| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 124.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 124.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Well, I'm back running after a self imposed 2+ week layoff. I decided to take a couple weeks off just to rest, relax, recharge for my upcoming training. I find that if I do that at least once a year, I come back ready to go running again. It kind of helps keep running from becoming drudgery.
Anyway, I ran about 6 miles at lunch today on one of my usual routes. Just kind of took it easy. I was surprised at how tired my legs felt. I figured that after two weeks of rest I'd feel pretty strong. Maybe it's the weighlifting I started up again last week. At any rate, it felt good to be out running again.
My next goal, get my mileage back up and train for the 24 hour Across the Years race on December 31st. I've run that race before and really enjoyed it. You'd think that running around a 500 meter track for 24 hours would get boring, but it never did. You're on the track with 50 others, music is playing, an aid station once every lap, electronic timing with instant updates, friends from across the country to run and talk with. Lots of fun. Two years ago I came in 9th out of 75 or so. This time I'm hoping for a top 5 finish. At the very least my goal is 110 miles (104 in 2005). We'll see how it goes. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran around the block at lunch. Felt pretty good to go that far again. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| Ran the BST from kaysville to Fernwood and back. First time on a trail in almost three weeks. it was great. The legs are doing fine. A little tired due to the weight lifting I'm doing, but I feel that the lifting gets more important as i get older. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Ran one of my favorite trails today. The BST from 22nd street Ogden south and back. The run felt pretty good. I've taken the last few days off to visit with my daughter and grandson. I do have my priorities, and playing with my grandson takes prioity over running, expecially when they live in Illinois and I don't see them that often. Anyway, now the visits are over and time to get running again.
If anyone is interested, check out my running profile at www.stridersrunning.com
If you live in the Davis county area, Striders Running store is the place to get your running gear. John and Kristin are great people who will do what they can to help you out with your running needs. That's enough advertising for now. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.40 |
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Ran at lunch time. Pushed the pace some. Didn't time it, so I don't know the pace. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.40 |
| Ran from the North Ogden divide to the top of Ben Lomond peak and back. Nice day for it. Cool and breezy, very windy on top and along the front side of the ridge. the view wasn't too great due to the haze but very cool anyway. Contrary to what the signs say, I GPS'd the route at 7.18 miles one way. The signs say 8.2 miles. Took me 2 hours 11 minutes for the trek up and 1 hour 35 minutes to come back down. I wanted to go on over to Willard Peak, but didn't have time. Maybe next Sunday? The trail over to Willard looks very runnable. The weight lifting is definitely working. I found that I could run may of the uphill sections, even above 9000', with ease. What I found out is that when I run uphill, it's the legs that give out way beofre the lungs do, even at higher elevations. Maybe my issues with high elevation are over? Anyway, lots of fun. Caught lots fo people making the trek up that started way before I did. Most of the time I tried to make sure I was running when I caught them and to keep running after. Didn't see any wildlife at all but did talk to some people who had seen mountain goats earlier. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.10 |
| Did a short run at lunchtime. Ran an errand to the auto parts store. Did push the pace trying to catch a slow bike rider. Almost had him, but he turned off the street I was running down. Always fun to do that sort of stuff. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran around the block at lunch. Generally took it easy. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.60 |
| Went running at lunch but the legs were really dead and I was not feeling like running. Tanked it after about 2.5 miles. Felt better after I got home so ran another 3 on the treadmill. Generally not a good running day. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| Ran at lunch. Very slow run, just couldn't get the turnover on the legs. I need to start doing speed work. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Took off from work a little early and ran around the block then hit the weight room. I was a tired little boy after all that, but it felt good. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Ran the White Rock trail and the Split Rock loop on Antelope Island with John M. We ahd a great time. The weather was nice and we were done before the rain hit. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Ran on the treadmill this evening. Couldn't go at lunch. Did 3 miles at a 6% grade and the remaining 2 at 1%. Pace was at 10:00, so kind of slow. The goal is to build strength to be able to run up hills that I would normally walk during an ultra. That seems to be a downfall of mine, I'm not a very good uphill runner. To that end I'm also hitting the weight room hard. 3 times a week heavy on the weights. It does seem to be working as the leg strength when running uphill does seem to be increasing. Time will tell. Teh big test will be in Feb. when I run the Twins Peaks 50 mile. The first 16 miles are all uphill as are the miles between 27 and 35. This year I walked most of those miles. Next year I want to be able to run most of them. BTW, if anyone is interested, check out the Striders Running store website. www.stridersrunning.com I'm their runner spotlight for September. They must be running out of good local runners to spotlight. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| Did a tempo run at lunch. one mile warmup, roughly 4-5 miles at tempo pace, the rest a cool down. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran easy at lunch today. Nice day and I just enjoyed the run. Weights this evening. I'll enjoy that too. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran after work today then went to the gym to lift. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.80 |
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Held the Frary Peak Hill Climb today. This was a "fun run" that took us from the Frary Peak trailhead on Antelope Island to the radio repeater near the top of Frary Peak and then back down. Six of us started. The trail gains 1700' in 2.9 miles with portions that are flat, meaning that the remainder is quite steep. The winning time was 41 minutes us, 26 minutes down for a time of 1:05. I managed 3rd place (sonds good except there were 6 entries) and a time of 49 minutes up and 28 minutes down, 1:17 total. My legs are shot today. With the snow that fell Saturday, there was about 4 inches up on top. The snow level seemed to be around 5700'-6000'. The trail was clear except for a little mud where the snowmelt was running down it. We had a bar-b-que after and really had a good time just going out for a good hard run followed by sitting around eating and talking. I'll definitely do it again next year. Rather than a formal race with an entry fee, formal timing etc. I'm going to keep it as a fun run celabration of running with friends. Put it down on your calendar for either the first or second Saturday of October 2008 and join us.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 124.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 124.10 |
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