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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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Swept the courses from yesterday's run.  In a vehicle of course.  Absolutely no trash was found.  Trail runners and ultrarunners are great about keeping trails clean.

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Ran again at lunch.  It's been a few days and I was kind of sluggish but it felt good to get back out on the road.

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didn't have time to run at lunch so I did the treadmillthing at home.  10 minute pace seemed about right for the day.

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6.200.000.000.006.20

Ran 3 x 2 miles on the treadmill.  Paces were 7:30, 7:25, 7:13.  Tried a technique I've read about and held an ice pack on my hands for about 3-4 minutes between each set.  This was to cool down the muscles in between runs.  It's supposed to reduce the fatigue and allow one to push harder on subsequent sets of exercise.  It seemed to work.  I haven't run that far that fast in quite awhile and after the third run, I was only a little tired.  I did feel like I could have done a couple more of these runs.  Has anyone else tried something like this?  I looked into buying a Core Cool device, but at 2 grand it's a little out of my price range.  figured that I could do almost as well with a flexible ice pack wrapped in a dish towel.  I'll keep working on it and see how I do.  I'll be doing speed work on the treadmill Thursday evening, probably 6 x .50 at around a 6:30 pace.

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Too much work to do today. Had to stay late at work since I'll be traveling tomorrow down to the OC.

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Drove down to San Diego County.  Staying with my mother-in-law for the weekend.  Just 2 blocks from the beach.  How nice.

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14.000.000.000.0014.00

Ran along the beach up to Oceanside harbor.  There was a half Ironman going on so I stopped to watch the last few runners come out of the water, transition to their bikes and take off.  Late on the way back stopped to watch the lead runners doing the half marathon portion.  There was some serious focus there. 

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