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Idaho Falls Half Marathon

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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: 7.00 Month: 68.00 Year: 581.55
Runs With Moxie Lifetime Miles: 12506.60
Vibram Five Finger Bikila Lifetime Miles: 137.80
Saucony Xodus 2011 Lifetime Miles: 982.61
Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Lifetime Miles: 1960.23
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
51.606.107.000.0064.70
Saucony Kinvara 2010 Miles: 17.00Runs With Moxie Miles: 40.40Vibram Five Finger Bikila Miles: 1.00Saucony Ride 2 2011 Miles: 26.40Saucony Cortana Miles: 6.20Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 14.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 easy recovery miles with Moxie before church on a warmish and very humid morning (left over moisture from the huge rain storm last night) in 53 minutes.  Legs felt good, just wanted to go easy.  I will try to get in some decent miles this week before the half marathon on Saturday where I will try to go 1:15 or faster. 

Saucony Kinvara 2010 Miles: 7.00Runs With Moxie Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.200.000.000.0014.20

4:30am...7 honest effort miles with Moxie through SRL and back with and extension down Sunnyside.  A good untimed run.  (Ride)

10K at lunch in 45:30.  I started off in cool weather and a light rain and ended in warm and humid conditions.  My right achilles was a bit tight during the run.  (Cortana)

1 mile with Justin in 8:00 after taking Kami out for her birthday dinner.  Fun to run with my son! (Bikila)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 7.00Vibram Five Finger Bikila Miles: 1.00Saucony Ride 2 2011 Miles: 7.00Saucony Cortana Miles: 6.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

4:30am...7 easy untimed miles with Moxie.  I will try to get a lunch run in today if work allows, otherwise I will go out with Justin tonight. (Ride)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 7.00Saucony Ride 2 2011 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.200.000.000.009.20

4:30am...easy untimed 10K with Moxie on a nice morning for a run.  A busy day again at work, likely no lunch run but I will run with the XC team after work today.  (Ride)

3 miles easy with the XC team after work.  (Kinvara)

Saucony Kinvara 2010 Miles: 3.00Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.20Saucony Ride 2 2011 Miles: 6.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

4:30am...7 untimed miles with Moxie.  Felt better than yesterday, started easy then started to push up the pace for the last half.  No lunch run today due to work commitments (again).  (Kinvara)

Curt started our kitchen floor replacement project, it is nice to have friends with skills!

Another run or beers with Gray...beers it is!

Saucony Kinvara 2010 Miles: 7.00Runs With Moxie Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.200.000.000.006.20

4:30am....easy untimed 10k with Moxie this morning.  It was very hard getting up (didn't sleep well), I was sore and tired, it was really warm (71 degrees at 4:30am!) and I was fighting off a need for a pitstop for most of the run.  Good to get all of this out of the way so I am fresh for tomorrow's race (I wish it really worked this way).  (Ride)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.20Saucony Ride 2 2011 Miles: 6.20
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Race: Idaho Falls Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:14:58, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.006.107.000.0014.10

I ran the inagural IF Half marathon today with lots of friends in 1:14:58 for the win and a new PR.  Overall a good race (good organization, length accurate, good support) and a course that will eat you up the first half and make you pay in the second.

We went out hard from the start on the steppest part of the course.  UVU/Runners Corner guy named Derek, Trevor, Chas and myself.  By mile 2 we dropped Chas; at mile 3 dropped Trevor (his first HM), then at mile 4 I dropped Derek (who later dropped out at mile 6).  Ran through mile 5 in right 25:30 minutes (25 minutes at the 'official' marker), then kept the pace sub 6:00 for the next 2 miles.  My hips started to rebel from the elevation drop and hard effort, so the last 6 miles slipped into the 6's and each successive mile my hips started to tighten more, but I just pushed with what I had to stay ahead of the chase group. 

Overall fairly happy with the result (PR) but feel the effort last weekend on that course was a better time (versus the profile).  The hill is hard enough to run at race pace, let alone try to do another 7 miles on pancake flat to finish up the race. 

Splits:  4:53, 4:55, 5:08, 5:20, 5:14, 5:39, 5:54, 6:08, 6:10, 6:19, 6:19, 6:23, 6:19, 0:19 (5:09). 

Congrats to Trevor (2nd place, 1:18 first HM), Lynette (1st woman, new PR!), Austin, Alana, Craig, Eric and Rocky, etc. 

I had to bolt from the finish line early to get to my kids swim meet...both Justin and Katelyn are becoming awesome swimmers and did well (winning most of their heats/events).

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 14.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
51.606.107.000.0064.70
Saucony Kinvara 2010 Miles: 17.00Runs With Moxie Miles: 40.40Vibram Five Finger Bikila Miles: 1.00Saucony Ride 2 2011 Miles: 26.40Saucony Cortana Miles: 6.20Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 14.10
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