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Location:

American Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 20, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

6 100 mile finishes:

Wasatch 100- 2011

Wasatch 100- 2012

Buffalo Run 100- 2013

Bryce 100- 2013

Wasatch 100- 2013

Buffalo Run 100- 2014

100 mile PR- 22:42

Multiple ultra distance adventure runs every year

My running focus has been on ultra running since 2011

Climbed 348 peaks from 2010-2013

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Race Schedule for 2014:

Buffalo 100 (Goal: 22 hours)

Bighorn 100

Wasatch 100 (Goal: Under 30 hours)

Have less than 20 trail diggers in 2014:

Diggers so far in 2014: 1

Climb 100 peaks in 2014

Peaks climbed so far in 2014: 40

Long-Term Running Goals:

24 hour Wasatch 100 finish

Personal:

Refuse2quit blog

My adventure blog

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Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 175.05
Hoka Bondi-B Lifetime Miles: 492.55
Brooks Cascadia 6 #3 Lifetime Miles: 246.52
Altra Lone Peak #2 Lifetime Miles: 398.00
2013 Elevation Gain Lifetime Miles: 325375.00
Altra Lone Peak #3 Lifetime Miles: 409.50
Altra Torin Lifetime Miles: 268.25
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 380.35
Altra Provision Lifetime Miles: 44.10
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 #2 Lifetime Miles: 312.40
Altra Lone Peak #4 Lifetime Miles: 439.00
2014 Elevation Gain Lifetime Miles: 118065.00
Altra Olympus Lifetime Miles: 98.00
Altra Lone Peak #5 Lifetime Miles: 146.70
Total Distance
13.50
Asics Gel Panthera Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 37.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 37.00Weight: 155.17Calories: 0.00
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50 minutes on the elliptical while re-watching the Utah BYU football game. I was at the game on Sat and froze my butt off. I did get a big hug from a large strange man though after Utah blocked the kick, which helped.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 155.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

I went to lift in the middle of the day today and almost had the gym to myself which was nice because I could grunt as much as I wanted to. I had a really good session. Lifted for 55 minutes.

Also ran the stairs to work out a bit of soreness in my claves and then hit the TM for some slow (AP 8:40) miles.

Asics Gel Panthera Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 155.00Calories: 0.00
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6.00

I hit the gym for some TM fun. It was pretty crowded in there and I got the last TM. I had a great run and everything feels really good. I did the first mile at 9:00 pace, 2-5 were between 7:20-7:40 and then the final mile was at an 8:00.

Asics Gel Panthera Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 155.00Calories: 0.00
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I knew I would be climbing Grandeur Peak in the morning, so I didn't want to do too much, but I still wanted to stretch out my legs and get some cardio, so I did 35 min on the elliptical.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 155.00Calories: 0.00
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4.50

What an incredible morning! I woke up 5 minutes before my alarm at 3:40 am this morning and met MatthewVH at the Grandeur Peak trailhead at 4:30. It was pretty cold when we started out, but once we got going I heated up fast. The trail was completely covered in snow. Luckily, there were some steps we could climb up in from previous hikers, but the snow really slows you down.

Matt lead the way and pushed a decent pace and as we got higher up the views continued to get better. There was a light fog down in the valley and with all of the lights it just looked surreal down there. It was really cool. There was very little wind this morning, which isn't typical on the west ridge, but Matt did find the windiest place on the whole ridge to stop for a potty break. I took a gel (Hammer espresso) and had a drink and I had to zip up my vest to block the wind. That was the only time the whole day I got cold. From here the trail was pretty icy in places and the packed snow was frozen solid, so we had to take care not to slip and it also slowed us down. At this point we also could see a planet in the east that was as bright as any planet I have ever seen before. It was huge.

We were about 4/5 of the way to the top and Matt told me that he had to go back down in 15 minutes. I told him to push and we did, but after 15 minutes we were about 5 minutes from the top. We were now on the summit ridge breaking trail in crotch deep snow. We were not moving fast at all and snow shoes would have really helped, but it would not have been worth it to carry them up there. What noramally would have taken about 5 minutes took us 20, but we pushed to the top where we spent about a second each.

The views were absolutely amazing up there this morning. I was thinking that the only sunrise I had seen with better views this year was in Titcomb Basin in the Wind Rivers. It was that good. The colors in the sky, the snow covered terrain and the misty fog down in the valley were just incredible. That is why I love Utah. It doesn't get much better than this.

The descent was pretty fast, but I did slip on the ice and fell twice because we were moving pretty fast. I was wishing I had taken my trekking poles. We made it back down in about 35 minutes. What an amazing morning.

Here are a few photos. The first is Matt just below the summit (you can see the moon and that planet) and the second is on our way back down.

Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00Weight: 155.00Calories: 0.00
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0.00

I hit the gym to lift for an hour. Upper body. Great session.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 156.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
13.50
Asics Gel Panthera Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 37.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 37.00Weight: 155.17Calories: 0.00
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