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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:

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
33.00
2013 Elevation Gain Miles: 5400.00Altra Lone Peak #3 Miles: 8.40Altra Lone Peak #4 Miles: 17.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Total Distance
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Weights at the gym for an hour with Kristina working my upper body/core.

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Total Distance
8.40

View Benchmark with CraigL in a blizzard:

I received the following text at 5:00 AM this morning "You sure you want to do this. It is coming down pretty hard here". Hey, as long as I'm up might as well give it a go. The drive to the trailhead on Vintage View was downright scary. Going over the point of the mountain was terrifying. It was snowing hard and really blowing and I knew we would be in for some adventure.

There was already 3-4 inches of snow on the trail, so we were breaking it all the way up to the top. Once we got onto the VB trail the wind really picked up and in the exposed parts of the trail it was pretty strong and cold. Up on the summit ridge the wind was coming from the north at well over 40 mph. It was a nice test for my new windstopper hat and my ears actually got cold. I think the hat is really good, but the wind was just a beast. We tagged the summit and went straight back down and got off of the ridge as quickly as we could.

The run down was fun flying down in the snow. We were much slower than usual out there, but the effort was definitely harder than normal plowing through the snow and in several spots our tracks from the way up were gone. Other than the really high wind near the top I was warm and felt great out there. I'm glad we didn't bail out on this one.

2013 Elevation Gain Miles: 1600.00Altra Lone Peak #3 Miles: 8.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
7.00

7 miles on the track at the gym:

12 degrees and a slight breeze after dark and I had no desire to run in that so I hit the gym to do some laps on the track. I ran a steady 7:40-7:45 pace the entire time and felt great.

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Total Distance
7.30

Ave Twin peaks with MattW:

From I street in the Aves. It was a balmy 12 degrees when we started, but the sun was out and after about 10 minutes we were both heating up with the sun reflecting off the snow. After a mile and a half we were cooking and sweating like a couple of banshees, but as soon as we hit the upper ridge the wind was blowing and we were both instantly cold. The sun tucked behind a small cloud and with all of our sweat it really got chilly. We hit the top and took a quick break and then Matt led all the way back down. He pushed a pretty strong pace and we had fun crusing down in the snow, but as soon as we dropped down out of the wind it was another sweat fest.

2013 Elevation Gain Miles: 1600.00Altra Lone Peak #4 Miles: 7.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.30

Ave Twin Peaks with MattVH, MattW, ZacM and Je10:

We had a really fun group run from the Capitol building up to the Ave Twins. It was bitter cold when we started and stayed cold the entire run (5 degrees when we finished), but I only felt cold for the first minute or two and then I warmed up and felt great the rest of the morning. It was quite chilly on the summits, but we didn't linger up there at all.

Group date at the Starbucks after.

2013 Elevation Gain Miles: 2200.00Altra Lone Peak #4 Miles: 10.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
33.00
2013 Elevation Gain Miles: 5400.00Altra Lone Peak #3 Miles: 8.40Altra Lone Peak #4 Miles: 17.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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