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Pocatello Half Marathon

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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.

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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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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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for I am calling on you constantly.
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so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.
Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord;
hear my urgent cry.
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and you will answer me. - Psalm 86:1-7

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Sat, Sep 01, 2007

Race: Pocatello Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:18:46, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	13.10	0.00	18.10

1st overall. I knew this was going to a harder day as when I got into the car to drive to Pocatello at 6:30, the temp was already 65. Did a easy 2M warmup with Andrea McDowell (who ran in 1:43 for a 5th overall!).

At the start, it was already 75ish, so it was going to be bit warm. Splits:

5:33- Ran to the front alone and feeling good on this easy downhill

5:49 - rolling hills start, but still feeling good running alone

6:04 - rolling hills continue, hard to get into my desired groove pace (5:48 target)

5:46 - Good mile on pace, still rolling hills

5:49 - Still on track

6:11 - More of the uphill this leg and temp continuing to rise.

6:14 - Don't know what happened here, but this mile was slow. Now I remember, I got a little side stitch and slowed a bit to help work it out before the hill.

6:26 - This is the mile with the step uphill under the freeway, short but steep and a momentum killer.

6:01 - Recovering and getting back on track, but now in town and the temp is still rising.

6:07 - No explanation, but pace slipping.

6:03 - Better mile, but had to swerve through the 5K starters (but helped get the pace back as I now had some rabbits to chase).

6:15 - Once again, a very crappy mile. I think I got into cruise mode as I thought I was ahead by a ways and knew I would get my target.

5:50 - At just over 12M, suddenly a guy is on my shoulder (where the heck did he come from?). Start pushing now to see what he's got. Push then pull back a bit to see if he will surge and/or keep up. Running slightly ahead to 13M.

:38 (5:18) - Put my head down and kick with all I have left. I separate and he is not able to match. Last 100 yards I have a good lead and cruise in, expected him to kick but nothing came.

Guntime: 1:18:56 (race started 10 sec. later than "gun" due to train going by start and starter waited to send us off so we could hear the gun, but timer/computer started on time).

Pretty disappointed in time (target was 1:16) but the heat and the hills didn't let me get into a good groove. Downhills felt great (5:30ish on all downhills and they felt easy). Need to do a bit more hill workouts in the next month to get my uphill pacing better.

3M shakeout run after the race to get in a full 18M for the day.

Comments

From Michael on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:33:17

Congrats on the win despite the heat. My brother and sister in law from Boise ran in that race too - Ill have to check how they did

From Paul Petersen on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 14:57:26

Great job, way to kick.

From Superfly on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 16:53:19

Good race Jeff. We had some heat at our half as well 87 degrees @ 7:00 a.m.

From wheakory on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 17:50:20

Jeff nice job like I mentioned at the finish yesterday. Guys/gals, Jeff was really cruising at the finish and he had good separation with a 100m left. It was cool I got to watch it. Good Job again.

From James on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 18:48:56

Nice win Jeff! Way to hang in there and push it at the end. Don't worry about the time, we all have those races.

From jtshad on Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:04:41

Thanks everyone, it was a pretty fun race. I wish the guy at the end would have showed up earlier, maybe I would have pushed more in the middle miles instead of cruising.

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