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2014 Boston Marathon

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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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Race: 2014 Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:39:00, Place overall: 298, Place in age division: 8
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.0026.200.000.0027.20

2:39:00 today!  1st Idahoan, 298 Overall, 8th in 45-49 AG!  Executed my plan perfectly and felt great!  More to report later!  (Tangent 4)  An awesome race today, I stayed patient and executed my plan exactly how I wanted to letting others go when I knew I needed to stay easy so I could run strong later.  Went to my mantra "God give me strength" often and He did!

One of my best races ever!   Thanks to all the IF runners for being such great friends, especially to Marlin and Nate for riding the buses and hanging out together at the athlete village. The bus ride to the high school took forever and was causing issues with the well hydrated runners.  We got the village and found a good spot in the sun to relax and hit the PoP several times.  I fueled up on PowerBar EnergyBlends and the new Performance Energy wafers and was ready to go. The announcement came for  Wave 1 corrals 1-3 to leave and I ran to the starting line for the warmup.  It went from cool the warm in a matter of minutes and was shedding my outer layer quickly.

I saw Walter at the start and the runners from the Phoenix Banditos team and was going to try to run with them but we had different plans and drifted apart. I wanted to go out conservative and use the hills wisely to conserve energy.  Well the first mile was a bit fast but ok (6:00) along with the next 2 miles.  Walter was ready to go and took off so I let him go and settled in near the Banditos team.  Nice guys but in a zone and competitive mode so I just ran near them not in the pack as  Bret had invited me to do.  Nice and easy for the next few miles hitting right around 6:00 pace pretty easy.  I took my first PowerBar gel at mile 7 and it gave me a boost.  Had a bit of hip twinge at mile 9/10 but told myself I was not going to let that happen and prayed to make it go away, and it did!  Fun running through all the towns and HUGE crowds.  Wellesley did not disappoint and was as loud as ever and fun to high 5 all the girls!  I hit the half  mark at 1:18:19 right on the mark I wanted. I took another PowerBar gel right around 12/14 miles to keep the fuel tank up.  I was taking water/Gatorade every stop and dumping water every stop to keep cool on a warmish day today.

Around mile 15 I caught up to Walter and prayed that he would latch on and we could run together.  I tried to stay consistent and not give too much back through the Newton hills and ran right on my projected splits for the second half.  Around mile 17 I saw the first Bandito runner coming back to me and passed him.  I tried to stay nice and patient as the hills started and prayed a lot!  I crested Heartbreak at exactly the pace I wanted and started to open it up on the downhill and saw another Bandito coming back so I poured it on and was feeling great.  I felt stronger through here than at the half!  It was great being in Boston and the crowd was amazing and full of energy!

I was hoping for a closer to even split (1:18/1:19 or 1:20) but I will take the 1:20:40 second half gladly.   I ended up passing lots of people in the second half and saw lots of runners cramping up badly and I felt so bad for them.  I ran by Derek at mile 24 and wished him well and hoped he would run with me to keep me going.

The turn onto Boylston was amazing...what energy!  I pushed hard in the last 0.25M and passed two more runners and just missed the sub 2:39 but I am ecstatic with the result.  My fastest Boston yet, 10 minutes faster than my first 8 years ago!  I have been the first Idahoan every time I have run here and give God the glory for this run and the healing opportunity it provided all of us!

This Boston marathon was another amazing experience (they all have been tremendous) and it was great to share it again with so many friends.  Nice to see Lynette, Marlin, Andrea and Alana at the finishers area but it was cold downtown so Marlin, Mauri, Kami and I left to go get our bags and head the hotel to recuperate.  After the race in the family meeting area a young guy came up to me and said: "Hey, you are the PowerBar guy!  I used the tips all of you told me about this race and I ran a 6 minute PR!  Thanks!".  That was cool, glad what we talked about helped someone do great!

We were too tired to make it back downtown and ended up sitting in the hot tub and having dinner at the hotel with some other marathoners (Richard Hirst, you are a great guy!).  Lots of fun but and emotional day but now very tired.   Wow, Boston is the best race in the world!

Splits: 6:00, 5:44, 5:55, 5:53, 6:02, 5:47, 5:52, 5:56, 5:56, 6:02, 6:06, 5:57, 6:02, 5:59, 6:03, 5:47, 6:13, 6:03, 6:10, 6:27 (heartbreak), 5:51, 6:02, 6:02, 6:16, 6:22, 6:01 pace for 0.2M.

Saucony Tangent 4 2014 Miles: 27.20
Comments
From Steve Hooper on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 16:26:41 from 174.239.107.14

I saw your time earlier today - way to go! You totally rocked it !

From crhudman on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 16:30:08 from 69.92.59.211

One awesome race today Jeff. I was just glued to the race and all of the splits.

From butlerbrunning on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 16:34:23 from 108.222.163.244

Congrats on a great race..

From Ryan Achatz on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 16:39:10 from 72.24.181.26

I knew you could do it!

From RileyCook on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 17:21:04 from 73.52.134.194

Top Idahoan? Don't they reserve that title for you every year you run Boston?

Nice work out there today. Congrats on a fine performance.

From Bret on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 18:23:36 from 70.192.17.146

Amazing effort Jeff - Congrats!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 18:38:56 from 198.228.201.155

Congrats Jeff- wow!

From JamesH on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 19:04:59 from 107.3.86.125

Big thumbs way up!!! Your an animal as always.

From Jon on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 19:14:33 from 107.203.52.135

Following you the whole way- very consistent! Nice job, Jeff.

From Fritz on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 19:23:50 from 98.202.9.237

Great job Jeff! Idaho must be very proud. Soak it up.

From Holt on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 19:26:55 from 67.2.231.240

Great job Jeff!

From rockness18 on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 19:46:47 from 24.191.233.12

Unreal...ageless wonder!

From Jake K on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 20:00:54 from 98.202.128.218

Great job Jeff. You really excel on this (tough) course!

From KristenRuns on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 20:36:33 from 174.65.109.89

Congrats Jeff, can't wait to read the full report!

From Rob on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 21:01:25 from 204.15.86.95

Amazing you keep it up year after year. Very inspiring! Seems like lots of people just had a great time today enjoying what they love.

From Derek D on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 05:57:05 from 24.128.199.232

Great job. I'm glad I got to see you. Sorry I couldn't keep up! Nicely executed race. Have a great day in Boston today!

From Neil on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 09:01:16 from 164.165.24.5

Congrats Jeff! Great race. I enjoy following your exploits. Thanks for being a great example and a source of motivation.

From Paul on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 09:35:42 from 207.224.39.118

Congrats Jeff, a great finish time! Between you and Meb, I've now got plenty of inspiration to keep pushing for faster times as I get deeper into my 30s.

From Mark on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 09:40:13 from 24.129.132.75

Great race and write-up. I was glued watching the splits yesterday and amazed at how steady you were. I could sense you were running with a plan, 1st Idahoan and 8th AG at Boston is incredible, huge congrats!

From shellberns on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:29:59 from 98.118.124.62

Wow. What an inspired performance, Jeff. Congratulations! It was so good to see you and Kami.

From Jason D on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 12:07:15 from 198.228.201.155

I tore into my bag as soon as I could to check my phone. Pleased to see your time. Congratulations.

From TBean on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 13:03:58 from 63.241.173.64

Very Very Nice!

From josse on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 13:22:41 from 67.148.98.20

Awesomeness!

From flatlander on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 19:49:41 from 76.31.9.237

Congratulations, very impressive.

From Logan Fielding on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 20:24:12 from 74.211.12.125

Nice work Jeff. Very impressive.

From JohnR on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 22:03:45 from 174.27.3.10

Outstanding race. 2:39 is a great time, but even more impressive as a master's runner. Congrats on all your consistent hard work paying off.

From Josh E on Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 22:23:44 from 75.162.189.103

Congratulations on a great time, a great race and a big Boston PR Jeff!

From Wesley Hunt on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 08:59:06 from 74.82.64.162

Amazing race and great report. Your discipline and mental toughness gives you such an edge.

From Superfly on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 16:36:07 from 74.211.21.81

Solid Jeff. Good job man. Glad you ran well and that things are on the up and up. Keep it up:)!

From SpencerSimpson on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 16:42:59 from 198.228.201.161

Fantastic race Jeff. Proud of you. Spectacular year thus far. You the man! MIH

From Andy on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 17:40:41 from 172.56.32.177

Congrats on a great race. It was fun watching you fly up Hereford.

From Bob on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 17:50:19 from 67.176.195.62

Very cool. Congrats my friend. Seems like yesterday when we ran Boston in 2009.

From Matt Poulsen on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 19:51:33 from 50.168.224.197

Excellent race! Congratulations!

From Curt on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 06:09:14 from 71.209.54.149

What an amazing performance over there. You ran another great Boston this year. Congratulations!!

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 13:30:06 from 141.221.191.225

Wasatch Runners Masters team was in first place at the 10K mark...too bad we had a marathon to run!

From Steve on Fri, May 02, 2014 at 11:30:02 from 50.203.18.187

First to 10k, nice! You are always able to kick it up a notch when it counts for a race. Awesome run, Jeff!

From Tom Slick on Thu, May 08, 2014 at 07:09:37 from 168.179.157.44

You did Boston right!

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