Cursed Realm of the Faceless Ghost

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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:

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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Aug 28, 2010

Total Distance

13.50

I was at the TOU half marathon with Catherine this morning, so I got out for my planned long run around noon. I felt awful immediately, so I cut it to five miles and decided to try again in the evening.

When I went out again, I decided to run up to the top of the Y for the first time. A friend had told me that the trail wasn't steep enough to be good training for mountain running, but I'm not sure if I agree. The technical aspect and the altitude aren't there, but the trail climbs 1,100 feet in less than 1.1 miles, which qualifies as brutally steep in my book. I'm sure I'll be running up to the Y quite a bit over the next year.

Interestingly, I got whistles and catcalls three times on my evening run, and I've gotten the same at least as many times throughout the week here in Provo. You'd think that just means all the women down here appreciate my sexy legs, but only guys have been whistling. For reference, I didn't get whistled at once during the entire time we lived in the Avenues. Make of that what you will.

"Dude, remember the time we yelled at that runner?"

"Ya man, his shorts were like, way short."

"I know, and you like, totally told him so."

"Dude, that was freaking AWESOME!"

[High fives all around.]

Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 8.50	Brooks Launch Miles: 5.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Aaron Kennard on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 00:51:56 from 24.8.144.22

the Y was one of my favorite runs back in 2002 when I was over there. I never knew the elevation gain, so its interesting to hear what it is, I was wondering that recently actually. That is pretty steep, but definitely runnable. I remember the first time I was able to maintain a run the entire way, and it about killed me off. the only way I was able to pull it off was by running ALL the way to the end of the flat part REALLY slowly on every switch back to recover before the next ascent. I wonder what it would feel like nowadays.

From jun on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:24:24 from 66.239.250.209

Nice. Only in the UC will you get cat calls from guys.

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