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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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Freezing snow run in Milwaukee 

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Hour lift and a freezing run in Milwaukee 

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Finally got Bently back from Mexico and Columbia. It was a good trip for him and a learning experience. He didn't summit either mountain he was trying for which was what I thought would happen, but he did make it to 16,300 feet on Sleeping Lady.  The failed trips are the best for learning. Most impressive was that he slept in the open on trails and beaches. Something I don't do unless emergency. One night he slept at 12,800 feet in the high rainforest of Columbia. Next month we head together to summit Orizaba the highest in Mexico. He spent less than $600 total on this 9 day trek. Less than the price of an Xbox 360. This solo trip of his has given me enough confidence that I'll take him with on a good climb.  I flew in this morning from Chicago and he flew in from Cartegena and we met up on lower Dry Canyon to snowshoe the Mt Logan ridge  

 

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Gym day. I've been a member of an old school gym here for at least a decade. More a family place with two pools, basketball courts, and racquetball. This Fall Golds Gym went out of business and as a courtesy my gym picked up their members for the remainder of their contracts. What a different crowd. The steroid troopers. String shirts, backwards hats, and gold jewelry. This morning two young guys were flexing and taking selfies in the locker room mirror. A crusty old guy stops and asks, "You guys want me to take some pictures of you together?"  I couldn't help it and just busted up which got me an "F u Homie". Probably slashed tires on my car within a few days too. Good times. 40 min lifting and an hour hard run. 

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Cold and in the snow. But still a good lazy run. 

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Nice run in Ballast Point park, Tampa. Sunny and 70. Reading To Be A Runner right now and it's been the first book on running that I've liked in a while. Just simple and fun. 

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