Chris "Krash Man" Pope

Heber Valley Century "BIKE"

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Location:

West Valley City,Ut,

Member Since:

Dec 08, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

50 Miles:13:09, 10:30 (2013) paced end half of a 100 miler

50K: 4:27 (2006), 4:23 (2007)

Marathon: 3:08 (2003), 2:56 (2004), 3:03 (2005), 2:57 (2006), 2:58 (2007), 3:02 (2012), 2:59 (2013).

1/2 Marathon: 1:23 (2002), 1:26 (2003), 1:20 (2004), 1:23 (2011), 1:22.35 (2013), 1:20.54 (2013).

5K: 18:09 (2007), 18:10 (2013).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Recover from injury----Patella tendenitis

Running strong and I am back to where I was pre injury.

Still biking some

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to run a 2:50 marathon.

Run an other 50 miler.

Run a 4 hour 50k.

I would love to do some more trail running and get off the road.

I have paced twice for the Wasatch 100. Some day I will run it.

~~Bike a 100 miler~~ Heber Valley Century 9/27/08

Bike a Century in 6 hours

-Tour De Cure June 2009 5:48

-Cache Valley Aug 2009 5:33

-Heber Valley Sept 2009 6:20 hard ride.

-Salt Lake Century May 2010 5:15*

-Tour De Park City July 2010 5:15 PR

-Cashe Valley Aug 2010 5:23

-Heber Valley Sept 2010 5:52 102 miles hilly

Personal:

Married to Laurie with three kids Natalie (9), Loren (7), and Terence (15m)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 769 Lifetime Miles:						190.72
Adidas Formation Lifetime Miles:						42.40

Sat, Sep 27, 2008

Race: Heber Valley Century "BIKE" (100 Miles) 00:07:00

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Got up at 5:30 and it was a chili morning. Loaded up my gear and the bikes. Brandon (good friend) got to my place at about 6:00 and we where on our way to Heber. The race started at a park about 100 s and 1000 w. This park is the last major exchange for the WB Relay. We wanted to get an early start but that didn't happen. The race started at 8:00am. The first 9 miles was very easy and slightly down hill. Then we had this big climb up to soldier hollow. This was my first awakening that the day was not going to be all fun and games. On the way down Brandon was going a little fast and couldn’t brake fast enough and ended up in a ditch with a bent front will. It wasn’t bent just a little, he broke the main frame of the rim. We hitch a ride with support back to the start and headed to the only bike store in town.

The bike store was not help. The rims they had were either the wrong one or way too much money for Brandon’s’ budget. So I did the rest of the ride with out him. Boy does that suck to Krash in the first 10 miles of a century. At least I didn’t krash too.

I left the start to try and ketch up with some of the other riders. I took main st. out of Heber north until I met up with the course. It was now 10:30 ish and I didn’t want to be out on my bike all day. In the end I only cut off about 4 miles. Once I met make up with the course the next 2-3 miles were all up hill and it hurt. The course went through Frances, Kamus, Okley, Wanship, and almost to Coalville. On the way back the route went some different way and I was happy for that because some of the hills I came down doing 35-40 mph I didn’t have to go back up. At about mile 94 I hit the top of that killer hill I had to climb up. Max speed down that hill was 44.9 mph. I feared for my life just abit when my bike started to shake as I increased my speed down the hill.

I finished around 4:30 but actually out on the road for about 7 hours. I had a blast and the view was relaxing. Biking has helped me relieve my need to run and has been a great cross trainer. I think I will keep it up and do another century next year. If any one wants to join me let me know.

For race route and elevation see: http://web.bike2bike.biz/Rides/HeberValleyCenturySept272008/tabid/111/Default.aspx

Comments

From Tracy1 on Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 22:25:26

You do love the uphill climb!! So it was awesome, huh???? Good job!

From krash man on Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 23:53:04

It was Awesome. I have added more to my entry and it should fill you in more. Now its time to recover and get ready to run Portland marathon.

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