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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
59.000.0059.00
Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 97.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

Providence Canyon Trail from the House...again, but not sick of it yet.  I passed a biker going up today who was riding a $3K dollar bike.  Take that!  On the way down I nearly crashed into a moose who thankfully was scared of me and took off.  I was to slow with the camera to get a decent picture.  It just looks like a blog in the trees.  It was pretty close when I rounded the corner though (15-20 feet is all).  

T- 1:30:30 (10.2mph) 1750' Vert

Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 15.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Deer Fence Ride

T- 1:21 11.8mph 1200' vert

Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 16.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Deer Fence to Millville and up just a bit.

T- 1:20 11.2mph 1350' Vert

Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 15.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.500.008.50

Providence Canyon Trail - 

Muddy and wet! 

T- 1:27:00 1750' Vert

Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 15.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.500.007.50

Deer Fence to Dry and back.  Boring Boring....

Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 15.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
18.000.0018.00

Jardine Juniper with Joe (JJwJ) - 

One of my favorite trails of all time.  The only problem was all the rain that has fallen lately really muddied up the trail.  The first loop, Joe took it easy on me and I managed to barely keep up on the uphills.  The first section up to the first summit took 30 mins counting the crossing of the raging creek.  The next section was not so glorious as it was pure mud.  The sticky kind.  My bike totally bogged down and I actually stopped and took off my gear and was going to hike it.  I changed my mind and re-geared up and pushed the bike through the sagebrush up by the trail.  The trail finally became rideable again, but the bike was just covered in it.  I managed to make it around the loop at the top but the north side was still full of snow banks to hike over.  The ride down was fun, but I had to ride in the bushes again for the mud section (half mile or so). I stopped at the creek and washed off a lot of the mud making my bike work again. Lap 1 in 1:21 (9.5 miles). 

 

Picture of the trail partway down

Lap 2 began with a short up and back to meet Joe coming down.  This lap, Joe was going to go faster and I was going to stay on the lower section of trail and do it nearly 2 times.  This time, it took 38:30 to get to the summit.  My legs were shot and my bike was still riding slower than normal.  Enough excuses.  At least it only took 13 mins to get down. 

Lap 3 began with the sun coming out and the rain and mist gone and now I was HOT and overdressed.  That slowed me down too.  I couldn't wait to see Joe again so I could turn around and head down.  It took forever since he went to the tree twice that lap.  Even with him stalling, I didn't make it to the summit.  30 mins up and then 10 quick mins down.

That was exhausting, but a lot of fun.  I would wager that I could do the loop on try trails and no snow in 70 mins.  I will test that out someday soon.

Thanks to Joe for not killing me the first lap and for giving me someone to chase coming down.  Good times! 

T- 2:53 (20 miles) 7mph 4200' Vert

** Weekly summary: 59 miles converted - 97 actual bike miles - 11,250' Vert - 586 mins

Leg still gets sore off and on.  Some moments I feel healed, others it feels it hasn't healed at all.  Not sure what to think about it yet.  I will give it short test run next week and see. 

Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 20.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
59.000.0059.00
Mountain Bike 2011 Miles: 97.00
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