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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: 12.50 Month: 87.75 Year: 1754.70
Runs With Moxie Lifetime Miles: 13067.10
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: 23.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
260.250.000.000.00260.25
Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 82.00Runs With Moxie Miles: 100.00Adiddas Supernova Glide Boost Miles: 2.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 84.50Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 40.50Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 37.25Altra Impulse Miles: 3.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles past the airport and back. A bit sore from yesterday’s hill workout. 

Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Drove home (9 hours!) then got out with Justin for 4 miles just to get the blood flowing in my legs again! (Supernova 2018)

Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

4:30am...6 miles with Moxie. (Guide White)

2 miles after dinner once the wind died down.  (Boost)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Adiddas Supernova Glide Boost Miles: 2.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

6 miles with Moxie then ran Katelyn to the race then back afterwards with some extra. (Ride Orange)

Parade then some time relaxing...with friends and a bit of stress with family.

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.250.000.000.0011.25

4:30am...this came really fast after staying up late to watch the Melaleuca Fireworks.  5 slow miles with Moxie on a warm morning. (Guide White)

6.25 miles on a hot day at lunch, kept the pace pretty good though despite the heat. (Tangent)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 5.00Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 6.25Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.000.000.009.50

6 miles with Moxie then 3.5 miles with Justin on a warm morning. (Ride Orange)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 9.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.500.000.000.0014.50

7am...8.5 miles with Jon around the greenbelt.  Great to catch up and see how he is doing.  3 miles with Katelyn in the neighborhood before biking down to the river and showing the board of Directors the course for the upcoming Cady Tucker Run in the Spirit 5K/5M race which I designed.  Good morning!   (Guide White)

Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 11.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6:15am...6 miles with Moxie.  Ride's are now fully dead. (Ride Orange)

Driving Katelyn up to Luther Heights camp for the week.  8+ hours total back and forth.

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

4am...6 miles with Moxie on a hot morning before heading out on business travel. (Guide White)  Skipped the afternoon run (hot!) and had a few beers with colleagues before meeting Jason for dinner.

 

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

4:30am...ugh, running off a bit of a hangover this morning.  Fun time with Jason for dinner and beers, but the free "mistake" beer had my stomach rolling this morning.  8 miles out and back on Common Road.  4 miles at Dodge Park trails after work meetings. Dinner with lots of colleagues! (Supernova Green)   

 

 

 

Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

5:30am...8 miles on a nice morning. Meandered a bit more today to get some change of scenery. 

5 miles from the hotel on a cooler evening after dinner...dinner did not agree with the run but my head and anxiety needed it. (Supernova Green)

Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 13.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles before traveling home.

Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5am...5 miles with Moxie before driving to Alturas Lake to get Katelyn from camp. (Guide White)

Not sure I am really ready for tomorrow...

Runs With Moxie Miles: 5.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

6am...6 miles with Moxie, then 5 miles with Justin then 3 more solo on my official "old man" day. (Guide White)

I am older (turn 50 the same year, but still older) than: Will Smith, Hugh Jackman, Cuba Gooding Jr, Owen Wilson.  

Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 14.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

7am...6 miles with Moxie on a warm moring. (Ride Orange)

3 more before church and before the heat hits. (Impulse)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Altra Impulse Miles: 3.00Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Got up to run early and was just too tired, so slept for another hour or so.  Ran at lunch on a warm day, 5 miles at decent clip. (Tangent)

No second run, instead time at dinner and a movie for my wife's birthday. Good evening.

Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

A large thunderstorm rolled through just as I was going to get up to run, so I slept in.  6 miles at lunch on a warm (but cooler than yesterday) day at lunch. (Tangent)

Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

4:45am...5 easy miles with Moxie. (Guide White)

5 miles on a hot, but dry, day at lunch. (Tangent)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 5.00Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 5.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

4:45am...6 miles with Moxie.  Legs were stiff and sore this morning. (Supernova Green)

5 miles on a warm day at lunch. (Tangent)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 5.00Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

5  miles, with Moxie, then 8 miles solo including running the course for tomorrow to ensure I know where to mark it. (Supernova Green)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 5.00Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 13.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles total distance today between run, biking, etc. setting up and marshalling the course, runnign around to get to help out and some running on the side.  

I am tired.   It is nice to be part of this, but glad it is done for the year.

Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

6am...6 miles with Moxie to SRL around the lake and back on a nice morning before church. (Guide White)

3 miles in the evening with Kami. (Ride Orange)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 3.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

4:30am...5 miles with Moxie on a warm morning. (Ride Orange)

5 miles at lunch on a nice day before it got too hot. (Tangent)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 5.00Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 5.00Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

My right achilles has been sore in the mornings for the past 2 months.  Not enough to not run and it seems to stop aching after getting up and walking around for a few minutes.  But today is was a bit more sore and I noticed some inflammation.  Skipped my run and iced it instead. 

Seems to be a lot of sore achilles with runners on the FRB right now...can think of at least 3 others who actively post who have indicated this.  Can we catch this via a "FRB virus"?

3 miles easy to get out...no real pain with the achilles but taking it easy for awhile.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Skipped the morning run again to let achilles rest.  A bit sore this morning but less than yesterday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Took one more morning off, will likely run at lunch if work allows.

5 miles on a warm day at lunch...need to get out for stress and just because.  Achilles is still pretty sore and tight, so I kept this one short. (Tangent)

Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Slept in, went out at 730.  5 miles with Moxie and with Alana for a few miles, then 5 miles with Justin.  (Supernova Green)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 5.00Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

4:45am...7 slow miles with Moxie.  Achilles felt good when I woke up, but during the run everthing was  a bit sore (hammy, knees, achilles).  Cut this one short. (Guide White)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 7.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

6am...6 miles with Moxie then dropped her off and ran 5 miles with Alana.  Good to have company on a run again! (Supernova Green)

Runs With Moxie Miles: 6.00Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6am...woke up early but could just not convince myself to run, but ended up going out for 4 miles after a couple cups of coffee. (Guide White)

Busy day, not sure about a second run.  2 miles in the late evening with Justin after it had cooled off.

Runs With Moxie Miles: 4.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

4:30am...5 easy miles with Moxie.  (Guide White)

3 miles after dinner, very smoky out due to fires.

Runs With Moxie Miles: 5.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
260.250.000.000.00260.25
Supernova Glide Green 2018 Miles: 82.00Runs With Moxie Miles: 100.00Adiddas Supernova Glide Boost Miles: 2.00Guide 8 White 2018 Miles: 84.50Saucony Ride Run Pop Orange Miles: 40.50Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 37.25Altra Impulse Miles: 3.00
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