.jer_mock clocked 2:10:37 for his marathon debut in Chicago last year.
With parents who were competitive cyclists, Mock was introduced to endurance sports at an early age growing up in Logan, Utah. On his own initiative, he started to go for runs by himself in middle school.
“I wasn’t particularly good at it,” he said. “[I liked] the headspace of it, being alone and thinking in aHe started his high school career on the junior varsity cross-country squad with a 2009 season best of 19:38 in the 5K. Over the years, Mock improved exponentially. In his senior year, he finished second at the Utah state championship.and posted personal bests of 13:44 for 5,000 meters and 28:11 for 10,000 meters.
His first race as an unsponsored post-collegiate athlete was the Boilermaker 15K in Utica, New York, where he finished 11th as the. That fall, he continued the momentum with top seven finishes at the Great Cow Harbor 10K, the USATF 20K Championships, and the Medtronic Twin Cities 10 Mile. “I just tried to be really strategic with picking races that paid out well,” Mock said. “[Where] I knew finishing in the top 10 or the top five would be an attainable goal. That kind of got me through until recently.”In addition to prize money income, Mock also took a job doing field work for the forestry service. His crew identified plants growing back in the mountains that were affected by forest fires.
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