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This was my 7th time running Bear 100 that goes from Logan, Utah to Bear Lake in Idaho. It doesn't go direct. The course zigzags and does massive climbs along the way of over 20,000 feet total.
Started fast as usual, running with the top 10 and stayed ahead of Jon for the first climb as he was obviously carefully holding back. Settled in to my schedule for 26-hour finish goal. Funny how I can stay close to it. At Paul's aid station, I was 20 seconds ahead of my schedule. Last year I was right at my predicted schedule at his aid station. Right before that I took a face plant. Usually my face plants involve skinned knees. But this time it was a true face plant, the face planted in the dirt, scraping up my forehead.
The day went well. I felt no ill effects of running Wasatch 100 two weeks ago. In fact my hill climbing felt stronger than ever. I could run the hills clear to the end of the race. Things went well until the early evening around mile 62. I had some serious issues that slowed me down. The most serious happened at mile 68. Somehow I injured my foot, my problem tendon. I thought I would have to DNF, but I tested in our for 7 more miles and it calmed down. Looks like I may have just badly bruised the foot, it is all black and blue. We'll see in a couple days went things calm down. Hopefully I didn't tear the tendon causing it to bleed.
At mile 70, I felt incredible as my stomach finally calmed down and I had the right number of calories in my system. For last 30 miles I passed many runners and loved running up the hills, felt very strong.
I did take four wrong turns! Pretty funning became I've run the current course two times before. But at night when running fast, it was tough to see the course markings which were few. I ended running an extra 1.5 miles. So, without those blunders, I probably would have reached my 26-hour finish goal. I finished in 26:30, nearly two hours faster than my best time last year. I was very pleased. Out of the 170 starters, I finished in 27th.
Big thanks to Brad and Geri Clements who crewed me during the night. They have it down to a science. Brad would run out to greet me to see what I needed and then run to the station before I got there. They had a chair and table all set up for me each time. Geri had her handheld on a big timer so I could see how long I was at the station. She would call out the minutes. My visits were nice and fast.
| |
miles |
2010 goal |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Start |
0 |
0:00 |
|
|
|
| Logan Peak |
10.5 |
2:30 |
2:42 |
2:33 |
2:23 |
| Leatham Hollow |
19.7 |
4:00 |
4:20 |
4:10 |
4:00 |
| Richards Hollow |
22.5 |
4:35 |
4:58 |
4:44 |
4:34 |
| Cowley Canyon |
30 |
6:20 |
7:15 |
6:38 |
6:24 |
| Right Hand Fork |
36.9 |
7:50 |
9:01 |
8:06 |
7:52 |
| Temple Fork |
45.2 |
9:45 |
11:12 |
10:09 |
9:48 |
| Tony Grove |
51.8 |
12:00 |
13:18 |
12:17 |
12:04 |
| Franklin TH |
61.5 |
14:30 |
16:30 |
14:51 |
14:37 |
| Logan River |
69.5 |
16:50 |
19:42 |
|
17:09 |
| Beaver Lodge |
75.8 |
19:00 |
22:17 |
20:15 |
19:27 |
| Gibson Basin |
81.2 |
20:45 |
24:52:00 |
22:15 |
21:10:00 |
| Beaver CG |
85.3 |
21:50 |
25:52:00 |
23:28 |
22:10:00 |
| Ranger Dip |
92.2 |
24:10:00 |
28:21:00 |
25:57:00 |
24:23:00 |
| Finish |
100 |
26:00:00 |
30:51:00 |
28:21:00 |
26:30:15 |
Here's what place I was in coming into the various stations:
| Logan Peak |
18 |
| Leatham |
30 |
| Richards |
29 |
| Cowley |
31 |
| Right Fork |
30 |
| Temple |
32 |
| Tony Grove |
33 |
| Franklin |
33 |
| Logan River |
36 |
| Beaver Lodge |
32 |
| Gibson |
31 |
| Beaver Creek |
28 |
| Ranger Dip |
27 |
| Finish |
27 |
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