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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  2025.

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: 16.50 Month: 91.75 Year: 1758.70
Runs With Moxie Lifetime Miles: 13071.10
Vibram Five Finger Bikila Lifetime Miles: 137.80
Saucony Xodus 2011 Lifetime Miles: 982.61
Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Lifetime Miles: 2158.68
Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Lifetime Miles: 1187.00
Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Lifetime Miles: 2254.70
Nike React Infinity Black Flyknit 2021 Lifetime Miles: 974.90
Nike React Infinity Blue Flynit 2021 Lifetime Miles: 632.00
Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 Lifetime Miles: 1276.50
Nike Quest Shield 3 2024 Lifetime Miles: 27.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
163.5018.005.000.00186.50
Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 30.70Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 44.80Runs With Moxie Miles: 33.00Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Miles: 17.00Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 Miles: 3.00Zoot Solana Tigers Miles: 14.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles easy on the elliptical. (Fastwitch)

54 weeks.

Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

3 miles, plus lots of shoveing (three times) of heavy, wet, deep snow. Over 1 foot in 24 hours...more water content than the rest of the winter so far I bet.

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0.000.000.000.000.00

Tweaked my back yesterday shoveling, maybe do the elliptical later.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

4.5 miles easy on the elliptical, back is still tweaked. (Launch)

Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 4.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

4.5 miles on the elliptical, back is feeling recovered. (Fastwitch)

Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 4.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.002.000.000.005.00

5 miles on the elliptical. (Fastwitch)

Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.004.000.000.005.00

5 miles on the elliptical. (Launch)

Weights at the gym after work. I graduated from a year long leadership development training course today...time for a cocktail!

Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.001.502.000.008.50

5.5 miles on the elliptical. (Launch)

3 miles with Moxie on a sunny afternoon. (Guide)

53 weeks!

Runs With Moxie Miles: 3.00Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 5.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.002.501.500.009.00

Weights at the gym the 6 miles on the elliptical at home. (Fastwitch)

3 miles with Moxie. (Guide)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 3.00Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 6.00Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.400.000.000.0010.40

6.4 miles on the elliptial. (Launch)

4 miles with Moxie on a nice afternoon. (Guide)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 4.00Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Miles: 4.00Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 6.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles after work with Moxie, slow and easy. (Guide)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 4.00Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

 4 miles on the elliptical, hill climb. (Launch)

3 miles with Moxie after work. (Guide)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 3.00Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Miles: 3.00Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.002.000.000.005.00

5 miles on the elliptical. (Fastwitch)

Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.502.001.500.008.00

5 miles on the elliptical, hills and speed. (Launch)

3 miles with Moxie. (Guide)

Weights at the gym...keep pushing the amounts up on most exercises!

Cocktails with some friends sampling Willie's Distillery spirits.

Runs With Moxie Miles: 3.00Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Miles: 3.00Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.400.000.000.0011.40

8.4 miles on the elliptical. (Launch)

3 miles with Moxie on a beautiful day. (Pegasus)

52 weeks!  Approximately 160 physical days at work left accounting for 4x10 work schedule, weekends, federal holidays and leave (both annual and sick) to take.  Starting to feel real...working on some plans (hobbies and part time fun work) for the future.  

Target retirement date: March 22, 2025.  Secondary date: April 30, 2025.  Tertiary date: May 31, 2025. 

Runs With Moxie Miles: 3.00Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 8.40Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

weights at the gym, then later in the morning 6 miles outside on a beautiful day, 4 of which were run/walk with Moxie. (Solana)

A friend of ours who was the parent of kids our kids grew up with passed away last week at the age of 54 of a heart attack (younger than me).  Very sad for his wife and two kids.  Very sobering perspective on how fragile life is...more incentive to retire next March. 

Runs With Moxie Miles: 4.00Zoot Solana Tigers Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles easy, 3 with Moxie, on a beautiful day. (Solana)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 3.00Zoot Solana Tigers Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.000.005.20

5.2 miles on the elliptical. (Fastwitch)

Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 5.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles, 3 miles with Moxie. (Solana)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 3.00Zoot Solana Tigers Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.004.000.000.007.00

6 miles, rolling hills, on the elliptical. (Launch)

Practicing for retirement the next two weeks!  We are leaving today for a Viking river cruise on the Danube River.  We start in Budapest with two extra days on land to explore and meet up with distant relatives (my mother immigrated to the USA from Hungary, this is my first trip to this side of my family heritage).  Then the river cruise: Budapest, Vienna, Krems, Passau, Regensburg.  Followed by two days on land in Nuremburg and two days in Prague before flying home.  

No specific workouts likely (no gym on the ship) but lots of walking on tours and excursions. 

51 weeks.

Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles walking around Budapest. Went to a ruin bar. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles walking in komarom and Budapest with my distant cousins, Lehel and Zsombor. Amazing and beautiful country and city. 

51 weeks.

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10 miles of walking in Budapest with Zsombor.  On the Pest side we  Visited Heroes square and the large city park Jewish quarter and central marketplace. Then walked over the liberty bridge to the Buda side and hiked to the top of Gellert hill and the "statue of liberty" for Hungary.  We then drove out of Budapest to Lagosmize to visit our relatives family farm to see their parents. We drive back to Budapest to our longship. Amazing time in Hungary seeing my mother's native country and spending time with my relatives. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles walking in Budapest. Heading up river on the longship to Vienna today. Enjoying the scenery along the river and the slower pace after the last two days being busy with relatives. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

 5 miles walking around the old town in Vienna. Amazing and a sensory overload. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Fighting a head cold so stayed and slept for the morning. Then we walked around Vienna again and visited the Sisi Museum and went to a Mozart and Strauss concert. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Still dealing with the cold so slept instead of visiting the abbey in Krems. Felt better in the afternoon for the sailing through the wachau valley. Danced in the evening til late having a ball with new friends. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles walking in regensburg. Around town and up to the castle. Lovely city. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles walking in regensburg. Very nice. Went to a Lutheran Good Friday service all in German. 

50 weeks.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles walking in Nuremburg. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles in Nuremburg. Walked the rally grounds, document center and actual trial room. Then more time walking and eating in the old town. Had great food and beer. Spent time with our guide from Romania.  

only bad thing today was I slipped in the bathtub and I think I cracked a rib or two. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
163.5018.005.000.00186.50
Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Miles: 30.70Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Miles: 44.80Runs With Moxie Miles: 33.00Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Miles: 17.00Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 Miles: 3.00Zoot Solana Tigers Miles: 14.00
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