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To Bone and Back 2 person Relay

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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.

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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No racing, retired.

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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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Sat, Jun 22, 2013

Race: To Bone and Back 2 person Relay (40 Miles) 04:35:05, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

I ran the To Bone and Back 40 mile relay as a two person team with Lynette (a Master's team). 8 legs total.

I ran the uphill leg to the dump at the top of the hill (leg 2) in 37:19, my fastest time ever on that segment...1350 feet elevation gain in 5 miles.

I ran leg 4 into Bone with some good rollers and a big uphill in mile 4 in 32:48.

We changed the plan up and Lynette ran the next 10 miles up to the top of the big hill, and I ran the last 10 miles back down the hill and the last 5 into the finish line. Leg 7 in 27:40 (including a quick pitstop), leg 8 in 31:03. Last 10 miles in 58:43. Total time for our team was 4:35, second to Gray and Tim at 3:57 and an eight person high school team at 4:33. Thanks to my supply of PowerBar stuff (gels, Power Energy Gel Blasts) we had a good deal of fuel in the car!

Lynette and I beat the time of her and Tim from last year...just barely!

The race organizers changed the definition of Masters to 50 because that is the age of the youngest person on their team. And I quote..."it is our race and we can do whatever we want". So, in order to ensure they won, they changed the rules...because Lynette and I kicked their butts by about an hour! I did win and IPod shuffle at the raffle drawing though, cool since I lost mine this winter at the gym.

Good day of running with good friends. Nice to see so many other friends and runners out today for this event.

Now for some rest and a BBQ tonight! (Boost)

Addidas Boost Miles: 20.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:59:33 from 75.134.145.181

"I ran the uphill to the dump". This does not make me want to run this race :-).

Nice race to both of you. I recommend a cold pale ale along with the BBQ.

From Bob on Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 14:05:16 from 67.176.195.62

Congrats! Yeah, can't say running uphill to the dump would be my leg of choice.

From Shan on Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 20:49:17 from 174.126.28.198

You looked GREAT when I saw you on the course. Awesome, strong running today!!

From Ryan Achatz on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 01:07:24 from 170.232.192.10

That race sounds like fun. I will have to try it some time. Have you ever ran the whole thing solo?

From jtshad on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 05:44:33 from 69.20.183.178

Ryan, I nearly ran the ultra solo a couple of times but both times ran into family conflicts. The last two years the local running store sponsored a couple of fast 2 person teams that I ran on instead. This is pretty tough 40 miles (not to an experienced ultra person, like Jon).

From Jon on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 06:21:37 from 173.10.250.121

Ay race is tough if you run it hard enough. Especially an ultra on roads.

Good job to you and Lynette, Jeff. That would have been awesome if you had run down the high school relay team! Kinda lame about the Masters category change, though. But sounds like a fun time all around.

From Curt on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 06:42:47 from 69.20.189.206

Congrats on a fast time Jeff. You guys were flying out there. So lame about the masters division. You guys were impressive!

From Carina on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:24:19 from 204.15.86.83

You need to organize your own race and have whatever rules are required for you to win. LAME!! Great job, you deserved to win :)

From Bill Mandler on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:36:58 from 184.155.138.52

And to think...these last 9 years I wasn't "really" a Masters runner. What a dumb move by them. NICE JOB to you and Lynette!!!

From steve ash on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 09:57:44 from 64.134.236.155

That was kind of petty of them just like a group of school kids on a playground.. Oh well the important thing is you had a heck of a race and congrats to you and your wife for such a strong performance.

From shellberns on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 13:18:51 from 174.126.52.90

Such a spectacular performance, Jeff! You and Lynette are very talented runners and deserved the masters win. That is such a difficult course so congrats and sorry about the very short sided rule change from the race organizers!

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