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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.0019.000.000.0059.00
Saucony Stratos 1 Miles: 28.00Saucony Stratos 2 Miles: 10.00Saucony Tornado 2 2008 (T2) Miles: 5.00Saucony Stratos 3 Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.001.000.000.005.00

5M this morning on the TM at home before the kids got up.  We stayed up late last night for a Christmas party at the neighbors and had some good times, the kids even got to see Santa at the party and get an early Christmas gift.  The Santa was great and told the kids that everyone over 7 years old should clean their room before Christmas as part of their responsibilities!  Now for a day full of delivering gifts to friends and getting more things ready for the rest of the week.  (Stratos 1)

Saucony Stratos 1 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.004.000.000.0012.00

7M early at the gym this morning.  3M easy (6:40ish) then 4M at slow MP (6:25ish).  Nothing special about the run.  We got 6 inches of snow over night so the roads up here are nasty right now.  It is warm however, so I might try to get a run at lunch in the snow with the Ice Joggers.  (Stratos 2)

5M at lunch with Pat B in a white-out blizzard.  Really overcast and snow coming down pretty good but warm (28 degrees).   Kinda fun to be out in the white stuff when it is not frigid cold.  Wore the Ice Joggers which really helped today.  The path was mostly clear but we did have some drifts and sections that were deep and a good strength workout.  (T2)

Saucony Stratos 2 Miles: 7.00Saucony Tornado 2 2008 (T2) Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.003.000.000.0010.00

7M early at the gym, nothing special just a decent run on the TM.  (Stratos 1)

After getting home and waiting for Kami to leave for the gym, I decided to finish off today early and did 3M on the TM at home before breakfast.  (Stratos 2)

Saucony Stratos 2 Miles: 3.00Saucony Stratos 1 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.002.000.000.008.00

8M on the TM at the gym early.  Nice and easy today, nothing special to report.  Probably only run for today as I forgot to bring my stuff to run at lunch and we are all dismissed early anyway so I will work through lunch and get home to help get things ready for dinner tonight with family and friends. 

Merry Christmas!

Saucony Stratos 1 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Took the day off for Christmas to spend with family.  Told the kids today that we are taking them to Disneyworld in January as our big vacation for next year (got a great deal to get the family there!).   I am going to run the Disneyworld marathon while we are down there at the beginning of our vacation as well. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.006.000.000.0012.00

12M on the TM at home this morning watching "The Italian Job".  Kami went out early to check on the after Christmas clearance stuff and was gone 3 hours!  I decided to hit the TM at home instead of waiting to go to the gym once she got home.  So, after spending an hour outside shoveling the driveway clear of 2 foot drifts, I hit the TM.  5M easy pace (6:30-6:40), then 6M at MP (6:25-6:15) followed by a cooldown mile.  Overall one of the better runs at home on the TM in a while.  Weighed myself after the run and I had lost 5 lbs., so yesterday's indulgences had been worked off!  Broke open new shoes to go for this longer run as well. (Stratos 3)

Saucony Stratos 3 Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.003.000.000.0012.00

8M on the TM at home while my wife went to the gym in the morning.  5M easy and 3M at MP.  (Stratos 1)

We were going to head up to Driggs to visit some friends and stay the night in their condo but were a little concerned about the roads and the impending storm, so we stayed and played in IF.  We took the kids cross country skiing for their first time around Tauphaus Park and they did great!  They took to it well and had a great time and didn't fall that much.  It was a great day for skiing and we finally now feel like we are participating in winter.  We will get all of us out to do this a lot more often!

Saucony Stratos 1 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.0019.000.000.0059.00
Saucony Stratos 1 Miles: 28.00Saucony Stratos 2 Miles: 10.00Saucony Tornado 2 2008 (T2) Miles: 5.00Saucony Stratos 3 Miles: 12.00
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