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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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Mon, Oct 11, 2010
Total Distance
10.50

I went back to north Orem to run the Little Baldy trail again this morning, but not surprisingly I lost my way while trying to run an unfamiliar trail in the dark, and before I knew it I didn't know anything about where I was other than that it wasn't where I wanted to be. I ended up running an out and back to some arbitrary point with a few detours thrown in on the return trip, resulting in less vertical and fewer miles than I had anticipated. That isn't to say I had a bad run--far from it. It just wasn't the run I was expecting.

1:32:39

Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 10.50
Weight: 164.00
Comments
From jun on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:37:57 from 66.239.250.209

Is it ever? Shame you didn't get to where you wanted to go, but its awesome you are out running those cool trails.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 13:34:06 from 66.239.250.209

When you say Little Baldy are you referring to the foothill peak west of Timp? I did that one last fall and it was awesome! I may get back up there soon because the leaves are incredible right now.

From Faceless Ghost on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 14:00:36 from 128.187.0.183

Scott--that's the one, although I don't know if I've actually been up Little Baldy yet. Something about me always getting lost.

From jun on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 23:43:14 from 97.126.232.37

I truer word may have never been spoken.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:26:35 from 66.239.250.209

I would love to run it with you one of these days. There is a fork in the trail and if you go right you won't hit the summit. There are a few different trailheads though, so I am not exactly sure which one you were one. Battlecreek or something like that?

From Faceless Ghost on Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 07:29:26 from 69.169.157.242

Scott--I run from the BST trailhead by the water purification plant. It's just behind the cemetery on 800 East in Orem.

We'll have to go decipher the trail network sometime when we get a chance.

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