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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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4.200.000.000.004.20

Just ran a few around the 22nd street trailhead.  First time since the race.

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Went up to Wheeler creek.  Ran up to Art Nord, over to icebox and back down.  Felt pretty good and pushed it.  Got rained on.

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21.400.000.000.0021.40

North Ogden divide up to Ben Lomond, then over to Ispiration point.  Saw mountain goats and met a guy who has mapped all of the old mines on Ben Lomond and Willard Peak.  Very interesting.  Managed to PR the trip up to Ben Lomond.  1:59:09.  Almost 5000' of vertical gain.

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4.900.000.000.004.90

Up Wheeler canyon to Art Nord, over to Ice Box canyon adn back down.  Kinda slow today.

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5.900.000.000.005.90

Ran from 22nd street trailhead over to Strong's canyon, down to the lower trail and back to the trailhead.

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7.700.000.000.007.70

did a little trail running locally. 

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Did a little running in the Mission Trails Regional Park near San Diego.  Was down there on business.  Kinda cool place to run.  Wish i would have had more time to do some exploring.

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Race: Where's Waldo 100K (62.5 Miles) 13:44:45, Place overall: 41, Place in age division: 6
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0.0062.500.000.0062.50

I went into this year’s Where’s Waldo 100K with what I hoped was some good training.  This is the 5th year I’ve run this race and I’ve had some good runs there and some horrible runs there.  Like any ultra event, so much depends on the day, weather, mood, etc. and less on training than shorter races (at least I think so).  Don’t get me wrong, training is good and more training is more gooder.

So three weeks ago I DNF’d at the Swancrest 100.  Nonetheless, 68 mountain miles has to be a good workout for a 100K.  I didn’t do a whole lot of running in between Swancrest and Where’s Waldo.  A little bit during the week, one 21+ mile run up past Ben Lomond a couple weeks ago and that was about it.  So I came to Oregon pretty well rested.

I think this is the 9th year for Where’s Waldo and I’ve run five of them now.  I don’t know if anyone else has run that many, but I’m definitely a veteran here.

Course description-99% single track, 1% dirt road, no pavement except to cross a couple roads, just awesome, sweet single track through the forest.  Trail running nirvana.  Two peak climbs, one to the top of Fuji Peak early in the race and the other to the top of Maiden Peak late in the race.  Both provide spectacular views from the tops that make the entire run worth every minute.  The elevation isn’t too bad.  The peaks top out at 7500’+ with all of the race between 5000’-7000’.  Easy enough for me since I train that high, but people coming from sea level do struggle a bit.  Most of the trail is very runnable, just the three climbs that really force you into a walk.

So at 5am the race starts.  The first mile is one of the walking climbs.  Up a service road at the ski area for roughly a mile.  Not a climb I really like, but oh well.  I start out in my usual location, mid pack and go.  I forgot my headlamp but I knew that I’d be able to leach off other runner’s lights, so no big deal.  By the time we hit the trail it was light enough to see and start running.  The next several miles to the Gold Lake aid are primarily downhill so the running is sweet.  The crowd thins out a little and you can get a good run going.

So I hit Gold Lake at the same time I do every year, 1:22 into the race.  After Gold Lake we cross a road and begin the climb up to the Fuji Peak aid.  Much of this is runnable but there are some fairly steep parts as well.  I get into Fuji the first time at the same time I do every year, about 2:30 in.  I pretty much blew through this aid station knowing that I’d see them again in 2.5 miles after the climb up to the top of Fuji.  Felt good going up Fuji and spent a minute or two enjoying the view from the top.  I’d love to spend more time, but there’s a race to run, back down I go.  Got back into the Fuji aid, once again, at the same time I do every year.  I need to push harder early on in this race.  Spent less than two minutes here and headed out for Mt. Ray.  This section is primarily downhill, but there are some parts that are pretty rolling.  Got into Mt. Ray, you guessed it, the same time I usually do every year.  Still feeling very good.

I knew the stretch to Twins 1 was mostly uphill, but I figured I could run most of it.  About a mile or so after I left Mt. Ray, I hooked up with four other runners, and with me leading the pack we pushed pretty hard into Twins.  I offered to let someone else lead, but they were all good with me heading things up.  I was too because it kept me pushing the pace.  I got into Twins 1 a full 10 minutes faster than I ever have and I feel great.  I was in and out and dropped the rest of the pack heading for the halfway point at Charlton Lake.  I was kind of hoping for under 6.5 hours to the halfway and almost made it.  I hit Charlton at 6:38 in the race.  Once again, fastest pace ever for this section.  Dang, I’m on a roll today.  As long as I feel good, I’m keeping this up.  So, in and out of Charlton heading for road 4290.  Not my favorite section of the race, but it’s not too bad.  The way I felt through this section made me think that maybe I was slowing down, but when I looked at my splits, this was also my fastest time through here.  The section between 4290 and Twins 2 is my least favorite section.  You’re 37 miles in, it’s 7.5 to Twins, most of it uphill, during the heat of the day.  Ugh!  I was still feeling really good so I set a goal of getting to Twins at a 16 minute pace.  Usually I’m at about a 16:30 pace.  I rocked this section.  Averaged 15:20 and pulled into Twins 2 a full 10 minutes faster than I ever have.  I knew the next section to Maiden Peak aid was primarily downhill and I resolved to run absolutely as much of it as I could.  I was still feeling really good.  A little tired, but not sore, no stomach or hydration issues.  I rocked this section as well.  Averaging a full minute and a half faster pace than I ever have, I pulled into Maiden Peak almost 30 minutes ahead of my fastest time.

I was kind of looking forward to the climb of Maiden Peak.  2.5 miles with 2000’ gain and it gets steeper the higher you go.  Made it to the top without too much problem,then back down to the Maiden Lake aid station.  Time here wasn’t my fastest, but not too far off.  Left Maiden Lake after just a couple minutes feeling good and ready to rock the alst section.  Short uphill section, then 7+ miles of sweet downhill, my favorite section of the course.  Managed to do this section faster than any other time as well.

I crossed the finish line in 13:44, my fastest time ever on this course by 24 minutes.  I felt like I could have kept going too.

So what went right?  Virtually everything.  I fueled the entire race with First Endurance EFS Liquidshot.  This is the first time I’ve conciously gone with a liquid diet during a race.  I kept the fueling steady all day by taking a shot every 30 minutes or so.  The stuff works great.

Wore my La Sportiva Raptor’s again.  I like these shoes.  Plenty of traction, good cush, plenty of room for my toes.  I ended up with one minor blister.

Just to show the Engineering geek in me, I’ve pasted a spreadsheet analyzing my last four races.  The 2006 course was a little different and can’t really be compared.

Name Start Gold Lake Fuji Up Fuji Down Mt Ray Twins 1 Charlton Rd 4290 Twin 2 Maiden Pk Maiden Lk Finish Time
Year (7.4 mi) (5.0 mi, 12.4) (2.5 mi, 14.9) (5.6 mi, 20.5) (6.6 mi, 27.1) (4.9 mi, 32.0) (5.2 mi, 37.2) (7.5 mi, 44.7) (5.2 mi, 49.9) (5.1 mi, 55.0) (7.5 mi, 62.5) Total Pace
Clock time Place
2010 Skaggs, Jim 5:00 6:23 53 7:30 50 8:07 49 9:11 50 10:37 46 11:34 41 12:39 44 14:34 40 15:36 40 17:18 40 18:44:45 13:44:45
Pace Per Mile >> 11:13 13:24 14:48 11:26 13:02 11:38 12:30 15:20 11:55 20:00 11:34 13:12
2009 Skaggs, Jim 5:00 6:22 48 7:30 57 8:06 56 9:09 56 10:37 54 11:37 55 12:42 50 14:45 55 16:09 60 17:54 56 19:33:44 14:33:44
Pace Per Mile >> 11:05 13:36 14:24 11:15 13:20 12:15 12:30 16:24 16:09 20:35 13:18 13:59
2008 Skaggs, Jim 5:00 6:24 61 7:32 58 8:08 57 9:12 59 10:47 59 11:48 59 12:56 54 14:58 50 16:08 47 17:41 42 19:08:07 14:08:07
Pace Per Mile >> 11:21 13:36 14:24 11:26 14:24 12:27 13:05 16:16 13:28 18:14 11:37 13:34
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Decided to take this week off from running.  maybe get a few things done around the house to keep my wife happy.  Plus I just need a little break while I evaluate what races to put on the fall calendar.  I have nothing scheduled so I'm looking.  OPossiblities include the Ogden Valley 50 mile (road, set a PR here last year), the San Francisco One Day (24 hour, one mile path, Golden Gate bridge in the background), or the 100 mile Endurance Challenge (Road, starts in Corona and ends up at Santa Monica Pier, I'm wait listed for that one).  I'm looking around for some others as well.

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So I started running again after taking a week off after Where's Waldo.  Kind of nic to take a little time off but I'm ready to get back.  Next race on the schedule will either be the San Francisco One Day, the Ogden Valley 50 Mile, or possibly some other race around that time frame.  Thus I have to start running roads again.  I went out for 5 miles this evening adn it really kind of sucked.  I didn't realize how much trail running slows you down if you don't keep up on the speedwork and tempo runs.  I did a couple of 1/2 mile repeats but the pace was not very fast at all.  I've got about 6 weeks of training to get a little faster before either of these races.  Oh joy!

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Another lovely road run thru the Ogden Business Depot.  Since I live close to there it's a nice place to run without worrying a lot about traffic.  Quiet streets, street lights at night.  Not bad.  Still slow.  Took me about 2 miles to get really warmed up but after that I felt better.  Maybe try running into work Thursday, we'll see.

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58.4068.300.000.00126.70

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