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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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Thu, Jun 17, 2010
Total Distance
14.50

Early run on the BST, from Dry Whatever all the way down to Ensign Peak. The climbs are actually starting to feel pretty mellow, which tells me my trips up Black Mountain are paying off. I had to get to work after, so I cut the return on the road short, coming straight down Capitol Hill instead of running down Bonneville Boulevard and out through Memory Grove. Still, it's a fairly long run, especially for a weekday morning, and it serves up some decent vertical. 

1:58:54

Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 14.50
Weight: 166.00
Comments
From Scott Wesemann on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:53:18 from 66.239.250.209

That sounds like a great run. I will have to try it sometime. Nice work.

From Faceless Ghost on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:33:21 from 173.8.90.229

Scott--It's a great route, and I've run it several times. I think it would be even better if I took Jun's recommendation and picked up the BST by the Hogle Zoo. Of course, that would be a bit too much for a weekday :)

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 14:45:11 from 66.239.250.209

Yeah I agree that would be a really fun run. Do you know what the mileage would be on that?

From Faceless Ghost on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 16:16:13 from 173.8.90.229

The trail portions of this run is 9.5 miles, from the Dry Gulch trailhead to the little park at the bottom of Ensign Peak (assuming you take the small detour to the summit of Ensign Peak). I think Jun said it's about 5 miles from the zoo to Dry Gulch, so you'd be looking at nearly 15 miles of trail, plus any road miles to and from.

From Jon on Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 00:46:39 from 75.169.143.118

15 miles of super hilly trail- yup, better set aside a good chunk of time for that...

From Scott Wesemann on Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 01:04:01 from 75.165.252.204

I have run most of it already, but not all at once. Probably a good Saturday morning run.

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