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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:

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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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Wed, May 18, 2011
Total Distance
4.20

If you're reading this, you've probably noticed that the weather has been unseasonably crappy around here. Because of that, the Samurai suggested that Grandeur might be a bit too muddy today, so instead my brother and I met him a little farther south for a run on Mount Olympus.

I'd never seen the trail before, and I feel like I've been missing out. It's steep and technical and runnable, at least for the two miles or so that we ran today. I hear it gets much steeper for the second half.

Everyone was taking it easy today, so we hiked a short portion down low, but after that I settled into a groove and cruised up the mountain at a nice steady pace. The rain had slowed into a drizzle, so the moisture was more of a benefit than a burden, and the trails were wet but not sloppy.

The run down was equally casual, and that was fine with me. My calf is still hurting, so perhaps even that was too much. At least I had fun, though. Also, I almost hit the deck near the bottom, but instead of crashing I pulled out what may have been the best save of my career. Wild stuff.

 

MT101 Miles: 4.20
Weight: 166.00
Comments
From jun on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:43:47 from 66.239.250.209

You heard right about the 2nd half being steeper, but that bottom half is great.

From Scott Wesemann on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:57:08 from 66.239.250.209

I took a dive off of the trail last year that took all of the skin off of my pinky knuckle and it left a nice little scar. I had just removed my gloves about 3 minutes before. Dur!

Are you running the fun Run tomorrow?

From Faceless Ghost on Sat, May 21, 2011 at 00:38:22 from 98.202.112.51

Scott -- I'll be there tomorrow. Unless I oversleep :)

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