Philippians 4:13

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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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Miles:	This week:	7.00	Month:	68.00	Year:	581.55
Runs With Moxie Lifetime Miles:						12506.60
Vibram Five Finger Bikila Lifetime Miles:						137.80
Saucony Xodus 2011 Lifetime Miles:						982.61
Saucony Fastwitch White 2019 Lifetime Miles:						1960.23
Saucony Guide Yellow 2019 Lifetime Miles:						1187.00
Brooks Launch 6 Red 2020 Lifetime Miles:						2227.00
Zoot Solana Tigers Lifetime Miles:						883.00
Nike React Infinity Black Flyknit 2021 Lifetime Miles:						960.90
Nike React Infinity Blue Flynit 2021 Lifetime Miles:						602.00
Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 Lifetime Miles:						676.00

Mon, Mar 16, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.80

7.5M nice and easy early on a warm and windy morning with no watch. Easy start to the work week. (T3)

6.3M around the river at lunch with Pat. Nice and easy 7:25ish paced run just talking and enjoying the run. Weather was warm and windy and threatened rain but never did (thus I was way over dressed). Nice easy day to start the week and get ready for a hard 10K race on Friday as part of a 20M day. (T2)

Saucony Tornado 3 (T3) Miles: 7.50	Saucony Tornado 2 2008 (T2) Miles: 6.30

Comments

From smally on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 15:19:45 from 209.195.86.14

Yep your right, silly thing is I have brand new shoes but trying to get a bit more life out of these ones, not very smart. I saw some of your runs and I need to learn to run easy but every run I always run close to marathon pace if not better, I guess I feel if I run slow I will train myself to run slow. My runs like today 6:51 pace for 10 miles end up being my easy runs and then I do key runs such as hills and speed which is quite quick. When I run 45-60 miles a week I don't think I run any miles over 7 min pace. I think what I will do is leave the watch/garmin at home at least 1 or 2 times a week but the problem with that is I wonder if I am too slow?

Thanks for listening, I think I have a good chance to keep under the 7 min pace for Boston, feeling strong on my long runs and they have been under 7 min pace.

Thanks again, new shoes tomorrow.

From Jon on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 15:46:03 from 138.64.2.76

Race on Friday? Do you have the day off work, or is it in the evening? Rare to have a weekday race.

From jtshad on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 15:47:41 from 204.134.132.225

Sorry, I meant a 10K on Saturday...got a bit ahead of myself.

From Robert on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 17:55:07 from 206.195.193.254

Good luck in the 10K!

From sam on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 08:49:28 from 78.32.130.9

Hey JT, good luck with your 10k race!

I am not sure, but do you do a long run the weekend 1 wk before a half marathon race?? yet to find out off my coach if I should or not, I am sure hes going to say a shorter long like 8-10 miles, but just wandering what others do???

From jtshad on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 09:53:46 from 204.134.132.225

Sam, it depends on what you goal for the HM is and what you consider a "long" run. I would say you could run a pretty hard run of 12-16M with no problem and still be ready for the race with a slight taper the week leading into the race. Last fall, I ran 18M the weekend before running a hard HM and ran well. But you have to go with how you feel and how your training has been going.

From sam on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 15:49:11 from 90.208.239.154

HHHmmmm well did a hard 18 miler last week, and going for a quality session this week on my 1 mile reps on Thursday! with having 3 easy days after the race.

I am not sure to be honest I found my training to have been pretty good but not all consistant, I think 12 would be the most I would do, Goal for the half is to race it as hard as I can! :)

From jtshad on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 15:59:06 from 204.134.132.225

Sam, sounds like you have thought it through and have a plan!

From sam on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:16:49 from 90.208.239.154

Jt, its sort of but needed some reasurrance that I am not wimping out! still gotta wait see wot Coach has in for me though!

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