IK has actually been portraying himself as much younger than 34. One of the news articles referred to a marathon he had run in 2006. So I went to a results site to look it up. In that race , he self-described as 25 yrs old. The other races he ran that year list him as 20 yrs old per info he would have given them when he signed up. If you run in a younger age group, it's harder to win an age group division award so NOBODY does that. UNLESS maybe he's trying to appeal to younger women.
Here's the link with the 2006 races:
http://athlinks.com/searchbeta.aspx?term=israel+keyes (when the site opens, scroll down)
2006
North Olympic Discovery Marathon & Half Marathon 2006
25 WA 6/11
Sequim Run Off 10K/2 Mile
20 WA 5/06
Robin Hill Run 10K/5K
20 WA 4/08
Lincoln Park Run
20 WA 3/11