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Buffalo Run 50K

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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's: 50 Mile 13:07 (Pony Express 2010), 50K 8:35 (Buffalo Run 2008), 25K 4:02 (Buffalo Run 2006), Marathon 5:09:12 (St George 2008), Half Marathon 2:28 (Provo 2008), 10K 1:17, 5K 27:54

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

After 1/9/2010 - I am taking a year off from marathon length distances and focusing on building up my base speed on half marathons and shorter distances.

2010 Speed Goals:

  • Build up my base speed on training runs to 10 MM miles or better
  • Half Marathon - break 2:05 (9.5 MM avg)
  • 10K Goal 1 - break 1:00 (9.67 MM avg)
  • 10K Goal 2 - break 55 minutes (8.87 MM avg)
  • 5K Goal 1 - break 26.35 minutes
  • 5K Goal 2 - break 25 minutes

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long Term Goals:

  • Complete a 100 Mile race
  • Complete a 100 K race
  • Break 12 hours in a 50 mile race
  • Run all portions of the Wasatch 100 course
  • Break 5 hours in a marathon
  • Break 4.5 hours in a marathon
  • Qualify for and run Boston

Personal:

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Race: Buffalo Run 50K (32 Miles) 09:39:11
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I ran this race a day early on my own in order to help run an aid station on Saturday during the actual race.  Started a while after the 100 mile runners and also after the one other 50K runner doing it a day early.

I forgot half my gear in the car - but lived without it.

Going in I knew this was going to be a sufferfest because I lost so much training in February during my four weeks of being sick. I called it my couch to 50K in three weeks program.

I kept telling myself it will be good training for the 48 hours Across the Years race in December.  My predictions were 9 hours if it was a good day and 10 hours if it was a bad.  I fell within my predictions at 9 hours 39 minutes so feel like it was a decent day.  I finished, I learned things, and I had a new great niece born during the race - so call it good.

Wind was brutal off and on all day.  That may have slowed me down some. I never felt like it gave me an advantage.  However, I really preferred the wind to the heat that the runners experienced on Saturday.

Ran the entire race in short sleeve shirt, shorts, compression socks, Altra Lone Peaks (bought them two weeks ago) and a cap that I alternated the brim according to the wind.  Picked up a jacket for the second round because I knew night would fall, but never needed it.

Round 1:  My goal was to walk the uphills, run the downhills and alternate run 100/walk 50 on the flats and gentle uphills.  I accomplished that with no problems.  Saw Karl Meltzer bombing down past Lone Tree on  his way to setting up a good lead in the 100 Mile race.  There was a buffalo approaching me at mile 3 as I crested the hill, but he let me pass without any problems. Each time I went over the ridge I turned on my cell phone to text out updates to my sister, daughter and son.  Coming back over the ridge on the end of the loop I found out my niece was in labor - so something exciting to track.

Round 2: As I loaded up my pack for the second round (I had dropped a bag at the fence since there wouldn't be an aid station there), I really wanted to quit and had to talk myself out of it.  I was bonking majorly and kept telling myself that I could walk the entire thing and still finish before midnight. Put a jacket around my waist, grabbed my new headlamp and my handheld flashlight (green - following in Davy Crockett's footsteps) and headed out. 

Ran into another buffalo about 2 miles up near a fence line. He was laying next to the trail and I went up and around him.  Shook my head at the stupid teenagers behind me yelling at him to try and get him to move.  I'd rather move around a buffalo than irritate it. Called my sister while going over the ridge and it looked like a C-section might be coming up because the baby's heart rate was dropping.

Miles 16-24 were brutal.  I had no energy and would have to force myself to run.  After mile 24 things got better and I could run for longer periods of time.  Karl passed me at mile 29 on the ridge, but I was going slow and hearing about my new great niece, Samantha.  Healthy little baby - but with the expected issues of a cleft lip and cleft palate that will be dealt with as she grows.

Finished the race at 10:08 p.m. Recovered and slept in my jeep because it was too windy to set up my tent.  Zipper broke on the sleeping bag and I couldn't stretch out, so it was a miserable, sleepless night.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RAD on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 13:33:00 from 98.202.23.178

I'm still just SO proud of you! What an awesome race, plus having a baby born while running probably really helped to get your mind off the craziness. You seriously are one tough woman. I'm not sure I could handle two loops of that course. I was done by the 2nd pass of the aid station!! Nice work and then turning around and helping all of us the next day. It was great to see you, and you looked really good. I wouldn't have guessed you'd been finished with a 50K and had a bad night!

From Lulu Walls on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 13:36:16 from 166.70.240.95

Wow! That is awesome that you ran the course on your own and then volunteered. You are pretty much amazing!!!

From Smooth on Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 18:55:27 from 174.27.212.157

Maurine ~ I read your report two weeks ago but in too much pain myself to comment!

First of all I want to thank you for taking care of us at the aid station on Sat. I seriously was/am in awe of your tenacity, toughness, and awesome volunteerism! :)

Secondly, HUGE CONGRATZ on running a 50K on your own unaided and successfully with your couch to 50K program! How many people can run a tough 50K no less in such a short period since being sick! That course kicked my trash and I only ran it one round! NO WAY would I want to go round 2 especially late in the day!

Lastly, CONGRATZ on the safe arrival of baby Samantha! Hope mother and baby are doing well. You mentioned she has cleft lip and palate, is she otherwise healthy?

Again, you are AWESOME!!! :)

From Maurine/Miles on Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 20:18:56 from 97.117.76.6

Thank you, Smooth. That is so nice of you. I was glad to volunteer - but will admit that I was extremely miserable most of the day.

I have not run any other 50K's - but I think this one is a killer because of the double loop. I hate the start and the idea of doing it twice isn't too fun.

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