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Squaw Peak 50

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Location:

Eden,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 27, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's

50M : Squaw Peak '10 12:59:57
50K : Buffalo Trail  '10   5:50:24
26.2: Ogden           '08   3:30:39
25K : Buffalo Trail  '09   2:25:10
13.1: Phoenix         '09   1:34:55

Ultra Relay:
2008 WBR Swamp Donkey's 2nd Place 23:30 hrs
2009 WBR Swamp Donkey's 3rd Place 24:32 hrs

 

 Marathons   Completed
 Ogden 26.2

 5

 St. George 26.2

 3

 Mid Mountain 26.2 (Park City)

 1

 

 Ultras                   Completed
 Squaw Peak 50M

 1

 Buffalo 50K

 1

 Red Hot 55K

 1

El Vaquero Loco 50K  1

Short-Term Running Goals:

'More Fools. I am done speaking. Witness.'

       
 

Personal:

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Race: Squaw Peak 50 (51 Miles) 12:59:57, Place overall: 91, Place in age division: 76
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
51.000.0051.00

Squaw Peak 50!! I can't believe I just did that... That should be the motto. This was my first attempt at a 50 miler and boy was it a doozie.

A crew of us from Eden (Shane - who ended up taking 3rd overall, Booth also a first timer, Dave - he's run 5-6 of these and his son Cam) headed down Friday night to enjoy john's pre-race dinner and race instructions. We decided to just camp at Nunns park and were lucky enough to get a site by the river - that place was noisy. After a toss filled night headed up to Vivian around 4:30 and was running down the trail to Bridal Veil falls before I knew it.

I've been battleing knee/IT band issues since April so, I was just hoping the pain would stay at a managable level. I would say it was at about a 5 for the entire run except for the steep down hill going into AS 9. It flared up to7-8 there. Took some advil and tried to push the pace to get under 13 hrs.

A shout out to all the Aid stations - they were awesome and very helpful. I do have to give props to AS 4 the potato's with salt were awesome. I took an endurolyte about every 40 minutes and a GU about every 40 too. Only drank water. Although I did have a couple sips of coke.Again great Aid station's - they make this possible.

My only real goal was to Finish (with the leg issue), then get under 13. Probably the only mistake I made was starting in a long sleeve shirt with an under armour shirt underneath it. I heated up pretty quick. I had a new shirt and drop bag at aid station 4 - so I sweatfested it until there. Dropped the gloves, shirts and started off down to aid station 5. Fell in with a great group moving down this section ran the entire way - did run out of water about a mile before the AS though... ugh. It's pretty much a meat grinder from AS 5 to 9. about 19 miles. The pavement road up to AS 6 was a heat fest luckily John was in his truck passing out creamies - I happily took one. At 6 I meet up with three of my bro's Fritz, Gdoc, and hair dog. Gdoc was planning on pacing me into the finish the other two were going to run until they decided to turn around. Fritz went up to AS 7 and Hair dog to AS 8. It was great having them there. Very impressed with them and grateful for G sticking with me - he pushed me up that freaking climb although I think we both had our mouths open when we thought we had peaked out and then saw the climb on our left. I ran out of water on the climb and finished off G's too. I knew it would be close to breaking 13 so, once we passed the snow mud sections - we pushed it about as hard as I could. At AS 10 I saw my wife and kids which was a nice surprise, them along with the cold towels were perfect. Although everyone said it's all down hill from here... Let me tell you that final pavement section - those rollers were mentally killing me. I was glad G man was there to help keep me focused. Finally saw the river and pushed it to the finish. Awesome experience.   

Cascadia 5 Miles: 51.00
Comments
From Fritz on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 14:36:31 from 65.100.192.74

Nice work on your first 50 and getting your goal of under 13. It sounds like we have quite bit in common, i.e. first 50, knee issues, underestimated Windy Pass, plus you have a friend named Fritz. Hope to see you out there next time.

From mozzer on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 14:51:19 from 67.188.156.167

nice gutsy run bro! Wish I could o been there too. Next year eh? Yo are the trailblazer! That is no small feat my cookie lovin' friend!

From crockett on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 16:02:28 from 71.36.86.21

Congrats on a great first 50. Can't believe you picked SP50 for your first. Way to stick it out and drive it home in the heat.

From Bryce on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 17:14:49 from 174.52.190.220

You rocked it! Such a tough race for your first 50. Way to get through it despite the pain issues. I was good to see all the bro's out to give you support. Hope you are ready for more to come.

From gdoc on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 18:31:21 from 98.202.195.25

Absolute blast brother. Nice Finish after a tough day. Put the hammer down so to speak. Thanks for having me along.

From JulieC on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 19:49:51 from 207.224.202.191

Meeting your goal and with an injury has gotta feel good!! Hope you are not as mentally broken as I!! GOOD JOB!!

From Holt on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 20:54:46 from 75.169.90.161

Congrats on hitting your first 50!

From Ericka on Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 20:14:16 from 174.52.6.216

Shoot, I didn't realize you were doing this, I would have tried to get a pic for ya. That is so amazing especially being injured. Nice job!!!

From jun on Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 20:44:06 from 97.126.224.79

I just saw this report. Nice job man. Way to shoot for the stars making SP50 your first. That is an impressive report. Great job again. I hope you recover quick.

From Oreo on Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 21:48:24 from 174.27.215.243

Thanks everyone... It was a great experience. That thing was a beast, but way worth it.

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