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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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Wed, Oct 06, 2010
Total Distance
11.10

Catherine gets back tomorrow, which means her trip is really almost over. Awesome.

While she's been gone, I've spent most of my time in the law library, but I've also put in some good miles on the trails. I decided to try something new today, and after browsing the trails on utahmountainbiking.com, I settled on Little Baldy. Basically, I was supposed to run to a ridge, then double back, then take a side trail that would loop back to the car. As I neared what should have been the top I came to a fork and decided to follow the better-travelled branch. That must have been the wrong choice, because I was supposed to come to the ridge at 5.1 miles, but by 5.6 it was nowhere in sight. So, I doubled back, because it was starting to rain and I had no idea where the trail I was on would take me (although I'd like to go back and find out sometime). It began raining hard on the descent, so I skipped the loop and simply retraced my steps back to the car.

It looks like I've put in 37 miles and more than 9,000 feet of vertical over the last three days, which should be exactly what I needed to run a fast 5K on Saturday. Or not. At least I had a good time.

1:35:51

New Balance MT100 Miles: 11.10
Weight: 162.00
Comments
From jun on Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 19:23:27 from 97.126.232.37

Sounds awesome. I would take your last three days any time.

From catherine on Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 21:36:08 from 75.173.199.128

Yes...if only you didn't have classes and your wife was gone every week. :P

From Aaron Kennard on Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 10:18:09 from 24.8.144.22

aww c'mon, you've got plenty of time to convert all that mileage and climbing into some serious 5K speed...this is your week, I want to see some serious sub 17 action. Your 5K PR is slower than mine so I know that has to be extremely soft for you...must have been like your first week running or something.

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