| 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 | | 159.30 | 60.50 | 5.20 | 0.00 | 225.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Ran to work today. Brrrrr, kind of chilly. Actually got a little bit cold on the way from the train station to work. Hot shower felt pretty good.
Run home after work pretty uneventful. Little cool. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 6.40 |
| 4 x .55 hill repeats. Need to do some work on these. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.40 |
| Had big plans to do about 30 on the island but 1 hour of sleep the night before prevented that. Still, felt guilty for not running and decided to go for a short run on the Ogden Valley 50 course since I'll be running it in a couple weeks. I haven't run that far on roads in a long time. I was beat when I finished and it wasn't that tough. Went to bed early. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran the trail after work. Really pushed and it sure felt good to go that hard. No aches or pains. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.45 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 7.45 |
| 5 x .55 hill repeats. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Ran to work this morning. Another chilly one.
didn't really want to run home this afternoon. Almost called my wife to come and get me. Figured I couldn't weenie out so I kept going. Got a little chilly as well until I put on a jacket. Then I felt better and finished. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Ran into work again this morning. Not quite as cold as yesterday, but I was more tired.
run home wasn't too bad. Felt better than in the morning so pushed a little. Not a stellar run, but not bad. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| did a trail run this morning with about 12 others. Started at 6am. Kinda cool but a good time was had by all. Saw a skunk in the trail as we were trotting along. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 30.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.50 |
| Did a nice long run all by my lonesome out on the island. I was scouting out a potential 100k race route for fall 2010. If I can talk the park into it, there'll be a 100K sometime late October early November of 2010. Saw plenty of buffalo blocking my way on the trail, but they moved by the time I got up to them. Total time was a little over 6 hours, but I wasn't in any hurry. Took some pictures, walked when i felt like it, enjoyed the views, quiet and solitude. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Ran at lunch today. Thought it would slow and painful after yesterday's run, but I actually managed to hit it kind of hard for at least a few miles. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| So I had big plans to go do hill repeats after work. Got to the trail and it was super windy and threatening to rain. My legs were tired and I really didn't want to be out there. So, I went home and got on the treadmill. Ran 3 miles while watching TV and realized I didn't want to be on the treadmill either. So, I called it a day. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| did a six mile runa t lunch. Nice day for it. 105 entries for the Mtn. View Trail Half this Saturday. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Finally got a run in. The last 4 days have been kind of wild. Getting things ready for the half last Saturday, cleaning up after. Good thing I'm kind of tapering for the OV 50 this Saturday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Just a short little run at lunch to the bank and back. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Was going to hit the trails for a short run after work but forgot to bring socks. Instead I went home and just did the t-mill thing. don't know if I'll run Thursday or Friday as I'm running the Ogden Valley 50 on Saturday, so something of a taper is in the works. | | Add Comment |
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Ogden Valley 50 (50 Miles) 08:59:30, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 9 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 50.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.50 |
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Just a short report for now. I had a great race today. All of my races this year have been mediocre at best. Today it came together. I had this delusional thought that I could pull off 50 mile PR today. My previous PR was 9:15 in Chicago on a flat, very fast course. Today's course started in Mountain Green, went up Trapper's Loop, past Snowbasi Ski Area, down Old Snowbasin Road, around Pineview Reservoir, back up Old Snowbasin Road and down Trapper's Loop. I rocked it today. I pushed hard the entire way. My 25 mile split was 4:20 while the second half was 4:39. Not too bad. Tried something a little different today. Water only for drink the entire day. Used EFS gel from 1st Endurance, it rocks, and ate bananas. Stayed well fueled and hydrated the entire day.
Anyway, a PR at the ripe old age of 51 on a course that ranges from 4800' to 6600' and has over 6300' of gain ain't a bad thing. Just goes to show I was a real slacker in my younger days.
Ok, here's a little more to the story. Just random thoughts on the race in no particular order. The weather was pretty much ideal. In the 40's to start, which is unusual for this race. In years past it's always been in the 20's to start. The day was mostly cloudy, with teh sun occasionally peaking thru to light up a mountainside. There were some pretty dark clouds over Mt. Ogden, and on the way back up Old Snowbasin Road, I did get sprinkled on and even sleeted on, but nothing more than a little bit.
Took one water bottle. With roving aid stations I figured I'd see someone every couple of miles and did. The roving aid is unique for a race. Basically there was one fixed aid station at miles 15/35. The rest of the time there were about 3-4 vehicles that roamed the course and would pull off the side of the road if you needed anything. I could hand off my water bottle, keep running and they would catch up to me and give it back. If I needed food, the stop would last at most a minute. Saved a huge amount of time by doing this.
Traffic on the road around Pineview was dicey at times. Lots of hunters. Most were courteous and would go into the opposite lane but there's always a few jerks that think it's fun to see how close and fast they can go by you.
Hit the marathon point at around 4:30, 50K point at around 5:20, neither a PR. got back to Old Snowbasin Road aid station (mile 35) in 6:00. Much to my surprise, I actually ran(as opposed to walking) probably more than half way UP Old Snowbasin Road. I figured that I would end up walking most of that. Caught and passed two other runners on the way up. I actually felt pretty good other than being tired. When I finally hit the downhill, I was clocking sub 7:30's at times and even managed a sub 7:00 for a mile or so.
Probably the worst part was the last 2-3 miles to the finish. I had been pounding down Trapper's Loop pretty much as fast as I could at that point and I could feel the wheels finally starting to come off. I knew that a sub 9 hour finish was going to be tough but possible, so I just gritted the teeth and went. That last half mile from the Sinclair station to the finish was the hardest. A 20 mph headwind and I'm trying to run. I kept looking at the Garmin and 9 hours was fast approaching. When I got to the park entrance I looked and the time said 8:59. I panicked and sprinted to the finish hoping that I would go under 9:00. When I crossed, I immediately asked what my time was. John, the RD knew that I wanted a sub 9 hour finish and asked if I could have cut it any closer. 8:59:30, nope not much closer than that.
Even though I run trail races most of the time, it's good to hit the roads once in awhile and realize that ultras aren't just on trails and road races don't always end at 26.2 miles. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| So I tried something different tonight. I ran on the t-mill barefoot. Barefoot running seems to be all the rage so I thought I'd give it a try indoors. Especially since my little feet are tender. Anyway, things went very well. Definitely felt the run in my shins. If I had gone any further my feet would would have been hurting. They were starting to get a little raw on the bottoms. Had a weird feeling when I got off. It felt like I had foam cushions on the bottoms of my feet when I was walking on the tile barefoot. I'll probably keep it up. Some thing different to do. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Was going to hit the trails after work but forgot socks. Ended up on the t-mill again while watching the world series. 5 miles takes 6 innings for me. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Another t-mill run, sigh. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Easy run in the mist up above 22nd street. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 159.30 | 60.50 | 5.20 | 0.00 | 225.00 |
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