| 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 | | 136.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 136.30 |
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| No running today. Not particularly worried since I have a race on Sunday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Travel day to Orange County. Very cold on the way down. 4 degrees near Beaver, UT. Glad I'm going to SoCal for the weekend. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| This actually wasn't a run, but a hike with my sister inlaw and her husband. | | Add Comment |
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Twin Peaks 50 (50 Miles) 11:20:34, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 6 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 50.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 |
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Well, I finished the first running of the Twin Peaks 50 mile. This race took participants thru the Cleveland national Forest in Orange County, CA. The course was mostly fire road with about 1/3 third single track trail thru the canyons. This has got to be the toughest 50 miles I have ever run. The first 16 miles were all uphill from about 1500' to 5700'. What a grind. I was able to run parts of it, but it was mostly a walk. Those miles were followed by about 9 miles of up and down along the ridgeline road. Then it was downhill thru a conyon on some knarly single track trail. Runnable, but steep at the same time. Once we arrived at the 27 mile aid station, it was more trail and another 8 mile uphill grind back to the 5700' peak we topped out at earlier. By this time the heat was starting to take its toll on runners. In this 8 mile section I managed to pass around 9 runners who were in various stages of discompfort due to the heat. I was able to climb just fine and arrived at top in good shape for the last 15 miles, which by the way, were all downhill.
What did I do to manage my body? I always have a baggy of electrolyte caps, Tums, and Ibuprofen in my pocket. I kept popping the electrolyte caps regularly, and took the Tums whenever I felt my stomach start to act up a little. I made sure to eat food at the aid stations, even though at times nothing looked good. I made sure to drink plenty at the aid stations and had two 24 oz. bottles with me. I made sure those bottles were drained before I would get to the next aid station.
I love running downhill and the pounding doesn't seem to bother my quads a whole lot, at least not until the next day. I managed to cross the finish line just as the sun set and a time of 11 hours, 20 minutes and change. Good enough for 17th place overall. There were 47 starters for the 50 mile race and 31 finished. So not too bad for an early season race. I was originally hoping for a sub 12 hour run and managed to do that without too much problem. I missed out on not getting "chicked" by ten minutes. The first place female crossed in 11:09. I did have some concerns about not having enough long runs. My longest run was around 22 miles and I only managed three of those prior to the race. so it goes to show you can run ultras on marathon training. The other thing I noticed was that my time for this race was only 10 minutes slower than my time for my first 50 mile race way back in 1993 on a much easier course. All in all, not too bad for an old man. | | Add Comment |
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Sedona Marathon and Half marathon (13.1 Miles) 00:02:35, Place overall: 402 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
| This was a fun run for me. My younger brother and one of my sisters both wanted me to run with them at this race. Neither have ever run this far and figured that their crazy ultrarunning brother could drag their sorry butts acros the finish line. Bottom line, I ran a very poor time but had a wonderful time running with them. We had a ball every step of the way and managed to cross the finish line at the same time. The course is beautiful, winding its way thru some of the red rock canyons of Sedona. I would highly recommend this race as an early season start. The weather was great, upper 60's and sunny, the scenery is beautiful and the finish times are soft. If I had run my normal race time for a half, I would have finished around 25th overall, out of 550, and picked up an age group award. Same thing for the marathon times. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.40 |
| Took it easy at lunch. Still a little tired from the two races last week. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Tempo run at lunch. 1 mile warmup, 4 miles at tempo, 1 mile a little slower. Felt really good. I didn't time the run, but it feels like I'm getting faster. Tried to maintain form thru run. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Intervals. 6 x .50 @ 6:40 pace. Had a little bit of a hard time breathing. should've taken a hit off the inhaler. Oh well. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.80 |
| Ran home from work. My car was in the shop and my son took me to work. I couldn't find anyone to take me howm, so I ran home. Felt good. Set a new PR for the route. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| Ran the White rock and Split Rock trails on Antelope Island. Lots and lots of horses out. Nice day. Took my time. Stopped and viewed some wildlife thru a spotting scope with some hikers. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Called in sick to work today. Felt a cold coming on yesterday and it hit today. obviously I didn't run. First time I've called in sick in well over two years. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Should've called in sick again today. Didn't run again. Thought maybe I'd feel a little better, but couldn't get up the ambition to go out and run. Oh well. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Still not feeling real well, but ran anyway. Did feel better afterwards. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Blew off runing today. Figured that with this cold, a little time off may be necessary. | | Add Comment |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Did the treadmill thing toady. Just took it easy and the run actually felt pretty good. Ran most of it at an 8:20 pace. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Nice easy run on the treadmill. I'll be glad when warm weather gets here. Looks like a treadmill week given the weather forecast. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lazy today and decided not to run. Didn't even feel too guilty about skipping the day. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Tried a different route at lunch today. Very easy and flat. Not too bad a run. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 136.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 136.30 |
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