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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
9.250.000.000.009.25

9.25M early on this beautiful morning...what a day 45 degrees, no wind and a beautiful sunrise.  Ran over to Community park to see if anyone would show up for the group run...no one!  I even got a cool raffle prize from the RD of the Pocatello marathon:  for ever IF group run you show up for between now and July 26, you get 1 entry into raffle for a free entry in the race of your choice at Poky on August 30.  

I stopped short of my planned 10M as right achilles started really twinging hard about 8.5M, and at 9M in knew I just needed to stop so I headed home via a shortcut.

Had a weird animal encounter this morning...I was running along Sunnyside and all of a sudden 4 small black birds start pacing me while chirping away.  Suddenly, they start diving at me and swooping right by my head!  They followed me for about 1/4 mile before stopping. 

Yard work this afternoon and some play time with the kids.  Took them to see "Nims Island" last night, cute family movie.

total time: 1:08:22  (T2 - 541 miles)

Comments
From Jim on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:39:44

Hope the achilles feels better. Good idea to cut it short. Better watch out for those crazy birds too! Might start to feel like you are in some weird horror movie.

From Adam RW- on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 14:22:29

Make sure to baby that achilles all you can this week. Looking forward to seeing you Friday, stay healthy and take an easy week "taper"...

From jtshad on Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:50:39

Jim, yeah I felt like in was in a Alfred Hitchcock remake!

See you Friday, Adam. The achilles was twingy again today, so I plan to run easy this week. It was fine for about 4M, then the last 2M I could notice it. Don't know what is up, but I will baby it this week.

From James on Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:11:53

I like the raffle idea for race comps!

I had a similar experience with the black bird, kind of freaky. It felt like I was in the movie "Birds" as well, and wasn't sure when they would swoop down and attack me, but they never did.

From Rachel on Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 09:08:02

Hey Jeff, I truly think I would be slowing you down when you're trying to prepare for WBR which is why I didn't show up on Sat. Had I known you would've been OK because of your heel, I'd have probably been OK. I'm still only running about 8.25ish pace, way to SLOW for you to even enjoy... Also, I may have been able to save you from those birds, how weird!

Good luck this weekend, I'll enjoy reading an update!

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