything serious but I will watch it (switch to new shoes because I was feeling it last week too, hopefully that will help).  (Trigon)

3M after working and having a couple of beers with Dan for his birthday.   Got home an the guys were finishing up our new gate.  Family was not home from activities, so went out for a quick run before they returned in warm but cloudy weather. (T3)

Saucony Tornado 3 (T3) Miles: 3.00Saucony Trigdon Ride 1 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6M very easy and very early (out the door right at 4am) as I had to be at work by 6am.  Warm but windy today.  Just easy miles.

No run at lunch due to meetings and slammed work schedule.

Saucony Trigdon Ride 1 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.006.500.000.0016.50

8.5M easy this morning in nice cool (38 degrees) and calm weather.  Once again slow and easy with no watch, just getting in some base mileage.  Everything felt good, just hard to feel energized and awake this early so no real fast pace (probably around a 7:45 to 8:00 avg. pace).  Hope to get a run in at lunch if work will allow. (Trigon)

8M run at lunch on a beautiful day...56 degrees, sunny, light breeze.  1.5M easy with Pat B (he is tapering for the Pocatello 50M Trail run relay), then picked it up to MP for the remaining 6.5M (between 6:05 - 6:19).  Average overall pace of 6:21 which felt really easy.  I didn't want to go back to work!  (Ride)

Saucony Progrid Ride 2009 Miles: 8.00Saucony Trigdon Ride 1 Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.500.000.000.0018.50

I slept in this morning (til 5:30am) then got up to get some fuel in before the long run today.  Got some stuff done on the camp trailer (for camping this weekend, only our second time using it since we bought it last fall!), got the kids off to school then started the run.

Ran 1.4M to Community Park to meet Jon.  Then we took off down Sunnyside, through Snake River landing to the greenbelt to Freeman Park then worked our way home.  Stopped a few times for bathroom breaks, water, fuel.  Overall a good run at a pretty easy pace (neither of us was up to speed today) with some great conversation about many current topics (family, runnning, FRB, Ultra's, etc.).  About 15.5M with Jon then turned around and went home our separate ways.  Overall 18.5M in 2:13. 

Now off to camping with friends for the next 2 days!

Saucony Trigdon Ride 1 Miles: 18.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

Slept in for the morning in the camper.  Man, this is going to be fun!  The campground was packed but it was actually really quiet.

Started out with Steve and Amy and quickly left them for my own pace.  I ran 5M on the rolling hills around Lava Hot Springs on a beautiful sunny and warm day.  It was quite fun being on hills instead of the flats of IF.

1.5M running around later in the day back and forth from camp for various reasons (forgotten ID, catching up with family, etc.).  We floated the Portneuf River, swam and did the slides at the big pool (interrupted by a severe rain and hail storm), sat in the hot pools, made a great steak dinner, campfire with s'mores, etc.  A pretty great day!

Saucony Tornado 2 2008 (T2) Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
73.6010.500.000.0084.10
Saucony Progrid Ride 2009 Miles: 16.10Saucony Trigdon Ride 1 Miles: 50.50Saucony Tornado 3 (T3) Miles: 3.00Saucony Tornado 2 2008 (T2) Miles: 5.00
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