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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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Easy 5 miles, BST, Hot!

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Moderate paced 9 miles, East Bench, Hot again.

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The Wyoming Circumnavigation once again! Bluh! If you ever get a chance to stop in Mid Western Wyoming, highly recommend a visit.  Oh, and the drive across Thunder Basin National Grassland, oh yea, quite scenic.  That said, the Black Hills of South Dakota are truly beautiful.  Got to see Crazy Horse, and Mt Rushmore at drive by pace.  Pulled in to the house we are working on out there just before dark, walked the job with the builder and my lead guy, went to dinner, went to bed about midnight, got up at 5:00 AM, did a few things, loaded up a big trailer and left for the 11 hour drive home by 9:00 AM.  22 hours of driving in about 30 hours. I think I've come up with a new sport, ultra-driving.  Sheesh! that wore me out as bad as an ultra race. 

 

No real running other than the short jog out to Martin's Cove on the way out.  Very special place and was quite lucky to have it mostly to myself. Never been there before, left with a new appreciation for my ancestors. 5 miles round trip or so.   

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See Wednesday.....

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Easy/moderate paced 5 or so. BST. HOT and DRY.  Legs felt like crap from two days of inactivity and too much sitting pressing a gas peddle.  Oh, and not eating for a meal for 30+ hours other than a crappy chicken gyro  on Wednesday night.  Lots of BST running this week, trying to stay close to home for the new little guy.   

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Race: Syline Mountain Marathon (26.6 Miles) 04:30:00, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2

 This is an awesome trial marathon/half in the local hills here above O-town.  Full has about 4600-4800 vertical feet of climb and is 99.9% trail.

Was debating were to run on Saturday and nothing was sounding too appealing.  Really need to get away for a nice roll through the Winds again or the Tetons, but not this weekend.  I knew this race was coming up, and in fact the RD asked if I could run an aid station again, but with my sporadic running this week and limited time, I wanted to be selfish and get a good run in. Never having run this race or even some parts of the course, I thought what the heck and signed up about 9:30 last night.  When the alarm went off this morning, I really didn't want to get up.  Sleep has been scarce for a week or so with the new guy.  Dragged myself out, drove very unmotivated to the start, sat in my truck for a bit wanting to close my eyes for another 10 minutes, finally walked over and got my number, talked to Phil L, who wasn't racing but headed up BL with his son, Talked with Shane the goat for a bit, hit the POP and walked up to the start. 

Here's the Highlights (and a few low-lights):

-In the 100 yards to the single track, no one wanted to jump in the lead so I did.  Not where I wanted to be, but there I was.

-Lead  about 2/3's of the initial 2800-3000 ft climb.  Had another guy with me that I thought was the goat, ended up being a kid named Pablo, who passed me like I was standing still and put a big gap between me and everyone else for a bit.

-I went out too hard and started to die a bit a the top of the climb, Came through the first aid at the saddle in 3rd, right with second place at 1:08.  

-Kept about a 30 second gap behind second most of the way across the ridge, when the goat came by like I was standing still and I was in 4th.  Second place was in third as the goat picked him off quick too.  The guy can run downhill!

-Got stung by 3 bees on the Lewis Peak section! What the hell? I think  I made up new curse words when the 3rd one hit me on the inner thigh!

-Tripped and stumbled on a root at one point, calf locked up so bad I thought I was not getting off the mountain.  Had to stop and stretch it out for a couple minutes.  On the subject, I don't think I have accumulated so many near crashes in all my runs all season, every mile it seemed I was stumbling around after nearly wrecking on some rock or root. Only hit the dirt once, right off the start, just as we hit the single track, not a biggy, no high speed crash, just hands on the ground.

-My asthma kicked in pretty hard through this one, especially after the bee incident(s).  Lots of inhaler hits.  Frustrates the heck out me this time of year, another month and it will mellow out.

-The decent off Lewis to Windsurfer Beach was a long hot, out of water for almost an hour grind.  Some miscommunication with the volunteers and no aid station at the top.  Silly me only took half a bottle at the top of the North Ogden Divide, thinking I'd fill up at the top. Nope.

-Total mental/physical break down on the North Arm trail section.  Walked a lot, complained to myself too much. Generally felt horrible rolling up and down, in and out of trees and weeds.

-Caught sight of 3rd place as soon as we hit the pavement section.  That, and the fact that I caught sight of 5th behind me, snapped me out of it and I ran the last half mile or so strong.

-Finished less than a minute behind 3rd and a minute or less in front of 5th.  Sheesh! gotta keep my head in the game!

Great race, awesome, tough course.  Might have to make it a regular, at least redeem myself as this one was not my best run physically.  My mind/body just wasn't ready to run hard for that many miles/vert.  Happy I ran it though, gives me something to think about going forward.

Shane the goat ended up winning again at 4:01

 Week (weak) 40 miles, 5500 vert or so.  Not what  I needed at this point, but was all I could get.


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