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Provo,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

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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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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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Mon, May 30, 2011
Total Distance
6.80

Out for a "run" up Grandeur Peak this morning. I hit snow after a mile, and shortly after that I was trudging through 6-8 inches of powder. I wasn't the first person up that way, so I was able to follow a trail through the snow until just past two miles, when the footprints disappeared. By then I was up to my knees in the snow, so I decided not to break a trail the rest of the way to the summit.

Obviously, my plan to run the loop was out, so I turned around and headed back down. Snow, slush, mud, and slippery rocks made for a slow, sketchy first mile of the descent.


For those of you who may be running the Squaw 50 next week, here's what the Wasatch looks like at 8,000 feet. Have fun at 10,000 :)

Because my run this morning was shorter than planned, I decided to get out for a quick couple of miles this evening. All I did was check out a little loop of the Dry Canyon BST. After that I ran 6 repeats up the big stairs at the bottom of Dry Canyon (about .05 miles and 50 feet). I can tell that my knee does not like running around downhill switchbacks.


Adidas Adizero XT Miles: 4.00MT101 Miles: 2.80
Weight: 169.00
Comments
From jun on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:29:28 from 66.239.250.209

Squaw Peak won't be hitting 10,000 ft this year. They have totally changed the course. It isn't even the same race this year.

They start normal and go all the way like normal to Rock Canyon. Then down RC to the BoSho and run that all the way to Spring Canyon. Up SC to Camel Pass and down to Hobble Creek Canyon. Then they return back. It will be much easier and faster. Like I said, not even close to the same race this year. I bet you're glad you deferred.

From Faceless Ghost on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:40:34 from 216.49.181.254

Wow. Definitely the right choice to defer.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:55:42 from 66.239.250.209

I saw all of that snow on Grandeur yesterday and thought it would be a slog. Nice work pushing all the way to the top. Yeah, coming down when it is slick like that can be a bit sketchy. I've fallen a few times up there.

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