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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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Mon, Jun 09, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

Easy 7M run early this morning...back to the 4am runs. Easy progression run from a 7:40 warmup mile to the last 2M at 6:40ish pace. Good run on a nice morning...weather tomorrow is supposed to stink again.

total time: 50:00 (Trigon - 295 miles)

6M at lunch time on a windy and cloudy but warmer day. Not a very good run...left hammy was twinging, right hip was creaky and my stomach was sloshing for the last couple of miles. Got it in and a bit faster than this morning, but not quite the run I was looking for.

total time: 40:07 (T2 - 509 miles)

Comments

From Jon on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 14:42:17

You know you missed the 4 am runs... and they missed you.

From jtshad on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 14:43:53

I don't know, I was getting used to 5am!

I will send you a note about WBR soon.

From Jon on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 14:55:16

I "slept in" on Saturday until 4:50 am and it felt great. Very sad when I can say "slept in until 4:50", though- makes me worry about us. And my ability to sleep past 6:30 am on Sunday has disappeared...

I'll look for the email.

From wheakory on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 16:59:04

Jon, Jeff - The only time I got this early is three times last year when I was training on the Pocatello Marathon course.

It will does say a lot to get up that early to run.

From Jon on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 17:11:12

Kory- I think both of us would prefer to not have to get up this early. But with job/family conditions, sometimes we just have to get a run whenever we can. It's better to not wake up this early unless you absolutely have to, in my opinion.

From jtshad on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 18:15:50

Jon - exactly right, sleeping in sometime would be a luxury and to get more than 6 hours of sleep...could that be possible?

From wheakory on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 19:13:45

Jon - where do you work that makes your schedule difficult. You have great dedication.

From Jon on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 19:17:23

Kory- my work is an hour away from my house and I have to be there before 7 am. I leave my house at 5:45 am to go meet a van to work. Arrive home at 4:30 pm. So to get a morning run, I have to get up ~4 am. I wish I didn't have 2 hours commuting each day...

From James on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 19:40:41

Jon you could always move out to Thatcher!

From wheakory on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 22:01:12

That does make it tough, and training on top of that each day is even harder. Like I said you have great dedication and your a skilled runner. I don't know your work environment, but do you have a chance to run at lunch.

From Adam RW on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 23:09:32

Jeff, Your stomach wouldn't slosh if you didn't drink a pint at lunch before heading out the door...

From wheakory on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 23:28:42

Jeff - do you eat before you go out for a lunch run? I always just wait and eat afterwards when I do go out on a lunch run.

Not that it bothers me eating before I just enjoy it more if I eat afterwards and have more time.

From jtshad on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 09:22:22

Hey Adam, I am a fed, I don't drink pints at lunch...just at our "staff meetings" at the end of the work day! ;-) Speaking of which, we need to figure out how to hoist one together sometime (maybe after WBR depending on my return trip plans).

Kory, I don't eat right before runs either (unless it is a Melalueca Access bar which is a pre-run energy/fat metabolizing bar) as it really makes running painful.

From Jon on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 21:24:11

James- yeah, Thatcher. That would be great.

Kory- nope, no lunch run possible. Which is too bad cause I am one of those guys who can go running 5 minutes after drinking 2 pints of water and eating a big cheeseburger- stomach of steel.

From jtshad on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 14:30:31

So Jon, what is your menu for the WBR? Glad I am not in your van! :-)

From MichelleL on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 18:26:24

I woke up very early in tax season (3am or 4:30 if I was sleeping in) and all I can say is that I'm glad it's not tax season. If I had to do it year round I would be a basket case.

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