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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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All right I'm back.  After the back handed beating that was Saturday's run I took a few down days to let things mellow out.  Finally getting a handle on this cold? gunk? Legs finally feeling fresh again. 

Last summer while going through the a deep training cyle leading up to the Bear 100 I had a term, or an image, that I used to remind myself not over do it. I called it the bucket.  The key was to get as close to the rim as possible, but not fall in.  Falling in typically looked like a full on crash and burn, sleep for two days, eat eveything I could carry, not want to run for a week type of wreck. Needless to say, I think I put myself in the bucket over the last few weeks by not being fully receovered from the June races and staritng back into hard weeks and fast (for me) efforts too quickly. Going forward, staying out of the bucket will be the aim.  My body likes to train, but I have to remeber it like to recover too.

Runs...A cruiser 9 miles yesterday up Wheelers et. al.  Ran into Jim S coming down right below the Cold Water trial and we ran back together.  He's a great guy and is doing the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning this year. Western and Vermont down, Leadville and Wasatch to go.  He is in great shape this year and running strong, I think he has it in the bag.....that is if Speedgoat doesn't kill him tomorrow. 

Tonight, easy 3-4 or so up Wheelers/icebox, over toward Art Nord and back the way I came.  Ran from the Icebox sign to the gate in 5:50 coming down, I think it's just under a mile, not bad for me,.....'course it's pretty much straight downhill. 

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Ben Lomond/Willard and such. Swithcbacks to the peak are finally melted out, ran every step to the peak for the first time this year, really the second time ever. Finally.  Close encounters of the goat kind coming back from Willard. Billy was not happy to see me so early in the morning.

21 miles or so, around 5000 vert.

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