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Location:

Marriott Slaterville,UT,

Member Since:

Mar 08, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Let's see, Finally ran Boston 2004. Broke 100 miles for 24 hours in 2005.  Finished the Wasatch 100 three times now.  4th place in the Across the Years 24 hour race 2007/2008

PR's:

5K - 21:03 (a long time ago), around 23:00 currently

10K - 44:??

1/2 marathon - 1:36

Marathon 3:21

50K - 5:05

50 mile - 8:59

100K - 11:37

100 mile - 22:18

24 hour - 106.65 miles

72 hours - 167.77 miles

2006 Wasatch 100 34:23

2008 Wasatch 100 32:22

2009 Wasatch 100 33:57

2009 2nd place 50-54 age group Striders Winter Training Series

Short-Term Running Goals:

Direct a successful Antelope Island Buffalo run in March 2011, Mountain View Trail Half Marathon in October, and the Antelope Island 50K/100K in November. 

Tenative 2011 race and run schedule - Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon, Grandeur Peak fun run, Timp Trail Marathon, Pocatello 50 mile, Western States 100 mile, Vermont 100 mile, Leadville 100 mile, Wasatch 100 mile (yep, trying for the grand slam of ultrarunning), Striders Winter training series, Moab Red Hot 50K, Red Mountain 50K, Survivor Series 10K (Rockford, IL), Grand Canyon Double crossing, Zion traverse, Boise Half Ironman (my first tri).  Might Run the Ogden Valley 50 mile, the Pony Express 50 mile and maybe the Chimera 100 in November.  I'm a memeber of the Wasatch Speedgoat Mountain Racing Team (www.wasatchspeedgoat.com).  One of my major goals is to not embarass the team with poor finishes.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free and still be able to outrun kids half my age.  Stay fit enough to keep up with my grandson.

Personal:

52, married for 30 years to the same wonderful woman, 2 grown kids, 1 grandson.

That's my son and I in the picture at the 2007 Buffalo Run.  He's always a big help and a pretty cool kid.

I direct the Antelope Island Buffalo Run, the Mountain View Trail Half Marathon, and the Antelope Island 50K/100K, all on Antelope Island State Park.  The website is www.buffalorun.org

Come on out and run it, we have a good time.

I post some of my more interesting runs at my blog www.ultrajim.blogspot.com.  Check it out.

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Spent the entire day running from the Lamb's Canyon exit on I-80 to the Homestead resort in Midway. This is the last 47 miles of the Wasatch 100 course. We took one short cut when we realized that we wouldn't finish before dark. None of us had lights. Went with a couple of fellow Wasatch runners. Most runners will see this part of the course at night, so it was nice to see it during the day as I think it's the most scenic part. I had no issues with the altitude at all. I actually felt really good all day long. The only part that was a little difficult was the climb from Brighton ski area up to Sunset Pass (10,450'), the highest point reached during the race. The last 5 miles were the best part, all downhill and my legs felt great, I pushed really hard on this part. We all had big sloppy hamburgers, fries, and milkshakes when we finished, good stuff. What a gorgeous day in the mountains.

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Took a friend of mine from Illinois out to Antelope Island for a short run.  Bugs weren't bad at all.  I think most of them have died off now.  That or the heat gets to them.  Anyway, had a nice run.

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Went an easy 5 at lunch.  Legs were a little tired, but that got better as the run went on. 

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Did the run to work and use the train thing this morning.  About half way to the station I realized that I had forgotten my water bottle, so this afternoon I'll have to call my wife and have her meet me at the station in Ogden.  6.5  miles in the afternoon heat is a little much without any water.

The run this morning wasn't too bad.  The legs felt a little heavy, but at the same time I felt light on my feet, go figure.  I should be tapering since i have a 100k race a week from Saturday, but I'm not going to taper much this week.  The Wasatch 100 is still my major race for the summer and this 100k coming up is just another long training run for me.  I'd still like to do well especially since last year my race there really sucked.  I'm actually looking forward to Wasatch.  I think my training to date should help me do fairly well there.

Only ran to the train station in teh afternoon.  I forgot a water bottle and 6.5 miles without any water didn't appeal to me.  I made the 2 miles to the station a tempo run instead.  Around a 7:00-7:30 pace.

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The dreaded interval day.  Did 2 x .4, 2 x .5, and 2 x .6 on the roads around work.  Didn't time anything, just ran as hard as I could.  I know speed work works, but I really dislike doing it.

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Had a noon meeting at work so I didn't get to run at lunch.  Instead I ran after work, but wasn't into it at all.  Quit after about 3.5 and went to see Striders new store in Layton.  Pretty nice and a whole lot more room.

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did the run to work/train thing this morning.  Just an average run, nothing special.

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Did an easy run thsi morning on one of my favorite trails.  Went from 22nd street south and back.  No mountain bikers out, hooray!  Must ahve been too early.

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Did a few miles while in Las Vegas for a conference.  Very warm at 6am, already in the 80's.

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Race: Where's Waldo 100k (62.5 Miles) 00:14:08, Place overall: 39, Place in age division: 4
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Well, I ran Where's Waldo 100k (http://www.wpsp.org/ww100k/) for the 3rd time.  The first year I ran it I had a great time, ran a good race and came in 17th overall.  Last year my race really sucked, 57th place and it was not a good day, too cold for me.  This year was different.  I had a goal of beating my previous best time of 14:29.  I felt pretty good and the weather was to my liking, nice and warm.   As the day got warmer, I seemed to feel better.  I was actually having a great time out there.  I spent as little time in each aid station as possible while looking at all the poor souls sitting because of the heat.  Glad I run daily in the Utah heat.

The competition has been much stiffer in the last couple of years since the race serves as the USATF 100K Trail National Championship.  There’s some pretty good prize money on the line ($1000 overall, $500 masters) so some very good ultrarunners show up.

I compared my splits this year with last and found it really interesting that my splits thru the half way point were within 1-2 minutes of last year.  I certainly didn't plan that.   Here’s a short description of each section:

Start to Gold Lake – A one mile climb (1000’) up a haul road at the Willamette Pass ski area followed by a long primarily downhill run on some really nice single track trail to the Gold Lake campground.

Gold Lake to Fuji Mtn.  Uphill the entire way, some pretty steep sections.

Fuji Mtn to Fuji Mtn – a 1.25 mile climb to the summit of Fuji Mtn (7100'), enjoy the view for a minute and a blazing fast downhill back to the aid station.  Lots of fun and stunning views of the central Oregon forests.

Fuji Mtn. to Mt. Ray – Meandering trail, primarily downhill thru fairly open forest.

Mt. Ray to Twins – Mostly uphill, but very runnable as the grade is not as steep as other sections of the course.

Twins to Charlton Lake – Lots of fun, one of my favorite sections.  Mostly downhill and an aid station right next to a very pretty lake.

Charlton Lake to Road 4290 – Very open as the trees are much smaller thru here.  Can be tough since the day is now getting pretty warm.

Road 4290 to Twins – Not my favorite section.  This is where the wheels came off last year.  You end up crossing over a 7000’ pass before dropping back into the Twins aid station for the second time.  There were actually snowbanks still on the ground along here.

Twins to Maiden Peak – Starts out going down but ends up going uphill as you begin the grinding climb up Maiden Peak.

Maiden Peak to Maiden Lake – 3.2 miles uphill (2000’) climb to the summit of Maiden Peak (7816’).  Once again, gorgeous views.  This is probably the toughest section for most everyone.  I did really well on this section this year.  The last mile or so is very steep as is the first mile coming down the other side.  Lots of loose volcanic rock.

Maiden Lake to the finish – 7.5 miles of gradual downhill very nice trail.  Some of it on the Pacific Crest trail.  You go past three very pretty lakes.  I pushed really hard thru this section trying to go under 14 hours.  I actually had to back off the pace just a bit when my stomach started to protest.  That last ¼ mile to the finish was sweet.  They announce your name and the RD is there to greet you, everyone cheering.

Here are my splits for each section.  2006 had a slightly different course and a couple of sections can’t really be compared.

 

Aid station

Total Miles

2006

2007

2008

Gold Lake (7.4 miles)

7.4

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1:23

1:24

Fuji Up (5.0 miles)

12.4

1:09

1:07

1:08

Fuji Down (2.5 miles)

14.9

0:32

0:37

0:36

Mt. Ray (5.6 miles)

20.5

1:02

1:06

1:04

Twins 1 (6.6 miles)

27.1

1:23

1:30

1:35

Charlton Lake (4.9 miles)

32.0

0:56

1:08

1:01

Road 4290 (5.2 miles)

37.2

1:01

1:14

1:08

Twins 2 (7.5 miles)

44.7

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2:07

1:02

Maiden Peak (5.2 miles)

49.9

1:04

1:31

1:10

Maiden Lake (5.1 miles)

55.0

1:44

1:56

1:33

Finish (7.5 miles)

62.5

1:35

2:08

1:23

Total time

 

14:29

15:47

14:08

 

After the half way point this year, my pace really picked up from last year.  Better training I think.  Anyway, the second half was almost as fast as the first half (6:48 and 7:20).  I had too much fun catching a bunch of people on the big climb up Maiden Peak (3.2 miles, 2000').  My second half split probably would have been as fast as the first half if that climb up Maiden Peak wasn't there.

Anyway, my time ended up being 14:08, over 1.5 hours faster than last year and over 20 minutes faster than the year before that.  Good enough for 39th place and 4th in my age group.  Best of all, I had a great time the entire race.

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Ran one of my favorite trails this afternoon.  Went from 22nd street south and back.  Took it easy to see how the legs were after last week's race.  No soreness at all, just a little tired is all.

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Did the run-into-work thing this morning.  Kind of slow, but that's ok.  Based on how I feel, I'm rethinking a 20 miler this weekend, moybe only going 15 or so.  We'll see how I do after tomorrow's run.  Don't want to wear myself out before Wasatch.

The run home was fine.  Slow, but good.  I think I'm going to skip the run tomorrow morning and rest.

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I decided not to run into work this morning, but did run at lunch.  My pace certainly wasn't marathon pace but the percieved effort was.  And as we all know, perception is reality!  It was a good run though.  Felt good after, tired as well.

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Went from Fernwood picnic area to the top of chinscraper summit, then back down a trail I've not been on before.  Saw several other Wasatch 100 runners out plus a mountain biker up on top.  I've never seen a bike up that high on that trail before.  I was impressed.  The run went well.  I can remember the first time I went up that route and how hard it was due to the steepness and the elevation.  It was still a hard climb, but not nearly as bad as it used to be.  Maybe I'm finally getting into some decent shape.

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Went for an easy 5 at lunch.  got a little warm when I was running with the breeze.  Felt kind of good to get out in the warmth.

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Did the run home/train thing today.  My wife dropped me off at work in the morning and I was left to my own devices about how to get home.

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Went for an easy run from 22nd street south.

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Went on a hike up the trail from Brighton to point supreme with a friend.  Kind of windy and cool on top, but overall not bad.  Had planned on doing alittle running, but decided not to.  I did want to get some last minute time at altitude before this Saturday's Wasatch 100.  BTW, if anyone wants to follow it, go to www.wasatch100.com.  They do have updates as the race progresses.  I'm not sure what my race number is though.

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