Speed Goat 50K - Ok, this isn't the official course, this is Cody's Version. Its much easier, but still awesome. I am in SLC for a cousin's wedding so I got to spend the morning in my old "backyard". I rode the mtn bike from my parents house in Cottonwood Heights to Snowbird, via Top of the World Drive. I also took the Temple Quarry trail (2.75 miles of singletrack parallel to the road). The rest of the way up the canyon was a grunt up the road. It took me 1:40 to get the starting line of the Official SpeedGoat 50K course. I ditched the bike in some bushes and grabbed my waterbottle and hit the trail. I ran this course just over a year ago so the course was a bit fuzzy in places, but for the most part I covered the first 6.5 miles of the course as close as I could. It involved lots of hiking and even some crossing of snow slides. Its rocky and steep and really tough. It took me 1:42 to get to Hidden Peak (top of the tram). It was only 6.5 miles where the official course is 8 miles so I defintely missed some extra running in there. Either way, I tagged the peak and headed down mineral basin so I could go though the tunnel. Once I got there, I saw that the tunnel was closed so I headed back up and over the saddle and down to where the route comes out of the tunnel. From here on, I hit various sections of the course, but mostly was haphazardly heading downhill. I ran some simgletrack, but mostly it was road. I eventually wandered over to where my bike was and decided to call it a day and head home. I was hammered and tired. It was my longest run both in mileage and time since the injury and although things were sore, I think I am just fine. It looks like I am in the clear. I am sad I missed El Vaquero Loco today, but missing it gave me the chance to go to the wedding and take a bit more time to recover. I am happy where I am at though and look forward to the next "thing" (read: epic run or race). Speaking of that, I actually signed up for a Duathlon next weekend. Its in Ogden and is all on trails. Run 4, Bike 10, Run 4, Bike 10. Winner last year was in around 2.5 hours. Perfect. I have been accidently training for this race for weeks now. Should be fun. Anyway, the bike down the canyon was a blast, even a bit scary. 10 mins to cover 6 miles and lose 3K feet. 20 more mins of taking the long and hilly way home and finally I was done. 35.5 miles. My version of the Speedgoat 50K duathlon. T-Bike 1:40 up 3200' vert 12 miles T-Run 2:32 12.1 miles (12:35 pace) 3900' Vert T-Bike 30 min 11.5 miles 100' vert Total Vert- 7200' Profile of the Run Portion 
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