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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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Fri, Jul 03, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
31.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	31.10

Went on a run from Upper Big Water in Millcreek Canyon to the Homestaed resort in Midway. When we started there was three of us, Meghan, Jeff and myself. I don't know how many runners we saw that we knew between Upper Big Water and Brighton, but it was a bunch. You'd have thought there was a race going on.

Saw a bunch of fellow ultrarunners at the Brighton store. Picked up another person, Kim, at Brighton. She wanted to go with us to the Homestead. Also met with Julie, but she was just going to the top of Catherine's Pass and back down. Met Sarah at the top of Catherine's. She came up from the Alta side. From there the five of us headed for the Homestead. Sarah, Kim, and Jeff were faster than Meghan and I so we decided to take a short cut down Sandy Baker Pass rather than go around Mill Peak and down the Dive and Plunge. The other three took the long way. Meghan and I finally made it to the Homestead around 4:30 and had time to go into Heber for burgers before everyone else finished. All of us had a great time. The course was in great shape although there was a fair amount of snow on the way up to Point Supreme. Plenty of nice clear cold stream water. The scenery was incredible as it usually is.

The weather looked a little threatening on the trek past Brighton, but the clouds eventually went away. The trail from Catherine's to the Honestead was pretty quiet. Saw a few dirt bikes, couple of equestrians, but no runners or mountain bikers at all. Felt great the entire time. Had no problems with the altitude and running at 10,000'. For Meghan and I it was a great last long run before we run Tahoe Rim 100 in two weeks.

Comments

From jun on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 10:51:28 from 66.239.250.209

That sounds like a brilliant trail. Congrats on such a great training run.

From ultrajim on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:07:41 from 138.64.2.76

One of my favorite trail runs is from Upper Big Water to Brighton. Just a short 13 miles, but the alpine scenery, Desolation Lake, etc. Phenomenal. All minutes from SLC.

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