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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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Sun, Nov 16, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
29.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	29.30

Ran with a friend out on Antelope Island. Perfect day, 50's sunny. A little smoggy towards SLC, but nice on the island. Ran the full length of the Mountain View trail and threw in a trip up to Sentry Peak. Took us a little less than 7 hours total, but then we weren't in a hurry. Saw plenty of bison and antelope, and a small gopher snake. A good time was had by all.

Comments

From kelsey on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 20:19:02

So I hear you are the Antelope Island race director. I am going to be in Vegas for a conference that week, so I am thinking of renting a car and getting up there for the race. I looked at the website and saw pictures and it just looks awesome! Very different from the Florida landscape I am used to. If I get to run it hope those guys you saw today will be around! When I ran the Baltimore Half marathon I saw dead rats the size of squirrels... not nearly as exciting :)

From kelsey on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 20:19:20

Oh yeah, and great run!

From tarzan on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 20:52:29

Great job, Jim! I want to do Sentry Peak one of these days. Hopefully I will make it up for a training run before the race and see you then.

From tarzan on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 20:55:29

Kelsey - you will see plenty of wildlife on the run. Usually there are lots of bison and I love hearing the howling of the wolves early in the morning.

I've done the race every year. It's a tough one, but beautiful and Jim does a good job on it. (Plus he now has a stylish hat with a buffalo on it).

From Jim on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:05:42

Yep, I'm the race director, chief cook, and bottle washer. I can guarantee it will be completely different than Florida. You may encounter herds of buffalo (there's around 500-600 on the island)on the trail, you could see coyotes, jackrabbits, porcupines, pronghorn antelope, lots and lots of birds, and yes, I will be wearing my new stylish hat. We have buffalo stew to eat after the race, homebrew, and all the usual aid station fixins. It's a good time and worth the drive up from Vegas. I think it was two years ago that I had four people fly in from Florida for the race.

From Jim on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:07:11

Sentry was great yesterday. Gorgeous views from the ridge, warm sun, extrememly quiet, very nice. A little smoggy and hazy to the south and west, but very nice otherwise.

From DonGardinero on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:28:35

Jim...

I was wondering if that was you. Every week I keep seeing all these miles you're putting in and now I know why. You don't know me, but I'm planning on doing the Buffalo Run next Spring. Looking forward to it. I'm also trying to get a couple other people on this blog to join me.

Dale

From Jim on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 15:41:14

Dale,

Cool, the more the merrier. Don't forget our training runs the first Saturday of each month at 8am. I have them listed on the website.

From DonGardinero on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 16:27:19

Thanks Jim...Are those the same runs that John at Striders has listed in his emails?

Hopefully I can get out and run some of those.

Dale

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