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Ogden Marathon

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Idaho Falls,ID,USA

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Apr 21, 2007

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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

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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.

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answer me, for I need your help.
Protect me, for I am devoted to you.
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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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Sat, May 19, 2007

Race: Ogden Marathon (26.3 Miles) 02:41:44, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.20	0.00	0.00	26.20

A new PR by 5min! Overall felt great afterwards, the best after any marathon so far! Goal time was 2:45 and I was able to beat that by over 3 minutes.

Splits: 1-6:09, 2-6:04, 3-5:58, 4-5:57, 5-5:57, 6-6:00, 7-6:00, 8-5:58, 9-6:11, 10-6:10, 11-6:21, 12-6:10, 13-6:17, 14-6:09, 15-6:29, 16-6:14, 17-6:19, 18-5:55, 19-6:06, 20-6:10, 21-6:11, 22-6:00, 23-5:40, 24-6:11, 25-6:33, 26-6:32, 0.2-2:04 (0.34M on my GPS).

This course is probably the best I have ran so far. I saw Paul P. and his friends at the start and I was able to hook up with a few guys for the first 14 miles (thanks Ted and James) which really helped. The first half felt very easy and controlled, running great. At 14M we hit the hill and I decided to push the pace up and charged up hoping that Ted and James would come along. I ran pretty easy through mile 18, then came the new real downhill and let it out again and caught Logan at aroun 18.5M. I ran well through the rest of canyon and let it out again for mile 23 (wasn't expecting a 5:40, but I will take it). At 24M hit the parkway and slowed due to the heat, flat and crowd (trying to bust through the walkers during this section kind of sucked). Turned onto Grant and could see the finish and started to speed up. Saved a kick for when my GPS ticked off 26M and then pushed with what I had left at about a 6:09 pace).

Comments

From Paul Petersen on Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:57:12

Welcome to the blog and congrats on a great performance! Your splits are the model of consistency...

From ArmyRunner on Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:58:10

Jeff,

Great run. Thanks for running the first 14 with James and I it helped keep things relaxed. I just did not have it in me as I was feeling a bit glycogen depleted too early in the race. You ran pretty even splits which is great considering the heat at the end. Sasha thinks it cost everyone a couple of minutes. A sub 2:40 is well within reach for you. What are your plans for your next marathon?

From jtshad on Mon, May 21, 2007 at 14:58:48

Ted, if I continue to feel as good as I do now, I am going to try to do the Teton Dam Marathon in Rexburg, ID on June 9 (try and defend my title, though Paul has informed me that several bloggers are running and will be up front as well). After that, I am planning on Mesa Falls in August and St. George.

It was great meeting you, hope to run into you again soon.

From James on Mon, May 21, 2007 at 15:00:41

Good to see you on the blog. It was nice to meet you and it was good to run with you and Ted for the first 14. I wish I could have caught back up to you after that and we could have helped eachother out. Besides, you ran right where I wanted to be, and we now share the exact same PR. We'll go sub 2:40 for sure at St. George! Way to run and PR by 4 minutes!

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, May 21, 2007 at 15:28:53

James, welcome to the blog! Congratulations on the new PR! This is worth probably about 2:33 in St. George, yes, that fast! You, Clyde, and Kory are going to have some fun in Teton Dam.

From James on Mon, May 21, 2007 at 16:40:26

Jeff,

Sasha was really welcoming you to the blog!

From Steve Hooper on Mon, May 21, 2007 at 20:18:52

James, Congrats on your new PR and welcome to the blog! I think Sasha is right, you should be able to make new PR at St. George in the Fall.

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