Hit the Dusty Trail

Logan Peak Trail Run

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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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Sat, Jun 28, 2008

Race: Logan Peak Trail Run (28 Miles) 06:12:34, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	28.00	0.00	0.00	28.00

Talk about a tough course. Even though it's o nly 28 miles, this race runs like a 50K or longer. the first 4 miles are all uphill and you gain roughly 3000' going up Dry Canyon. This is followed by a traverse around a mountain until you get to the second aid station at 11 miles. then it's another 2000' climb in 3 miles to the top of Logan Peak. Oh, and long the way we ended up covering around a mile on snow, some of it 4'-5' deep, especially near the top of the peak. Now we had 2000' of downhill, a run along some jeep roads to connect with the Dry Canyojn trail. for the next several miles this was some sweet single track, rolling, twisting, and very runnable. Finally you get back to the aid station at the top of the canyon and now you have 3000' of descent in the 4 remaining miles.

My race went great. I did no taper at all so I wasn't expecting great things out of this. I was hoping for a sub 5:30 (ideally) and a sub 6:00 (realistically). I ran a 6:12 adn was happy with it. I tried pushing where I could, stayed well fueled and hydrated. I had no issues with altitude like I have had in the past. 9700' at the top of Logan Peak didn't bother me at all. When I got to the last aid station, there was another runner only 40-50 yards behind and gaining. Since I love downhill trail running, I figured I'd pour it on and see if I could stay in front of her. I have no idea what time I ran for the last 4 miles, but I'm thinking it was around 30 minutes. I knew my quads would pay for those last 4 miles but I figured I'd tough it out. I did manage to stay in front and even gain some ground as she finished about 5 minutes behind me. I was hammered when I crossed the finish line though.

Two thumbs up for this race. Beautiful scenery, great trails and jeep roads to run on, the aid stations were fantastic, lots of food and drink and wonderful people manning them. Great food at the end, and a really tough course Kelly and her crew did a great job.

Comments

From Jon on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:53:57

Nice job! I agree it was a great race. I saw you finish and thought you looked familiar- weren't you the one that Kelly commented didn't want to get chicked again at the end? Good race.

From Lybi on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 23:55:02

Yet another amazing race, UltraJim! You have a real thing for these insanely difficult races. I can't understand it at all, but I SURE can respect it! You are amazing!

PS How in the world can you run through 4-5 feet of snow? Hope it was all downhill and you could at least slide down penguin style. :)

From Jim on Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:53:22

Insanely difficult is flat out for 26.2 miles. My races are easy comparetivley. The snow was hardpacked so we only sank in a few inches. It was a little tough, but coming downhill was fun, you could jsut plant your heels and run. There were a few places where the water had tunneled under the snow and if you weren't looking you could punch right thru and get some wet feet. I managed toa void that but a few others didn't

From Jim on Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:07:07

Jon,

Yeah, I get chicked in just about every race. No big deal to me since I'm an old fart. I just didn't want to let a girl younger than my daughter beat me to the finish. We had a good laugh about it at the end of the race. If it was a guy, I would have tried just as hard.

From maurine on Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:18:45

Sounds like a good race, Jim. How are the quads doing now?

From Jim on Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:29:56

Still sore this morning, but not bad. I might try some tempo work at lunch today just to see how ti goes.

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