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Location:

Cedar HIlls,UT,

Member Since:

Aug 16, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

800: 2:13.7

1600: 5:02.5

3200: 11:08.7

5k: 18:57

There wasn't a choice for Olympic Gold in the goal section so that's why I put "other"

Short-Term Running Goals:

I've always wanted to get into triathlons

Long-Term Running Goals:

Lot's of sprints and olympic tri's, some half ironman and eventually do a full! -Boston Marathon

Personal:

Lone Peak High graduate. Massachusetts Boston mission August 2016-2018

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Kinvara 4 (orange & Gray) Lifetime Miles:						770.48
Saucony Kinvara 4 Blue Lifetime Miles:						620.10
Barefoot Lifetime Miles:						62.25
Nike Waffle XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						71.85
Bike Lifetime Miles:						418.30
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles:						333.81
Brooks Pure Connect 4 Lifetime Miles:						514.37
Snowshoes Lifetime Miles:						27.00
Saucony Lancer Lifetime Miles:						285.26

Wed, Feb 18, 2015

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.70	0.00	10.70

Definetily a run to remember. I went up into the foothills till i got to spencer's trail(my trail), did that till it deadended on a cliff, turned around and then decided to keep going up. and up. and up. I came to this one point right before a really steep part of the trail, and stopped to take a breather. Then, I felt that something(not someone), very powerful was watching me. A voice in my head(i'll try not to get religious but i am 110% sure it was the Holy Ghost), yelled, "RUN"! So I booked it down the trail for a few minutes, then looked up the mountain. I saw 3 COUGARS up close to where I was. After that I got freaked out so i just kept going down. Ran into Josh Barton a priest in my ward, at a point almost at the bottom. I feel like it I hadn't listened to the voice in my head i wouldn't have come down the mountain.

Comments

From Zack Ericksen on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 17:51:15 from 76.23.23.51

Nice run. I ran up the mountain once and felt that same thing. I saw something come down from some rock things and I freaked out and sprinted down the mountain. It had taken me like 15 minutes to get up to where I was and I got down in under 5.

From Tanner Nelson on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 17:54:37 from 98.202.168.94

I believe that cougars are mythical creatures. Never seen one once in all my days of backcountry adventuring.

From Jon Holverson on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 18:05:22 from 24.2.108.203

Dang, that must have been scary! Keep listening to the Holy Ghost.

From Spencer Smith on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 18:39:04 from 174.52.167.138

i'm not exactly sure that they were cougars, but it was some kind of bog cat. I know cougars live in the area, not sure on the others.

Tanner, I've never seen a whale, but I still believe in them.

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