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Location:

Ogden,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 21, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Finished my first 100 miler in '10, the Bear 100 in 26:05. 

55K 5:13

50 mile 7:47

Big Horn 100 Mile 24:54

 Squaw Peak 50:

2009: 13:48 (140th OA)

2010: 11:06 (26th OA)

2011: 10:01 (7th OA)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2012 schedule:

Red Hot 50K+  (5:23)

Buffalo Run 50 mile (7:47, 1st AG, 7th OA)

R2R2R

Squaw Peak 50 mile (11:40)

Big Horn 100 Mile (DNS)

Loco

Bear 100

Chimera 100

Zion Travers (Done)

Long-Term Running Goals:

God created skis and surfboards to keep the truly gifted from ruling the world.

I've finally let go of my preconceived notions of what it's supposed to feel like to run. - Geoff Roes

 

"If I had eight hours to chop down a tree; I'd spend six of them sharpening the axe." Abe Lincoln

 

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40 minute walk on the trials with the dog.  Legs feel o.k. other than sore.  Knee feels pretty good, unless my legs are too sore to notice the knee? 

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28 miles on the bike. 20.8 average.  Great ride. Perect weather. Good to spin out the legs.

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Nice and easy 4.5 on the trails tonight.  Things feeling solid, legs good, knee good! energy a little low, proabably allergies, gonna take it somewhat easy for another week and keep things on the mend. New pic is a Norrander shot from Squaw Peak comming off windy pass headed into aid 9, mile 40 ish.

Gotta get to sleep, suposed to run with the Big Guns early if I can get out of bed.

 

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Shorty ealry AM.  3.4 miles 1200 vert. 

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Geeze this weather is all backwards! It rains on good training Saturdays and is hot and sunny on race Saturdays.  I was suposed to meet a couple of friends early this morning  for a run up Ben Lomand peak. I woke up and the wind was ripping.  Checked the NOAA site on Mt. Ogden and it was clocking steady at 45 mph with gusts to 65-70, ARRHH, looks like another long run on the low trails. 

My friends changed plans with the weather report and were going to do a long out and back on the BST, I couldn't get  motivated to get out the door and running another loop on the BST didn't help spark any fire either.  I headed out solo an hour or so later with no clear plan, but knew I wanted to start with Malan's Peak.  By the time I left the wind was still ripping and it was raining hard, sideways.  I put on a light weight gore-tex shell over a long sleeve shirt, a hat, and some light gloves, (dressed like winter in June???)  With in 5 minutes I had my hood on too, the wind was blowing rain right down my jacket and the trail was a river. Luckily the Malan's trail is very rocky so very little to no mud. 

I maintained a nice steady run, dodging limbs and one tree that had been knocked down by the wind,  all the way up and passed several groups of very wet people coming down and one group of two heading up.  I hit the top in 39 minutes and the wind almost knocked me down when I crested the last little rise.  At this point I figured I'd better stay close to home and get some climbing in.  I ended up running a two more laps up and down from the second bridge in Taylor Canyon.  On the third I continued all the way to Malan's Basin.  I ended up passing the group of 2 I passed on first my lap a total of 5 times, by the 5th I apologized for making them stop and get off the trail so many times.

My Garmin was on some who knows what mode so I don't know exact numbers but from today, but looking at past runs I can say 6000 vertical, 10.25 miles and I know the time 2:49.  I ran pretty easy and took the downs mellow to go easy on my knee, the pace seems slow but there was alot of up, there are no flat sections on this route, except for maybe a 1/4 mile stretch into Malan's Basin, so that means about half of the miles were climbing so that's 5900 vert in about 5.5 miles.  Equals out to about 1100 vertical ft per mile for the climb, give or take a little. Finally, I was able to run a complete 3 laps up Malan's.  I had done 2, but never 3, feels good to have the training paying off.  Knee was a little stiff after and my right calf has a little twinge, but everything seems to be on the mend,  ART is awesome! (thanks Aaron) gotta keep it together and strong for 2 more weeks, Logan Peak baby! (was my favortie race last year) Really looking forward to a fun day, lots of friends running, My best friend's wife, a girl from my ward growing up, 2 of my wife's college friends, lots of Ogden area runners, and one of my long time friends who ran this and Speed Goat with me last year, oh, and I get to chase Twinkies all day too!       

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