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Location:

Provo,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K - 17:11 (Cougar Run)

10K - 34:35 (Deseret News)

15K - 57:33 (Utah Running Club)

1/2 - 1:22:26 (Mountain View Trail)

50K - 4:22:31 (Sapper Joe)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-2:45 at Saint George Marathon

Win the Antelope Island half marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to run the Angeles Crest 100 at some point. And I'd still like to go sub-4 at a trail 50k. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions.

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Personal:

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I was a competitive cyclist for years. In 2009, after racing in the Tour of Utah, I decided I had plateaued as a cyclist--I could continue to improve, but I wouldn't break through to a new level. So, I started looking for a new challenge.


I thought that challenge would be mountain biking, but I'm a terrible bike handler. I married Catherine in January 2010 and a couple of weeks later I entered the SLTC Winter Training Series with her. A couple of weeks after that I decided I'd like to run ultras, so I signed up for a couple of 50Ks to get started.

Those first races came and went, with varying results. I was looking forward to running more and possibly pushing into the longer distances, but I injured my knee in June 2010 and I've never been consistently healthy since.

I started law school in August 2010, which meant less time for training. In June 2011, Baby Elliott was born, which meant even less time for training. But she's worth it. 

Baby Nora joined us in October 2013, with the same effect on training as Elliott (who, incidentally, is no longer a baby). 

I (finally) finished school in April 2014 and now I'm an evil corporate lawyer in Salt Lake. I have no illusions that I'll ever get back into the shape that I once was, but I'm perfectly at peace with that. I still have many goals to accomplish and many years in which to do it. 
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Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Total Distance
12.40

AM: I'm sticking with the early run plan, even though most days I'd rather stay in bed. I feel like I can squeeze so much more into a day when my run is over by 6:00. Today I ran up Y Mountain for the first time in a couple of weeks. My legs were a little heavy as I started, but they had warmed up nicely by the time I reached the trailhead. Still, I was pretty slow up to the Y today--15:52, and that doesn't include the time I stopped the clock for an unscheduled nature break about halfway up. That's about a minute slower than my fastest time, and my fastest time didn't feel particularly fast. I guess I'd better do this more so my legs don't forget how to go up mountains.

The descent was painfully slow. It was still well before sunrise, so all I had to light the way was a little headlamp. The problem is that there are little irrigation gutters cut across the trail at irregular intervals all the way down, and the headlamp allows for very little depth perception, so the gutters are almost impossible to see. I picked my way down in 10:08, but it only takes a little more than seven minutes in the daylight.

By the time I hit the bottom I was afraid I wouldn't be home in time to see Catherine off, so I decided to finish with a tempo run. I averaged a 6:05 pace and finished the last 3.15 miles in 19:12, arriving home just in time to drive Catherine to the bus stop. Of course, the bus driver decided he wasn't actually going to stop at the stop, so I got to chase him down and make sure Catherine got on at the next stop. Very exciting.

1:11:50

 

PM: Four more easy miles at the Cardio Cinema. 2012 was on tonight. I didn't pay much much attention, and I don't think I missed much, either.

31:20

Brooks Launch Miles: 12.40
Weight: 162.80
Comments
From jun on Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:19:23 from 66.239.250.209

Cool run. We were looking down on you from Timp. It was super windy today, but not ridiculously cold.

From catherine on Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 15:33:46 from 216.49.181.128

I'm glad you took your headlamp. Thanks for driving me to the bus. :)

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