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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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Out early for an easy 7M run on a nice morning.  Just nice and easy today, nothing special.  At lunch I may try to run the course from the Tiger-Grizz XC meet last week (3.125M) to see how close I can come to the times the boys laid down.

Stratos 2 - 185 miles

A beautiful day for a lunch run.  Dan S. and I decided to run the HS XC course (3.125 miles) from last weekend's Tiger-Grizz Inviational.  First lap easy to get to know the course, we ran it in 24:30 and realized it is a pretty hard course.  Then took about 5 minutes to rest for a hard run at it.  I was targeting 18-19 minutes, Dan 23:00.  First mile felt tough and my legs were feeling heavy from the last week and yesterday's hill workout, but hit it in 5:47.  Next mile felt about the same, but with more uphill work (5:54), then mile 3 I was just trying to hang on...6:03.  Last 0.125M is an uphill finish and ran it in 47 seconds (6:20 pace, ouch!).  Overall really happy with the time (18:30) considering the fatigued legs, so I am going to log these as Threshold miles due to the fatigue factor.  I may run this as a last hard workout on Monday, Sept. 29 (taper week) before the TCM and try to get close to the 16:34 winning time from the meet.

Stratos 1 - 182 miles

Comments
From Dustin on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 09:55:53

Jeff,

I'm curious what you thought about the P.F. Chang's Marathon in Phoenix. Good course, what kind of time could I expect.

I have a sister that lives down there and I've had thoughts about doing one of the rock in roll marathons.

From jtshad on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:00:04

Overall a pretty good race. Weather was perfect, the course was mainly flat with some rolling hills. Not to scenic (through town the whole way) especially the last 5M or so. I didn't particularly care for how they had the finish line set up either with a turn less than 0.1M from the finish. The start was pretty organized and well put together and the baggage drop off/pickup was the best I have ever seen.

Overall a good winter race.

From wheakory on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:01:35

Nice run this morning. What type of course is the Tiger-Grizz XC, and what was the overall winning time?

My daughter has her first XC race this Thursday (7-8 grader's) and I'm so excited.

From jtshad on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:31:46

The course is pretty hilly with several 180 degree turns and I heard it was harder than last years State championship course (ran at the same location). The winning time was 16:30ish.

From JimF on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 17:18:25

Good job on the XC course run. Good time consider the course and no one to run with or push you. It seems to me that most XC courses are about a minute slower than running on the roads based on times I have seen by our high school kids.

From jtshad on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 17:31:54

Jim, yeah this course is a lot harder than a road 5K. I run essentially the same route last year (State championship course, a bit easier than this) in 18:05, but did it in on much fresher legs as well. So, not bad today but I still want to hit it when I am fresh and ready to let the horses go!

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