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:

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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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21.90
Mizuno Ronin Miles: 19.20New Balance RX507 Miles: 2.70
Weight: 0.00
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6.50

I went out for a quick out and back on the road today. It's sad that this constitutes a longish run for me these days. It's even sadder that we're only one day into the week and I've already run more than I did last week. Of course, I doubt I'll get to spend nearly as much time on the bike this week.

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Really, this shouldn't even count. I was resigned to a goose egg today, but then I couldn't help going for a 2:00 run before going to bed. But once I headed out the door I didn't want to run anymore, so I cut my planned short run even shorter. Honestly, there's not much benefit to a 3:15 run. But whatever.

I have excuses. First, someone didn't pull a source for the law review article I was editing. Which means that to meet my deadline, I had to drive to Provo and look up a book just to confirm that one sentence was where the author said and said what the author said it did. There goes at least an hour. Second, when I was out studying, our refrigerator made a loud noise and then stopped making any noise. I was sure it had broken, and we have almost a month worth of milk for Elliott frozen in there. To avoid a tragic loss, I jumped in the car an drove to WalMart, where I bought a couple of coolers and a bunch of ice. Of course, when I got home the refrigerator was running like nothing had happened. There goes at least another hour.

And that's why I did a fake run today. And that's why there are 30 pounds of ice out melting on my doorstep as I type this. 

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Total Distance
3.00

Just another quick three-mile run tonight. Six-times better than last night.

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9.70

I had a call-back interview with a firm in Salt Lake today. The Samurai works there, so afterward I went for a short run with him and three other attorneys (including the boss)--strictly business, of course :) 

We ran a bit late, so it was a little stressful because I was supposed to pick Elliott up at her grandma's, but it was still a good run. From Mill Creek we ran up Big Water to Dog Lake, then over to Desolation Lake, then down Mill D to Big Cottonwood, where a car was waiting. Beautiful trails up there, and when was the last time I got to run 10 miles?

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Total Distance
2.20

Quick evening run.

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I was going to write and explain what led me to miss a a day, and on a weekend, no less. But it's been so long now that I don't feel like going into detail anymore. Let's just say that I woke up at 12:45 so I could drive to Vegas for a 9:00 job fair, and then I drove right back home. Then Catherine and I went to watch the BYU game at my sister's house (what an awful, awful game). By the time it was all done, I had been up for just shy of 24 hours straight. Understandably, I was too tired to run.

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