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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Tue, Nov 27, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
17.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.70

Ran in to work this morning. i was expecting it to be colder adn windier than it was. It was actually not too bad. The run time was about normal, 1:28.

The run home was kind of nice. All the houses lit upwith Christmas lights, the snow on the ground. It did get a little slippery in places, but not too bad. Time was 1:26.

Comments

From christian on Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:57:18

Hey Jim.

Thanks for the comments. Wasatch is sort of a dream race for me. I realize it's one of the most difficult, and I need to get some more time under my belt before I tackle something like that.

Mountain Masochist was very humbling for me.

As I long as I keep improving, I will eventually get there. I love ultra training and racing and expect it to be a major part of my life forever.

I notice you are in Utah. Davy Crockett puts on a run there called the Pony Express 100, are you familiar with it?

Sounds really cool.

UT is a great place to be an ultrarunner. I can't wait to get out west.

I am considering the Mountain RATS race in late july, early august. A four day stage race at 100 miles.

Thanks again for touching base. Perhaps I'll see ya at a race someday.

Cheers!

From Jim on Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 10:29:12

I am familiar with Davey Crockett. He does the website for my race, the Antelope Island Buffalo Run (www.buffalorun.org). Like most of us ultrarunners, he's not right in the head. His race usually falls on the same day as a 50 mile race that I volunteer at, so I've not had a chance to run his race. Some day though.

Yep, Utah is a great place for ultrarunning. Lots of empty space with lots of trails. There are literally hundreds of miles of trails within a 50 mile radius of my house.

Mountain RATS sounds like fun, but I can't afford the entry fee at the moment.

Sometime in the next couple of years I plan on doing Vermont 100, my wife has been bugging me to do that one so she can see the scenery.

Good luck with your training, with the ultra community being small, chances are reasonable that I'll see you at a race one of these days.

From Cal on Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 18:32:12

Jim,

Congrats on filling up your race so fast. Earlier than last year even, right? I didn't get my entry in on time again... darn it. Sounds like it will be fun!

From Jim on Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:50:26

Cal,

Thanks, it fills faster and faster each year. I'm going to to see if the park will let me have a few more entries. Even though you can't run it, we can always use the volunteers. I generally will give volunteers preference if they want to run the race the next year.

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