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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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Did hill repeats again this Sunday.  Bumped the number up to 8 this time.  All under 5:40 for the .6 miles.  Not too bad if you figure that I suck at running uphill.  Trail wasn't quite as busy this week as it was last week.  Probably because I went earlier than last time.

Comments
From Nevels on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 22:05:10

Suck at running uphill? We're ultrarunners; we walk up hills!

Solid workout

From Lucia on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 22:07:31

Mill repeats or hill repeats?

So you mean regular (non-ultra) runners can't walk up hills? Ohhhh I'm in trouble now!

From Jim on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 22:14:34

Boy, you two didn't waste any time commenting. Lucia, they were hill repeats. When I type fast I have a tendency to fatfinger the keyboard, and no, regular (non-ultra) runners must run uphills, only ultrarunners are allowed to walk the hills. Non-ultras are too short to waste time walking.

From Nevels on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 22:16:42

Yeah, we'll go with that....

By the way, I see that your 100-mile PR is 22:18, which is a solid time, to say the least; where did you blaze that one?

From Jim on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 22:40:16

Mohican 2003. My second 100. That was a magical summer. Haven't come close to that time on a trail since. I have done a 22:30 at Across the Years though.

From Nevels on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 22:46:11

Awesome. One of these days I'd like to do one of those epic 100's out West just for the experience. We'll see how that goes...

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