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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 27, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Region 9 Cross Country Champion 2004 (5K: 15:42)

400m: 00:54 (running start)

800m: 2:03 (7th place State Meet 2005)

1500m: 4:30 (2nd place Utah Summer Games 2004)

1600m: 4:31 (4th place State Meet 2005)

3000m: 9:55 (1st place Utah Summer Games 2004)

3200m: 9:52 (4th place State Meet 2005)

5K: 15:39 (2nd place Enterprise, UT Pioneer Days 2004

 

 

10K (very aided): 33:33.3 (8th place USG 2008)

15K:  53:04 (6th place Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run)

Half Marathon (very aided):  1:10:38 (5th place, Provo Halloween Half)

Marathon:  2:38:15 Top of Utah Marathon 2010 (6th Place Overall, 1st Local and 1st 19-24)

Won the 1st Annual Sand Hollow Marathon in 2:41:22

Ultramarathon:  Logan Peak Trail Race 2010:  28 miles, 7261 vert. 4:23:48 (2nd Place), El Vaquero Loco 50k 2011: 6:02 (2nd Place)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Go where the trail takes me.

 

Personal:

My hometown is Hurricane, UT but I currently live in Logan, UT where I attend Utah State University.  I am working on a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Technology and Engineering Education.

You can also check out my blogspot running blog where I post race reports.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Type A2 Racers Lifetime Miles: 219.40
Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Lifetime Miles: 527.90
Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Lifetime Miles: 250.40
Altra Lone Peak (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles: 94.60
New Balance MT110 (Black) Lifetime Miles: 75.00
Altra Superior (Green) Lifetime Miles: 103.30
Brooks Cascadia 8 (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 185.10
Trail 2013 Lifetime Miles: 140.15
Road 2013 Lifetime Miles: 121.35
Altra Lone Peak B (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles: 65.70
PI M2T (Orange/Blue/Grey) Lifetime Miles: 27.50
Trail Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles: 64.00
Road Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles: 31.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
79.400.0079.40
Brooks Cascadia 5 (Black) Miles: 10.70Trail 2012 Miles: 49.40Road 2012 Miles: 24.00Brooks Adrenaline 11 (Red) Miles: 12.30Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Miles: 13.00Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Miles: 43.40
Night Sleep Time: 32.00Nap Time: 6.00Total Sleep Time: 38.00Calories: 8301.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.700.0010.70

Ran in Hurricane from my parents' house to the Canal Trail then crossed State Street and connected over to the Red Cliffs Preserve and ran around the cinder knolls on the trail and back to my house.  Felt really good, although I did go slow because my calves were a tad tight after Saturday's race.  Good run.

1:18:10 (7:18/mi.)

Brooks Cascadia 5 (Black) Miles: 10.70Trail 2012 Miles: 6.00Road 2012 Miles: 5.70
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Calories: 1151.00
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12.300.0012.30

Bench Lake/SHM course loop.  Nothing special.  No watch

Brooks Adrenaline 11 (Red) Miles: 12.30Road 2012 Miles: 12.30
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Calories: 1200.00
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6.000.006.00

Tested out the new Launch today.  They feel great!  Thanks to SGRC.  Now I just need to take the Lone Peaks out for a spin.  Almost didn't run today, because of traveling/unpacking my life, but I had to test the new kicks.  No watch because apparently when you leave a Garmin on for 2 days the battery dies.

Road 2012 Miles: 6.00Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 6.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Calories: 600.00
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10.000.0010.00

The usual with Cody.  Felt pretty decent all told.

1:19:05 (7:55/mi.)

Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Miles: 10.00Trail 2012 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Calories: 1100.00
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7.000.007.00

Easy 7 around town.  Passed some high schoolers (I think) on the way.  No shirt.  Felt good.  No watch.

Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Calories: 750.00
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33.400.0033.40

Yes!  I get to post about our epic run before Cody!  Neener neener!  

 So, we have been planning this run for a long time, wanting to scout out the Pocatello 50 course, and we got our money's worth on this run. Joint RD Luke Nelson was gracious enough to join up and act as our tour guide.  We met him at about 7 AM after a brief period of being slightly lost because Cody had to pee so bad he couldn't think straight.  I guess we'll give him a pass.  We dropped Cody's car off at City Creek Trailhead (50k start) to act as an aid station at the halfway point, and Luke drove us to the 50M start at Mink Creek.  We started running around 7:30 AM.  Temperatures were a tad chilly but we warmed up quickly.  The weather was totally perfect for a run like this.  It would get warm later in the day, but not debilitatingly hot, at least for me.  We swapped stories of moose encounters with Luke and enjoyed ourselves.  Cody was enjoying having someone on the run who is more talkative than I am.  The run had a little of everything from perfect, buffed out single track, to bushwhacking climbs up the side of mountains, to rocky, rough, and crazy fast descents, to brutal climbs back up the mountain...it had it all.  I thoroughly enjoyed this run.  Cody spent most of the time trying to convince me in every way possible to switch from the 50k to the 50 miler, but we will see.  I will withhold judgement until after I don't feel like I got hit by a bus.  Actually, most of the run felt great.  The last 4 miles or so were pretty much a suffer-fest though.  I was definitely beginning to break down.  But the last couple of miles I decided that it wasn't going to hurt any more no matter how fast I ran, and if I ran faster it wouldn't last as long, so I bombed down the trail as fast as I could go.  Which probably wasn't all that fast, but I actually did start to feel better.  My fueling and hydration definitely need improvement, but in my defense I won't be rationing water on race day because there will be aid stations.  I was pretty toasted, but a nice soak in what I assume to be Mink Creek (dirty, has weird bugs) was awesome.  Luke drove us back to Cody's car (the aid station idea was really really good and totally worth the 3 extra miles) and gave us directions to a local Mexican eatery.  I was pretty deep in the post-run pain cave, and wasn't sure if I would be able to keep anything down, but a couple of tall glasses of Coke revived me to a large degree, and I was able to eat a couple of really good tacos and some beans and rice and tortilla chips.  So good.  I don't remember the name of the restaurant, but it was really good and cheap too!  Can't beat that.  The drive home was pretty comfortable and I found when I got home that I had my walking legs back.  Now to see how long it takes to recover.  A great run though.  Probably one of the most epic I have ever done, races included.  A big thanks to Luke for joining us and thanks to Cody for arranging everything and driving us out there.  Race day it will be my turn.

This was a really big week for me, but so far I feel pretty good!

5:30:00ish (~9:55/mi.)

Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Miles: 33.40Trail 2012 Miles: 33.40
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Calories: 3500.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
79.400.0079.40
Brooks Cascadia 5 (Black) Miles: 10.70Trail 2012 Miles: 49.40Road 2012 Miles: 24.00Brooks Adrenaline 11 (Red) Miles: 12.30Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Miles: 13.00Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Miles: 43.40
Night Sleep Time: 32.00Nap Time: 6.00Total Sleep Time: 38.00Calories: 8301.00
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