Cursed Realm of the Faceless Ghost

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Location:

Provo,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K - 17:11 (Cougar Run)

10K - 34:35 (Deseret News)

15K - 57:33 (Utah Running Club)

1/2 - 1:22:26 (Mountain View Trail)

50K - 4:22:31 (Sapper Joe)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-2:45 at Saint George Marathon

Win the Antelope Island half marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to run the Angeles Crest 100 at some point. And I'd still like to go sub-4 at a trail 50k. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions.

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Personal:

I was a competitive cyclist for years. In 2009, after racing in the Tour of Utah, I decided I had plateaued as a cyclist--I could continue to improve, but I wouldn't break through to a new level. So, I started looking for a new challenge.

I thought that challenge would be mountain biking, but I'm a terrible bike handler. I married Catherine in January 2010 and a couple of weeks later I entered the SLTC Winter Training Series with her. A couple of weeks after that I decided I'd like to run ultras, so I signed up for a couple of 50Ks to get started.

Those first races came and went, with varying results. I was looking forward to running more and possibly pushing into the longer distances, but I injured my knee in June 2010 and I've never been consistently healthy since.

I started law school in August 2010, which meant less time for training. In June 2011, Baby Elliott was born, which meant even less time for training. But she's worth it.

Baby Nora joined us in October 2013, with the same effect on training as Elliott (who, incidentally, is no longer a baby).

I (finally) finished school in April 2014 and now I'm an evil corporate lawyer in Salt Lake. I have no illusions that I'll ever get back into the shape that I once was, but I'm perfectly at peace with that. I still have many goals to accomplish and many years in which to do it.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

Total Distance

13.00

I've had a pretty good running week so far, and I'm hoping to finish 2011 with my first 50-mile week of the year (sad, isn't it?). I made more progress toward that today with a solid run up Mount Wilson from Chantry Flats, just outside of Arcadia.

The first portion of the route, the upper Winter Creek trail, was pretty mellow, both in terms of climbing and terrain. After about 2.5 miles it joins another trail, which climbs sharply up a wooded ravine for another 2 miles and change. There, the route joins the Mt. Wilson Toll road to the summit. The elevation gain is 3900 feet over 6.6 miles. On the way down I followed a cutoff trail, shaving a couple of tenths of a mile from the return trip.

The coolest thing about the run? Giant blue squirrels.

MR10 (1) Miles: 13.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Dragonvulture on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 13:08:17 from 71.213.20.94

Nice to see you running again. Are you interested in joining our group for a run tomorrow? It is road, I think we are planning on going 16 from Highland at 6:30am on Saturday. Typically around a 7 min pace that usually creeps downward as we go.

From Faceless Ghost on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 15:38:09 from 69.231.137.13

DV--I'm interested, but we won't be back home until tomorrow evening, so I'll have to take a rain check. Maybe next week?

From Dragonvulture on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 18:55:00 from 71.213.20.94

We are running on the road most mornings at 5am from Lehi or Highland, usually around 9 or 10 miles if you want to come run with us in the morning. Send me a text with your cell number and I can let you know when and where we are meeting if you would like to join us anytime. 8013107971

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