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Location:

Logan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Former Course Record Holder (it was a good run while it lasted...)

Logan Peak Trail Race

Completely addicted to trail running

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Race Schedule

TBD...

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Who knows?

 

 

 

 

Personal:

Link to my Wife and I's Photo and Running blog

 

 

 

 

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Microspikes Lifetime Miles: 408.50
PI EMotion Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 357.00
MT1010SA Lifetime Miles: 120.50
Rapa Nui 2 Lifetime Miles: 305.50
Altra Olympus Lifetime Miles: 555.80
PI Emotion Trail N2 Lifetime Miles: 312.50
PI Emotion Trail M2 Lifetime Miles: 328.50
2015 Trail Miles Lifetime Miles: 2047.50
2015 Road Miles Lifetime Miles: 490.00
2015 Mtn Bike Miles Lifetime Miles: 58.00
Altra Impulse 1.0 Lifetime Miles: 46.00
Altra Lone Peak 2.5 Lifetime Miles: 242.00
Altra Paradigm (blue) Lifetime Miles: 102.00
LP 3.0 Tester Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Altra One2 Lifetime Miles: 14.00
Altra Paradigm 2.0 Lifetime Miles: 92.00
Altra LP NS HT Lifetime Miles: 95.00
Altra Torin 2.5 Red Lifetime Miles: 7.00
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Cumulus 11 Miles: 9.00Sinister Miles: 5.00Landreth 4 Miles: 10.00Treadmill 2010 Miles: 9.00Brooks Launch Miles: 8.00Cascadia 4 Miles: 20.00
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Providence Canyon -

My legs still had massive amounts of fatigue left in them from Saturday so today's run was a slog.  The weather was awesome though.  20's with clear air and the moon shining the way.  Loved it.  

T-69:40 (7:44) 148

Cumulus 11 Miles: 9.00
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AM: 4 miles on the Treadmill 

Received an ultrasound of the abdomen organs today.  The doctor wanted to do it to see if I had any blockage in the gallbladder since my bilirubin was twice the normal level.  Everything checked out normal and my fears of the ulrasound being a waste of time and money were correct.  At least I now have medical proof that I am normal (or at least most of my organs are).  

PM: 5 more on Treadmill watching Dirty Jobs

Sinister Miles: 5.00Landreth 4 Miles: 4.00Treadmill 2010 Miles: 9.00
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AM: Had a rough night waking up with the kids pretty often and I vaguely remember shutting off the alarm and going back to sleep.  I eventually woke up with only enough time for 6 miles.  So I ran the Landfill Loop at 7:45 pace.

PM: Basketball for 90 mins.  Good times

Landreth 4 Miles: 6.00
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Easy 8 untimed on the 400W route.  Not a bad morning to be out for a run. 

Now off to Texas tomorrow with Jon and Paul for Jon's Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler.  We will be meeting up with Crockett there too as he is running it as well.  Wish them luck.

Brooks Launch Miles: 8.00
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Travel Day-

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Rocky Raccoon 100 Pacing/Crewing Report - 

Bottom Line - I have never had an opportunity to witness firsthand something quite so amazing as a few hundred people skirting the line between death and success.  I have seen many great runners and many great races, but I now more fully comprehend the mental fortitude of the few crazy runners who decide to race a 100 miler.  Jon and Davy have my complete respect.  It was a weekend I will never forget.  Well done!

The nitty gritty -

1600 miles by car and airplane on Friday

24 hours of following Jon (and to some extent Davy) around on his 5x's 20 mile loops

1 free breakfast of waffles (2), hard boiled egg, danish, oj, etc, 1/2 pizza, bag of twizzlers (I shared with people I swear), 4 banannas, 1 gallon of gatoraide, bite of grilled cheeze sandwich, a cup of apple pie, handful of m&ms, 0 frosties, 1 wendy's chicken sandwich with cold fries and rootbeer, 2 oz of energy gel, 2 cookies and yes, I still had room for a full IHOP meal for breakfast the next day. 

I was fortunate enough to have Paul with me for most of the crewing to keep me company.  We had a lot of fun writing down Jon's splits, running on the trails, driving (pretty much idling) back and forth on the state park's road.  We met some cool people who were crewing for runners who were leapfrogging Jon.  We even made up a game of winning points for doing things right for Jon.  We would award points to ourselves if we were able to anticipate things that Jon would need at the next aid and have it ready for him.  We got points for being on-time and getting him back on the trail ASAP.  We also deducted points every time he asked for something we didn't have handy.  Major negative points for things still in the car 1/4 mile away.  I made too many trips sprinting to the car.  I think I was in the hole by the end of the race.  I would think that I won them back though with my awesome pacing skills.  But Jon's slowest lap (by far) was the lap he ran with me.  More negative points.  My stories were putting him to sleep but I was just plain out of material.  I got to run some of the course with Paul in the daytime, but all of my lap (20 miles) with Jon was in the dark.  I imagine that it was scenic, but I wouldn't know.  The weather was perfect for running and much nicer than the 15 degree weather I returned home to.  In all, it was a tremendous success for both Jon and Davy as Jon was able to break 20 hours and hit my 19 30 something goal I threw at him.  Davy was able to PR by a huge margin and even stay ahead of Jon for a good chunk of the race. 

1600 miles by car and airplane again on Sunday. 

Well done gentlemen! 

Cascadia 4 Miles: 20.00
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Cumulus 11 Miles: 9.00Sinister Miles: 5.00Landreth 4 Miles: 10.00Treadmill 2010 Miles: 9.00Brooks Launch Miles: 8.00Cascadia 4 Miles: 20.00
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