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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:

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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
61.5011.0072.50
2011 Trail Miles Miles: 63.502011 Road Miles Miles: 9.00MT101 Miles: 19.00Fireblade Miles: 32.00Launch Blue #1 Miles: 5.00Cascadia 6 Red Miles: 16.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Providence Trail

T- 1:13:30  (9:11) 1500' vert

2011 Trail Miles Miles: 6.002011 Road Miles Miles: 2.00MT101 Miles: 8.00
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Small Workout (on Trail) -

This run is dedicated to Jon (the current FKT holder) on this course.  I decided to run Jardine Juniper hard today to see what kind of time I could post.  The catch was that I wanted more than the 9.5 miles the course is so I decided to add an extra loop on top.  This adds 1.5 miles to make it 11 miles even.  Basically I knew I didn't have it in me to go after the FKT so I decided to make up my own course so I could win.  Ha!  Take that Jon.

Anyway, I knew that I could run hard uphill, but my downhill speed is lacking.  Mostly it is due to a lingering injury from thanksgiving last year.  Its the inside of my right knee (different than the ITB pain I battled all spring on the opposite leg).  It is pretty unstable and if I twist it just right, it really hurts for a bit.  Bottom line is that the downhill speed is not so great right now.  Enough excuses, how did it go?

I went out hard and within a half mile thought that my lungs were on fire.  I haven't run this hard in almost a year (I think).  I made it to the first ridge in 27 mins (same as Jon although I didn't know his splits until just now as I looked them up) but slowed a bit and hit the 4 mile junction in 38 mins (13 seconds behind ghost jon).  I hit the intersection again for the first loop at 50 mins (12 min 1.5 mile loop) now 1:17 behind Jon.  Here is where I added another loop while Jon headed back so its not really the same anymore.  But I did the second loop a tad faster in 11:20. 

Now all that is left is the brutal downhill.  Brutal because I was wearing my MT101's and they stink with regard to rock protection.  They are easy to run in uphill as you can pick your foot placements carefully, but trying to run down a rocky trail at 6 min pace is not easy in those things.  I hit the ridge in 1:09 and the end of the trail at 1:27 giving me a split of 25:40 for the 4 miles of downhill (way slower than Jon's split of 23:07). 

So if you count only my second lap and ignore the slower first one, my total time for the 9.5 mile course would be 1:15 under Jon's old record but way off the current record.  Maybe I will give it a go again, but not until I can blast the downhills like I used to.  Maybe I need some Hokas to do that....

T- 1:27 (7:55) 2150' vert


2011 Trail Miles Miles: 11.00MT101 Miles: 11.00
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Deer Fence from the church

T- 1:15 (9:22) slow 950' vert

Fireblade Miles: 8.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 6.002011 Road Miles Miles: 2.00
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Planet Walk 5 pretty easy.

Seriously full day planned for the Bear tomorrow.  Pretty excited for it.

Leatham Hollow aid station worker (mile 20)

Short Break

Course marking verification miles Miles 58-61, Miles 69-76

Pacing Bryce from Beaver Mountain to Finish

Better eat my wheaties!

Launch Blue #1 Miles: 5.002011 Road Miles Miles: 5.00
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16.500.0016.50

Bear 100 - 

I didn't actually run the race, but I made sure to be a part of it in every other way possible.  The day started out running the Leatham Hollow Aid station with Captain Paul and Second Mate Joe (and a few others) (I suppose I am the second mate since I have done it more than Joe, but less than Paul, you get the idea).  It was a morning of action packed chaos.  We did manage to head up the trail for a bit to enjoy the morning before the madness began.  (2.5 miles)

We finally got to leave that aid about 1pm when the last runners became un-lost and appeared (even Captain Paul was sent out as search and rescue for a while).  After a lunch visit with my family, I headed up the canyon and met up with RD Bruce Copeland for my instructions.  I was to run various sections of the course checking and adding flagging so that there is less confusion at the intersections.  I learned that no amount of flagging/reflectors/glowsticks are sufficient for the stupidity of runners delirious with fatigue.  That and lack of prep on their part really causes major irritation to me.  I heard complaints from a few people off and on all night about the course flagging.  One "young buck" commented, "Its a miracle we (the pacer was speaking) even are here (an aid station) at all."  I asked the next two people who came into that same aid 5 mins later how the marking is.  "Its fine."  "No Problems."  Why the discrepency?  Age?  Experience?  Preparation?  Paying attention? Common Sense?  Seriously, if you find yourself back in Logan how long does it take before you realize you have made a wrong turn?  So, even after my (and many other people's) extra efforts to mark the course many take wrong turns.  How do you help the 10% who are directionally challenged navigate a course at night without spending a month to mark it?  Give everyone voice generated GPS devices that tell you, "In 6 feet turn left on the trail that is clearly marked Leatham Hollow."  Oh, dont turn right and go down the mountain.  You may not find an aid station there.  You will only find cows and 4 wheelers."

Anyway, I spent some wasted? time marking (actually just supplementing and verifying as the actual marking was done earlier) the course for the 90% who payed attention to it.  I ran from the Gibson Basin Aid station up to the junction with Bunchgrass trail.  We wanted to make sure that the junction was obvious.  It was and after my additional efforts, a cow would have been smart enough to know where to go (day or night).  I actually didn't hear of anyone going the wrong way there, but the sentiment applies to all further junctions I checked.  I returned to the Gibson Basin.  Instead of following the course for the next 8 miles, I was supposed to skip ahead to Logan River Aid station.  I took the shortcut and 2 miles later, I was back marking the next 8 miles to Beaver Lodge.  When the course description tells you "At 2.6 miles from the river, look right..."  So you think you should pay attention and not blow past the 12 flags and 3 reflectors and a glowstick?  Nah, just keep running, then blame your race failures on the RD.  Ok, seriously.  I am off my soapbox now.  I just heard the whining all night by the same 20 somethings in their first race.  I will get over it.

My pace was downright lazy through all my running, but I was in no rush.  Just killing time until my pacing duties began.  I was having fun chatting with different groups all night.  I got the see the front runners come through Beaver Lodge (mile 76).  Nick P was quite fresh and went on to win.  Nikki was downright amazing (and set a new course record).  I chatted with El Patron Luke, Krissy, Speedgoat Karl, Fast Evan Honeyfield, and many other celebrities.  Good times.  

"My runner" Bryce was looking good and on pace for about 25 to 26 hours or so.  I would join him in his quest to beat his time from last year (26 hours) at Beaver Lodge.  I would run 24 miles with him and get him to the finish.  That began at midnight (see saturday).

2.5 miles in 25 mins or so (700' vert)

14 miles in 2:40 (3000' ascend 2600' descend)

2011 Trail Miles Miles: 16.50Cascadia 6 Red Miles: 16.50
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24.000.0024.00

Bear 100 Pacing Report - 

Bryce   worked me over pretty good on this one, although I primarily blame the course profile and conditions.  Rocky and steep.  Brutal way to finish a 100 mile race.  That course is not for beginners.  Luckily Bryce is not and things turned out really well for him.  He started off slow and by the end, he had made up all the time he was behind his last year's splits and dropped an hour off his time.  I know the hotter conditions during the day this year hurt most if not everyone's times.  In spite of that, he still did much better.  Amazing!

I picked up Bryce at mile 76 and off we went.  Back up the mountain a few more times before an insane descent into Bear Lake (fish haven technically).    Really, the course profile tells half the story.

Bryce was great company for the 7 hours we were together (midnight to 7am).  You can cover a lot of material in that timeline and I quickly ran out.  Luckily, when he got bored with me, he would slip on his headphones and jam out for a bit.  I was having a blast just cruising along and enjoying a night run in some awesome mountains.  The weather was pretty moody though.  It was hot/cold/very cold/hot so frequent, I was getting sick of shedding and adding layers.  I brought just the right amount of clothes and survived.  Bryce on the "other hand" lost a glove at some point and got minor frostbite (maybe).  He will live though... what a whimp.

Bryce, spent most of the time slowing getting roadkill.  His uphill gear was broken, but his downhill was pretty decent and that helped him pass numerous guys.  We raced the sunrise and the 25 hour barrier all morning until with just under a half mile left, the clock ticked over to 7am (25 hours). 25:05 is still pretty sweet!  Nice job Bryce and thanks for the honor.  I had a great time.  He, on the other hand (get it?)  could barely move once he sat down at the finish line.  I would guess he is still stuck there with locked up legs begging for more coke or a pillow or something.

T- 6:56:22 (17:21) 4800' ascend 6175' descend

Dawn over Bear Lake


Fireblade Miles: 24.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 24.00
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61.5011.0072.50
2011 Trail Miles Miles: 63.502011 Road Miles Miles: 9.00MT101 Miles: 19.00Fireblade Miles: 32.00Launch Blue #1 Miles: 5.00Cascadia 6 Red Miles: 16.50
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