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October 2008

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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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Kind of sluggish this morning.  Not enough sleep last night.  My time was about the same, maybe a minute or two slower, but just kind of tired.  We'll see how this afternoon goes.

The afternoon went much slower.  I had every intention of pushing a little, but my son called from  college and we talked and I walked for a half hour, that meant that I walked the last couple of miles home. 

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I almost turned around about a hundred yards into my run to the train station.  But I decided to just push on and make the run.  It wasn't as bad as I thought.  I strained some muscles in my back last weekend and it takes about half a mile for the pain to go away so i can run decently.  It does seem to be getting better though.

Run home wasn't too bad.  About average for the time.

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Got some nifty new trail shoes, La Sportiva Crosslites.  Big ol' knobbies on the soles, light weight, flexible, snug in the heel and plenty of toe room up front.  And talk about a fashion statement, very cool looking.  Naturally I had to go try them out on my favorite trail, 22nd street trailhead.  I did some hill repeats.  3 x .5 or .6 with about 400 feet of gain.  Used to be I couldn't run that entire grade without walking at least once.  I managed to run three repeats without stopping at all.  Felt pretty good.  The shoes were great.  Plenty of traction in both loose dirt/rocks and on bare rock.  The rubber on the soles seems to be fairly sticky.  We'll see how they stand up to the abuse I give them.

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Ran in to work this morning.  Nothing like a little run to put you in a good mood for work.

Did a tempo run at lunch, felt really good, warm sun, cool air, very nice.

Ran home.  Took it easy to the train station, then felt so good I ran at the upper end of easy, not quite tempo.  Actually busted 40 minutes for the first time.  Roughly an 8:30 pace.

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Had my wife take me to the train station this morning, so ended up running just 2 this morning.  Ran another 5 at lunch.  Had big plans to do the run home thing and did run to the train stations, but my wife called as I was running home and offered to pick me up.  I never pass up the chance to get picked up by a hot chick in a big truck.

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Ran in to work this morning.  A little bit cooler, but not bad.  Average pace.  Ran another 5 at lunch.  Thought I was running pretty good until I looked at my watch, then I got depressed with how slow I was.  Oh well.

Ran home after work.

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Had tot ake the car into the shop and didn't get a chance to run in to work.  Ran home instead.  The cold front must have gone thru while I was on the train.  It was warm with no breeze in Clearfield, then cold and blustery from Ogden.  I really dislike running in cold weather.  Oh well, guess I'll have to get used to it again.  Ugh!

Speaking of cold and blustery, anyone wanting a fun little 5.8 mile run Saturday, come out to Antelope Island and run my Frary Peak Hill Climb.  It's a FREE RACE with a bar-b-que after.  Race start is at noon, with a time trial type start, runners will start on one minute intervals, run up the Frary Peak trail 2.9 miles and 1700', then come back down.  No prizes, awards, etc.  Just a little fun run to end the season.  Go to www.buffalorun.org for more details, or e-mail me.  I'll have a few cheap t-shirts for sale as well.  Just a low key good time.

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I got a cool runner geek toy from my wife for my birthday this weekend.  A Garmin 305.  I've never used one of these and it was fun.  I now know that my run today was 5.25 miles, my average pace was 8:45, my average hr was 133, my fastest was 7:11, etc.  No I'll have to download the info to my computer at home and see what else the thing comes up with.

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Did a treadmill run.  3 miles at 6% and 10:00 pace, 4 x 0.5 @ 6:25 pace, the rest easy.

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Ran at lunch up to Hill Field Road and back.  Nice little uphill run for the first half.  Perfect day, sunny, low 60's.  Got a tan as an added bonus.

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Well, I'm finally back at work.  I did a couple of hill repeats today.......in the Grand Canyon.  The first one came at 9.6 miles and was 5800' of uphill.  The second little hill came at 37 miles and was alittle shorter, only 4500'.  Nothing like an uphill death march for the last 3 miles to cap off a great day.  Beautiful weather, scenery, wonderful company.  Olga, Larry and I started around 5am at the Bright Angel Trailhead.  The temps were cool, but pleasant.  We reached the Phantom Ranch at around 7:30.  We probably could have gotten there sooner, but we were way too busy taking pictures (I ended up taking over 100).  Olga and Larry were going back up the south Kaibab trail and I met up with Tina and Mike, friends of Olga's.  The three of us continued up North Kaibab trail to the north rim.  At times, it seemed like a freeway, there were so many people, not just hikers, but runners as well.  We never saw any of those runners on the way back so we assumed that they were just doing single crossings.  Once we got past Ribbon Falls, the traffic lessened considerably.  About 2-3 miles from the top of the north rim, we encounterd a hiker moving really slow.  We found out that he and his friends were attempting a double, but were never going to make it.  We topped him off with water and some Gu and kept going.  We later saw him near the top doing much better.  For me, the best part of the day was the trip back down to the ranch from the north rim.  Once you get down the steeper parts of the trail and into the canyon bottom, the slight downhill trail along the creek makes for a good time running.  Since I like running in warm weather, the run was even better since it was pleasantly warm in the canyon.  When we got back to the ranch, I got to see my wife and her family.  They had taken the mule ride down to the ranch and were spending the night.  I wanted to hang around since they were having a steak dinner, but we got going again.  The climb back up the South Kaibab trail was long and grinding.  All three of us were feeling the effects of the day.  It got dark on us about half way back up and every time we would shine our lights up the trail, it looked like a stairway into nothing.  Kind of strange.  Looking up at the stars was beautiful.  No moon out yet and no lights around.  I haven't seen that many stars in years.  We finally reached the top at around 8:30 that evening.  All of the hiker shuttles were done for the day, so we started walking back to the village and managed to flag down a passing car.  It was an off duty Ranger.  He kindly gave us a ride back to the village.  A nice hot shower, a beer and some food and I felt much better.  I was going to go for a little run on Sunday, but when I realized how sore I was the next day, I opted for sitting around and watching the tourists until my wife got back from her tirp.
Cost of a trip to the Grand Canyon including paying for a mule ride?  A fair amount.
Watching the expression on someone's face when you tell them that you're doing a double crossing......in one day........and not a 24 hour day, but 12-14 hours?   Priceless.
I'll post some pictures on my facebook this evening for everyone to see.  It was a great time.

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Did the run to work thing this morning.  I thought I would be slower than I was since I'm still feeling the effects of my little trip to the Grand Canyon.  I actually felt really good, and even fast.  We'll see how this afternoon goes.

the run home went fine, about normal pace.  A little cool, guess that's what happens this time of year.

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Ran at lunch.  Thought I would be a little chilly, but it wasn't too bad.  Still, a hot shower afterwards is always good.

Did a tempo run on the treadmill after work.  1.75 @7:30 pace.  Should have done more, but didn't feel like it.

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Ran to work.  Got a late start and pushed to make the train.  Nothing like being late to spur you on to run faster.  The train left about 30 seconds after I boarded, close.

Ran another 5+ at lunch.  Made it a tempo run with the pace below 8:00.

 

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Did hill repeats.  4 x .5 with 200'+ of gain.  1 mile warmup and 1 mile cool down.

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Ran easy at lunch.  Ran my favorite trail from 22nd street south.  I used to think it was a 6 mile round trip.  found out it's actually closer to 7 miles.  Pushed hard, especially on the uphill sections.  1:09 total time for the 6.9 (10:05 pace, 9:30 pace if you throw out the 5 minute x .25 mile walk to warmup).  I know the return trip was at a much faster pace since it's downhill.  Probably around 8:00-8:30.

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Easy run into work.  Very sluggish, the legs were tired.  Almost missed the train I was so slow.

Did another easy run at lunch.  Thought it was super slow, but actually was a 9:00 pace, so slow, but not super slow.

Added a run back home.  the run from the train station to home I pushed, sub 8 pace.

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Ran at lunch.  8:20 average pace.  Only had to slap one car and yell at two drivers.

Did some intervals on the treadmill at home.  4 x .5 @ 6:40 or faster and 1 x .7 @ 6:40

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Did the run, train, run thing this morning.  pretty sluggish the first 4.5 miles.  Not too bad the last 2.

Run home was ok, nothing special.  Legs are tired from all the running this week, but I'll get over it.

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Slacked off today.  Had big plans to do hill repeats, did two and said that's enough.  Just kind of messed around on the trails, went on some I hadn't been on, watched some rock climbers, wanted to clothesline a couple mountain bikers, etc., the usual stuff.

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