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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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Total Distance
31.50
MR10 (1) Miles: 12.00MT110 Miles: 19.50
Weight: 0.00
Mon, Mar 19, 2012
Total Distance
4.00

Forty minutes on the treadmill. I warmed up and cooled down with ten minutes on the flats. The core of my workout was 20 minutes on the 15 percent grade at 14:00. It wasn't very hard, so I think I should have gone faster. 

MR10 (1) Miles: 4.00
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Tue, Mar 20, 2012
Total Distance
5.00

Flat miles on the treadmill. Five of them. 

MR10 (1) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Total Distance
3.00

Short and sweet--thirty minutes with the hill routine at the gym. That means 30 minutes undualting between 9 and 15 percent at a steady 10:00 pace. It's a good workout for a short run.

MT110 Miles: 3.00
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Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Total Distance
3.00

Easy run on my local loop. Race day is coming up, for better or for worse. 

MR10 (1) Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Fri, Mar 23, 2012
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0.00

Toady was my last day of my internship at the Supreme Court. I met Catherine at in Bountiful afterward, and we're spending the night with my grandma here so we won't have to drive as far tomorrow. Unfortunately, that means I never found time for a run.  So, goose egg for me.

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Sat, Mar 24, 2012
Race: Buffalo Run 50K (16.5 Miles) 02:05:28, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
16.50

It was ugly out there. The easiest way to put it is that I never felt strong. Even early on, before I felt trashed, everything felt forced. Uphill, downhill, it was all the same. I just didn't feel like a runner.

I'm not sure how I placed, since Catherine and I didn't stay around to see the results posted. I think I was seventh (and sixth man--ouch), but I'll update this when the official results are posted.  

Anyways, I think that about covers it. I'm sorry I'm not saying more, but I don't have anything to say. I was slower this year than I have been on the first lap of the 50K for the past two years, so that should be an indicator of the shape I'm in. The good news is that I can improve easily--all I need to do is run more, sleep more, and eat better.  

MT110 Miles: 16.50
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Totals
Total Distance
31.50
MR10 (1) Miles: 12.00MT110 Miles: 19.50
Weight: 0.00
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