| Location: Idaho Falls,ID, Member Since: Mar 16, 2012 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: Las Vegas 2010
St. George 2011
California International Marathon 2011 - 3:29:32 BQ
Pocatello Marathon 3:48
Top of Utah 3:28:10
A2A Marathon 3:25:23
Boston 2013 PR 3:23:49
To Bone and Back - 40 mi Solo 6:37 9:57/mi
Sawtooth relay (solo) 100K 10:37 Short-Term Running Goals: RONR 108 Long-Term Running Goals: Keep running Personal: Married with two children, one in high school, one in college, one in grad school on her own out in the real world. My lovely and gracious wife is a professional body builder (100% natural). If I trained half as hard as she does, I really would be fast. I make my living as a self employed geophysicist. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 417.30 | 99.50 | 516.80 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 mi @ mgp on the TM at the gym | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 on the tm @ mgp. too cold outside. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Too cold out <0. Went to the gym. Quit after 5.0 miles. Felt awful. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Got a two week membership at the American Muscle Gym in Carlsbad, New Mexico. No equipment at the motel. 6 miles at mgp on the treadmill after a day of field work. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| back on the treadmill for 8 miles at mgp +30 secs. after a long day in the field |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles on the Canal bike path in Carlsbad NM after a short day in the field. Struggled much of the way. Hope it was just one of those days. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| treadmill at the American Muscle Gym. 6 miles just under mgp. felt a bit better than yesterday. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 12.50 | 12.50 |
| 12.5 miles under mgp with Corey in Carlsbad. Good run today after a tough day Wednesday. Encouraging. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles on the treadmill just under mgp |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles on the treadmill tired sore hips |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Long day again the field. Kept the pace very slow. Hips felt ok but not good. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 mi on the canal bike path in Carlsbad, NM ooch! |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Ran with Pete in Carlsbad. 3.5 mile loop from NMSU parking lot to the top of the hill (+400ft). 3X |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| 15 miles on the treadmill. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| @ MGP |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| treadmill |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy miles from SRL with friends |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| 20 miles up and down Sunnyside. Kept the pace even at 30 seconds over goal pace. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Elko, NV up and down the road in front of the motel at 30 sec. under goal pace. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 easy mi on the treadmill. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 @ mgp around the greenbelt |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 20.30 | 0.00 | 20.30 |
| What a good run. About 30 sec. over goal pace. I was able to handled the last two hills at mile 19 pretty well. All signed up for the A2A Bar Nothing Marathon in Ardmore OK on 3/2. It is about 6 weeks before Boston. Training is going so well that I'm toying with going for a PR. Maybe I should wait until after next weeks long training run and see how it goes first. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Boise Green Belt before work. Dark and slippery but did at at 30 sec under goal pace. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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None of the group showed at SRL. Did 7 on my own with no watch. The pace felt pretty good. Reached a big goal this week. I've gotten the weight under 150. I'll be running in 2 weeks almost 10 pounds lighter than TOU. Imagine leaving 10 pounds at the start line. I'm not sure if the conditioning is where I would like it to be, but dragging 10 fewer pounds 26 miles has to help. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| from the house down sunnyside to the interstate then home. Pretty good pace. No GPS. The bank clock said said I did miles 6-14 at just over goal pace. The last 4 miles were slippery and into the snow and wind. Did not finish as strong as last week. Oh well. Now we taper. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| well into the taper. motel (Great Falls, MT) treadmill at mgp |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles on a treadmill at mgp. One day membership at Peak Health club, Great Falls, MT. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles on the community bike path. Lewistown, MT. Practiced maintaining mgp without staring down the garmin. Everything feels good. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles on the path in Lewistown, MT. Practiced keeping it a goal pace without checking the GPS too often. Miles 4 and 5 got onto a very soft snowmobile trail. Pace dropped way off. Picked it up on miles 6,7 and 8 to finish exactly at pace. Just a couple of short runs before Ardmore, OK 26.2 | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
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On the treadmill, just under goal pace |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles @ 30 sec under goal pace. I think I am ready | |
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A2A marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:25:23, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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PR on a windy day. very pleased with the results. Home now, so a full race report. I had planned to run Cow Town Marathon the previous week, but work got in the way. We had already told friends we were coming to the area so I decided run the A2A marathon this weekend instead. The race is a very small race, but I found several favorable comments. Training over the winter has gone pretty well. I was able to get most of the miles I had planned in even with a lot of travel and busy work schedule. The best part was no injuries and no aches or pains. I wanted to do a race about 6 or 8 weeks before Boston. A2A fit the bill. I decided to try for a PR. I always seem to settle on the same strategy. Take off at goal pace (7:50). See how long I can keep it up. Try to run by feel and don't get too worried if I get ahead of schedule. The start was quite cool and the wind was already picking up. The director had trouble getting anyone to move up to the starting line. Modest group. First 3 miles was a small climb followed by the only real downhill on the coarse. The uphill felt just fine @ 7:50. Went a little quicker on the downhill, miles 3-6. Miles 6 and 7 headed out onto the long flat straight shot. Still moved along a little under goal pace. The wind was blowing but not a real problem. Miles 8-11 were a flat out and back. Wind was not a problem. Continued on a little under goal pace. We got back to the highway at mile 11. At this point I was in 10th place. This is when I really started to notice the wind. From here to mile 20 was a long gradual climb straight into the wind. I managed to catch 3 or 4 runners on this stretch. It was hard to tell because we were running with a lot of half marathoners. Ran a couple of miles alongside a fella that ran the Cow Town 50K the week before. The climb and the wind made mile 19 tough and the pace was starting to suffer but was still close to goal pace. At mile 20 we headed out on the second out and back into the regional park while the half marathon coarse took a left for their last mile into the stadium. The next 5 miles were a series of small rollers that were really getting tough. I was now just trying to stay comfortable. I started doing the math in my head to see if I could get in under 3:25. It was going to be close, but there I didn't have a lot left. At mile 23 I was now feeling fatigued. I kind of wanted to push the pace, but couldn't. Struggled over the last few rollers. The pace fell off to 8:30. Made it into the stadium for the last 1/4 mile. Overall I am very pleased with my performance. New PR is always good although I feel like I let the 3:25 slip away at the very end. My final thoughts are that I really enjoyed running in this small race. I had a good day, a good time, and it felt like a race. I clearly had no shot and never had any expectation of winning, but to hear encouragement from the volunteers and fans tell you tell you how many runner were ahead of you (single digits, not hundreds or thousands) and how many minutes back from the next guy was fun and motivating.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| First run after the race. Nothing seems broken. Ran at 30 seconds under mgp although I am considering a new goal pace for Boston. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| 3.5 slow miles with the fella that talked me into running a marathon a couple of years ago. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles from the house. no gps or watch. pace felt good. still feeling the calves a bit from the race Sunday. Looking forward to 3 or 4 good training weeks before boston. Flights are set. car is rented. we are staying with a friend on Cape Cod then moving to an apartment she keeps in marlborough right near the start. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 w/ Jeff |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles from the house. It was supposed to be an easy day, but I kept catching myself pushing the pace a little. No GPS. No watch. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Just under mgp on the treadmill. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 very slow miles w/ jeff at SRL. everything feels good |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 5 w/ Tami, Diana and Jack @ SRL then continued on for 3 more w/ Tami. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| On Jeff's recommendation, I parked at the top of Sunnyside and did 8 out towards Bone then back on a beautiful morning. about 1 min over MGP although I ended up working pretty hard on the last couple of miles back up a pretty steep grade. Overall an excellent outing. Legs are a bit tired but nothing hurts or is broken. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Windy out so I headed for the treadmill. 5 @ 45 sec over goal pace. 1 @ goal pace. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 mi @ 40 sec under MPG. Good hard run |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Went to SRL to meet friends for an easy 7. Mixed rain and snow so everyone else was a no show. I had put my garmin on top of the car. Forgot it was there and drove off to knock on Jeff's door to get him out. Found the Garmin a couple hours later smashed to pieces in the middle of broadway. It never had a chance. Sad day. It was my first. It logged a lot of good miles. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 @ goal pace on the treadmill. Seemed easy and everything is feeling good. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles from the house @ MGP +30 sec. worked pretty hard on the hills to keep the pace even |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy miles on the Paradise Path in between Moscow, ID and Pullman, WA after field work. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| East of Moscow Idaho 90 sec at over goal pace. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy miles on the TM at the gym. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles from the house @ MPG -20 sec. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles from the house @ MGP +30 sec. Easy day. Tried to keep the pace even. Had to work a bit on the last couple of miles back up to the house. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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8 miles by feel from the house. Always a little hill work on the last two miles back up the hill. Decided on a full 3 week taper for Boston. Everything feels great. Figure I can only mess things up at this point if I keep the miles up too long. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 by feel from the house. They felt good, very good. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Taper run. practiced pace for most of the run and effort on the hills. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Very slow through the hilly neighborhoods. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles without the GPS. Felt like I was completely guessing at the pace. Taper mind tricks. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Very windy today so off to the gym. 3 @ MGP. I hate tapers. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles at mgp in the wind. Thought hard about pace and effort. |
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Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:23:49, Place overall: 6775, Place in age division: 520 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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got out of the area safe before the trouble. oh, i got a pr. more later when i am at a real keyboard. Made it back to Idaho safe and sound. My niece also ran the race. Her first marathon. Ran as a charity runner for Tufts University. She was put on a bus at mile 25. I am more disappointed in her lost opportunity than any impact the events had on me. Her husband was in the finish area and heard and felt the blast but was not hurt. Flew into Hartford CT on Wednesday and spent most of the week at my wife's college roommates home on Cape Cod. Her roommate keeps an apartment 10 minutes from the start for work during the week. We did the packet pickup on Sunday, then went to the apartment Sunday night. Used the runner drop off near Hopkinton. Easy Easy. No crowds or lines. Best race I have ever run. New PR. Last thing my wife said to me at the runner drop-off was "run smart". I distinctly remember her saying "don't be stupid". Either way, I finally ran a marathon with even/negative splits. Summary Training went so well over the winter, against the advice of many, I decided I wanted to go for a PR. The plan was to take off at the goal pace, but not fight the crowd, just go with the flow. I started in corral 4 of the second wave. Again, very well organized. I was worried about a crowded start, but it was not as bad as I had feared. Turns out the crowd was a good thing keeping me right at goal pace. I cruised along almost exactly at the pace I needed. Everything stayed right on pace all the way to Newton. Felt great and was right on pace. I tried not to push on the hills and keep the effort even. Made it to the top of heart break hill just ahead of schedule. Legs felt good. Wind felt good. Figured I would pick up the pace and see how long I could hold on. According the the GPS I was going a little quicker, but I felt like I was flying. The only trouble the entire race was I felt the first sign of a cramp in the left calf at mile 24. At that point I was pretty sure I would make the PR if I could keep the cramp from setting in. I eased up a little, but that only made it dicier. I decided to just go. 3:23:49 Took about 1:30 off my previous best. Met up with the wife and friend and decided to head back to the apartment. We were already on the train with the trouble started. For reasons good and bad I will remember the day for a very long time | |
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To Bone and Back (40 Miles) 06:37:40, Place overall: 6 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 40.00 | 0.00 | 40.00 |
| I haven't been posting miles for weeks but thought I would post this race. Ran the Bone to Back 40 mile relay race solo. I must admit I enjoyed it. My son and one of his buddies drove support. I'll remember that for ever. The course is an out and back with 3,700 feet of cumulative climb, the vast majority of it on leg 2, miles 5-10. Leg 1. Flat 5 miles. Ran the first couple of miles with my friend Marlin, a very strong runner so I made my mind up early to just let him go. Tried to keep the pace between 8:30 and 9:00. No walking. Started fueling early. Leg 2. 1,200 feet of climb. I ran (slowly), until I felt the hart rate pick up then started to mix in 50/50 walking. Got to the top and felt OK. Continued to fuel and hydrate according to plan. Leg 3 Rolling hills. Tried to hold myself back and keep the pace down. Continued to fuel and hydrate according to plan. Leg 4 More rolling hills with a good climb at the end. Mixed in the walking 50/50 on the uphills. Turn around at the Bone Store. Started to feel my stomach so decided to back off on the fuel and changed to 100% water. Leg 5 Felt good, only 20 miles to go. Probably worked a little too hard with not enough walking. More mild stomach complaints so started to skip fuel and stayed with 100% water. Leg 6 This leg has a lot of climb. I mixed in a lot of walking, but probably worked too hard. The end of leg 6 takes you back to the high spot of the race. I figured if I could get there without overdoing it I was home free for the last 10 miles. No fuel, 100% water. Leg 7 This leg is a steep long down hill. Felt the first cramps as soon as I started down the hill. Managed to work my way through the calf cramps and worked a pretty good 5 miles down the hill. Leg 8 The last leg was tough. Legs, calves, and thighs shot. Calves keep cramping, but was able to walk them out. At mile 38 I was feeling bad. Chugged a 12 oz coke. Mile 38 I could not walk off the calf cramps. Stopped and massaged them. A nice young man on an 8 man team patted me on the back and encouraged me. It was either the Coke or the encouragement but I was able to run the last 1.5 miles in pretty good fashion. Made my goal of < 7 hrs, < 10 min miles. The legs were spent, but I have felt worse at the end of marathons. Had a lot of fun. I enjoyed the challenge and the doubts and fears of a DNF. I will be doing the ulta thing again.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy from the house. Roads were pretty good.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 17.50 | 0.00 | 17.50 |
| Had 16 planned, but detoured to the folks house for a couple of minutes around mile 7 to see how mom was doing.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 417.30 | 99.50 | 516.80 |
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