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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

Sat, Nov 01, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.50	11.50	0.00	0.00	20.00

Had the first training run for the AntelopeIsland Buffalo Run. I was expecting around 5-6 people to show, no there were at least a dozen. We ran the Mountain View trail from the trailhead to the Lower Frary parking lot and back, about 11.5 miles. I felt great ande really pushed, but it didn't seem like I was. I've run that stretch of trail many times and have never been able to go below a 10 minute pace for the entire run. Today I averaged 9:20. Maybe this hill repat and speed work thing is starting to pay off, as well as the miles I'm putting in. After that run, my friend Meghan and I went to run the new trail that was recently cut on the White Rock trail. I wanted to GPS it since it will be part of the race next year. We just took it easy and covered another 8.5 miles. Weather was perfect, near 70, mostly cloudy, very nice. I took my wife out as well and she went for a horsey ride whiel all of us ran. All in all, a good day. BTW, registration for the AntelopeIsland Buffalo Run is now open. 25K, 50K, 50 mile trail run next March 28th. Go to www.buffalorun.org

Comments

From The Howling Commando on Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 08:14:47

MAN JIM YOU ARE A TANK! almost 80 miles last week/! Holy monkeys you are insane. To think my goal is even 1/4 that makes me feel like a slug! A fat, slow slug haha :)

From Lucia on Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 21:42:56

Nice work Jim, you are truly an inspiration! If I get to qualify for Boston on February 14, I may come up for the Antelope Island run - sounds like a blast!

From Jim on Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 18:32:02

Lucia,

I hope you qualify for Boston. It's a fun race to run. I did it in 2004 and am thinking about trying to qualify again next year. The good thing about me is taht the qualifying times get slower as i get older. Now I just have to maintain what speed I have. Hope to see you out here in March.

Benn,

Gotta run, I have a big race in Dec. Time to bump up the miles.

From The Howling Commando on Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 18:45:54

Are you doing that 24 hour or 48 hour race again? I want to do that some day! You have inspired me, Jim!

From Jim on Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:49:22

Neither, in a weak moment, I signed up for the 72 hour race. I figured that I've done the 24 hour a couple of times and had fun, why not go for 3 times the fun. Seemd like a good idea at the time. We'll see how it goes starting on Dec. 29th.

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