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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
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Guide Orange Miles: 64.90
Night Sleep Time: 41.00Nap Time: 3.50Total Sleep Time: 44.50Calories: 0.00
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Hyde Park loop easy today.  Legs were a little sluggish but felt better as the run went on.  Nothing real special today, just got the miles in.  

Guide Orange Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.50Total Sleep Time: 6.50Calories: 0.00
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Went to class then sat in the car for 6 hours straight with no break traveling back home.  Got home, ate dinner and went on a 9 mile hard run.  Felt kinda crappy because of the long car ride but got it done okay.

Guide Orange Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Calories: 0.00
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11 miles in the rain and wind today.  Still got a very good run in in spite of the weather.  Felt great!  This low altitude is wonderful and I feel like I can run forever.  Averaged 6:11 pace today.  Found my watch that I left here when I was down for SGM.  Great run today, even though I have been tempted the last couple of days to forego the running.

Guide Orange Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Calories: 0.00
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AM:  Ran 8 easy with Matt from Brigham City who is also down here in Hurricane for Thanksgiving.  West Cinder Knoll loop plus an extension around Airport Road and Dairy road to make 8.  Felt good and relaxed.  Probably run a couple more this evening to burn off some of those extra calories...like I need to, haha.

Guide Orange Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Calories: 0.00
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11.500.0011.50

AM:  Bench Lake Loop with an extension through Angel Heights with Matt.  Nice morning and nice temperatures.  7 min. avg mile.

 PM:  While hiking Observation Point in ZNP a friend and I decided to run the last little bit so that we could make it to the top before we had to turn back due to nightfall...the other people in our group were very slow so we ran up ahead for awhile.  Still decided to turn around before the top but we got a good view anyway and made it back just as it got dark.

Guide Orange Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Calories: 0.00
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Well, it's been an interesting morning.  I was supposed to go running with Holt, Logan, and some of the other St. George guys this morning so I got up on time and drove to what I believed to be the designated meeting spot here in Hurricane...the Canal Trail trailhead.  Problem was, there are 2 trails that are sometimes called the Canal Trail.  I picked the wrong one.  The right one was one that I usually refer to as the "Rim Trail."  I was wondering what Holt was talking about when he said something about two towers.  By the time I remembered that there were two radio towers near the start of the Rim Trail and that that was probably where they were it was already 8:00...half an hour after I thought they would be there.  So I drove like a bat out of hell up to there and discovered that they had already left.  I figured they had a 3+ mile lead on me so I booked it up the trail as fast as I could go and cut off all the switchbacks, hurdling brush, yucca, and cactus as I went and praying that I wouldn't break my ankle or neck.  Got back on the trail and was able to find some footprints and determine that I was indeed on the right trail and very behind.  I knew because last time Logan ran with us I noticed that he had the same shoes as I do, and I also know that Holt usually runs in Asics.  Anyway, so I spent the next 7 or 8 miles trying to make up the distance and hope that I would catch them at some point, and also using my tracking "skills" to try and determine which turnoffs they took.  I must have got lucky because about 9.5 miles out I ran into a couple of bikers who said that they were a half mile ahead.  Turns out they sucked at judging distance because at several places I could see at least that far ahead and didn't see a soul out there.  So I kept going on the Jem Trail, crossed the Sheep's Bridge road, and continued.  Long story short, I never caught them a little after crossing the road I decided that they probably had a car waiting at the other end, would get there long before me and leave me stranded and too tired to run back out in the middle of the boondocks.  So I determined to cut my losses, get back to Sheeps Bridge road, run to the highway and back down the highway on a very narrow shoulder in 60 mph traffic back to the trailhead.  I almost died about 4 times, got tons of burrs in my socks, scratched my legs up a bunch and made it back in one piece.  So that is my adventure.  Sorry guys...I hope you had fun on your run!  I did.  Oh, and I just noticed Logan's comment on my blog about meeting at Maverick...that would have probably worked...haha.  I'll be back down in 2 weeks for Christmas break so we'll have to try again then...and I'll try to get to the right place.  

Guide Orange Miles: 14.90
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Guide Orange Miles: 64.90
Night Sleep Time: 41.00Nap Time: 3.50Total Sleep Time: 44.50Calories: 0.00
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