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Location:

Logan,Ut,United States

Member Since:

Jul 14, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

My very first race was the Top of Utah Half Marathon.  I finished in 01:29:45.  Even though it wasn't amazing, I took 3rd place in my age division which was a huge accomplishment for myself.  After that I did a large amount of 5 and 10K's, Ragnar's, etc.  In 2012 I put together and Ultra Ragnar Team.  After this I started to focus on shorter races and worked towards running track with Utah State University.  As I was getting close to running with the team, I met Cody Draper.  He introduced me to trail running....I'm now a trail runner!  Just did my first ultra marathon two weeks ago...Logan Peak.  I finished in 5th place and got under my goal of 5 hours.  

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

In the next two years, I'd like to run a 50K and a 50 miler.  If those two races go well, I'd like to do the Bear 100 in 2 years from this summer.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'm not sure how much of a goal this is...it's more of a wish that's way towards the stars.  I'd like to eventually get good enough that I have offers to be sponsored as a runner. But my actual long term goals are:

1. A 100 miler   2.  Win an ultra marathon.  3.  Be apart of the 80 year old marathon runner club

Personal:

I'm single!  The only exciting thing going on in my life is I'm getting into trail running!

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Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles: 1203.74
Asics Gel Scout Trail Lifetime Miles: 521.00
Brooks Ghost 6 Lifetime Miles: 409.00
Merrell Barefoot Road Lifetime Miles: 253.00
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles: 228.00
Pearl Izumi N1 Lifetime Miles: 279.50
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Salomon XT Wings 3 Lifetime Miles: 361.00
Merrell AllOut Fuse Lifetime Miles: 403.00
Brooks Cascadia 9 Lifetime Miles: 415.00
Hoka One One Stinson ATR Lifetime Miles: 301.00
Pearl Izumi M2 Lifetime Miles: 634.00
North Face Single Track II Lifetime Miles: 215.00
Pearl Izumi N1 Road Lifetime Miles: 311.00
Pearl Izumi N2 Trail Lifetime Miles: 540.00
Pearl Izumi N2 Road Lifetime Miles: 67.00
Altra Lone Peak 2.0 Lifetime Miles: 303.00
Altra Instinct 3.5 Lifetime Miles: 38.00
Altra Lone Peak 3.0 Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Altra IQ Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
264.000.00264.00
Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 107.00Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 157.00
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Tested out my new Brooks Ghost 6 today.  They are pretty awesome.  I love them!  Did my normal road run....dave's grave, hyde park and back...with an extra mile.  Went at a fast pace.  Felt great!  Especially the warm 40 degree weather.

Time- 1:19:00

Pace- 7:10 

Elevation- 952 ft

Calories- 1,739

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a slower run today.  Did green canyon and then decided to go up the face.  I must say, I bonked on the way up the face.  When I got to the top, I just fell to the ground and started eating snow.  I was in desperate need for water.  The run down was very slippery and bumpy.  

Time- 1:59:05

Pace- 10:49

Elevation- 2,884 ft

Calories- 2,061

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did Green today.  Was going to go half a mile further than normal to end up getting 10 miles instead of nine.  But the trail after the fence was horrible.  So I turned around and headed back and after half a mile, I turned around and repeated the top portion to get the extra mile.  Went at an alright pace.  My legs were pretty tired from yesterday's work out.  Temperature was good.  All around a good day.

Time- 1:27:18

Pace- 8:42

Elevation- 1,453 ft

Calories- 1,672

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my normal road run.  At work today I did leg lifts so my legs were pretty sore.  Didn't go extremely fast but not extremely slow.  Not a lot happened on this run.

Time- 1:13:58

Pace- 7:23

Elevation- 842 ft

Calories- 1,579

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Today my legs were probably the sorest they've ever been on a run.  Today was definitely a training run to prepare me for the final miles of the Bear 100.  I did not want to run at all.  But I eventually finished and the pace didn't end up being as slow as I thought it'd be.

Time- 1:25:49

Pace- 8:35

Elevation- 1,100 ft

Calories- 1,592

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did another road run. I went a little faster today but my legs were still pretty dead.  Pretty uneventful today.  

Time- 1:20:20

Pace- 8:02

Elevation- 559 ft

Calories- 1,574

 

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Today it snowed finally!  Green canyon had a good amount of fresh powder on it.  That made it a little difficult to get any speed at all.  My back is super super sore though.  The trail was pretty uneven which made it a little hard on the body.  But, it was still fun.  Went with Cody.  What a good guy.  He's a champ.  Very good run overall

Time- 1:59:37

Pace- 9:53

Elevation- 1,609 ft

Calories- 1,971

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Took the day off from running and just did my cross fit class.  

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Did green canyon today....simply put, the trail was awful.  Very slippery.  Couldn't get any good grip.  Had to truck through some deep snow.  Eventually i just turned around and did 2 miles on the road.  There were tons of snow shoers but that didn't help much.  Wasn't that great of a run.

Time- 1:45:13

Pace- 10:31

Elevation- 1,225 ft

Calories- 1,623

 

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a long road run with Cody today.  Started at the tabernacle, took the back roads in river heights, providence and mendon.  Ended up about a mile away from the mouth of black smith fork canyon then headed back.  Had a killer side ache for a good eight miles of it.  Hit the wall with about seven miles left.  The weather was awesome.  Very warm.  Very good work out today...felt like crap towards the end but still great.

Time- 2:35:55

Pace- 7:48

Elevation- 1,541 ft

Calories- 3,169

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 20.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Still recovering from Saturday's run!  Did my usual half road/half trail run.  Five miles on the road and five miles of green.  Trail was awesome!

Time- 1:25:41

Pace- 8:34

Elevation- 1,098 ft

Calories- 1,593

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my usual road run.  Apt to Dave's grave, to Hyde Park.  Went at a pretty good pace considering how sore I am from Saturday still.  Also did an intense 25 min. cross fit work out.  My arms and body are DEAD.  Good work out day

Time- 1:17:44

Pace- 7:46

Elevation- 841 ft

Calories- 1,579

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Since my body is pretty sore from yesterday's cross fit work out, I was planning on taking the day off.  Then decided I could do 5.  Then decided to just do nine but at a slow, easy pace.  Pretty uneventful.

Time- 1:14:40

Pace- 8:18

Elevation- 234 ft

Calories- 1,402

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my apt. to green run.  Very sore still from adjusting to cross fit.  Did nine instead of ten...at a very very slow pace.  Also did 20 min of cross fit 

Time- 1:19:34

Pace- 8:50

Elevation-969 ft

Calories- 1,433

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a longer run to make up for wednesday and thursday.  Still pretty sore but was able to push it and go at a decent pace.  The trail was pretty marked up with horse hoof prints.  Very annoying.  But it was a beautiful day and a great run

Time- 1:51:20

Pace- 9:16

Elevation- 1,617 ft

Calories- 1,969

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a good run today.  Went up green and finished green at an 8:37 pace.  Definitely getting back into a good pace.  Then I decided to go up the face of green.  My knee started to hurt a lot on the way down.  I think I tweeked it a little on the horse hoof tracks.  Stupid riders

Time- 1:54:54

Pace- 10:26

Elevation- 2,738 ft

Calories- 2,024

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my usual road run.  My knee still kind of hurted from yesterday.  Not a lot happened.  Also did about 20 min of cross fit today

Time- 1:23:29

Pace- 8:21

Elevation- 841 ft

Calories- 1,578

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my apt. to green canyon run.  As I got further up the trail I stuck to the road cause I didn't wanna deal with the horse tracks.  Went pretty quick considering I skiied all day for work. Good run

Time- 1:16:07

Pace- 7:37

Elevation- 1,080 ft

Calories- 1,591

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a very very slow run today.  My legs were dead.  My knee is still pretty sore.  Not a whole lot happened.  Also did a 20-25 min cross fit work out

Time- 1:18:17

Pace- 8:42

Elevation- 563 ft

Calories- 1,413

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Woke up this morning and was planning on doing a short six mile run.  But as I got out I decided to push it a little bit.  Decided to mix it up a bit and do dry canyon.  I went up two miles, then turned around and headed down a mile.  Then went up a mile and came back down a mile.  I did this 4 times.  Quite the climb.  It has been a good long while since I've climbed this much in a day.

Time- 2:11:53

Pace- 11:59

Elevation- 4,126 ft

Calories- 2,109 

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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So I was going to take today off cause of how sore I was.  But a buddy of mine who I've been trying to get into trail running wanted me to take him on a run.  So we did green.  We were going pretty darn slow...after five miles he gave up.  I'm still proud of him.  I decided to finish the trail out and run home.  Even though it was slow, I still enjoyed the run.  

Time- 1:45:33

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 1,215 ft

Calories- 1,885

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my apt. to green run. Started out really pushing it...but felt awful.  I then realized that last week I ran over 60 miles and climbed over 10,000 ft.  So I slowed it down.  Not much happened

Time- 1:28:02

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 1,142

Calories- 1,601

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my usual road run.  Went to see Dave's grave.  Nothing really happened.  Also did 20 min of cross fit

Time- 1:14:04

Pace- 7:24

Elevation- 841 ft

Calories- 1,580

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Ran green.  Fresh snow fall.  There were some tracks part way up but then I reached the part of the trail where I had to make the first tracks.  Didn't go to fast at all.  Coming down I pretty much went just as slow because the trail was very loose.  Wasn't my favorite run

Time- 1:38:35

Pace- 9:51

Elevation- 1,294

Calories- 1,630

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Was going to take the day off...due to body aches, feeling a little sick.  But, my body woke myself up when i usually get up....so, I figured I'd run since I was up.  Did a flat, slow and shorter run than usual.  The roads were very icey.  Wasn't my favorite run.  Also did an intense twenty min. cross fit work out

Time- 1:06:07

Pace- 8:19

Elevation- 88 ft

Calories- 1,243

Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Was going to take the day off because I was feeling pretty exhausted the past two days.  But, I decided to do Green.  Starting out I felt great.  About two miles up, my knee was hurting a little...nothing to really worry about I thought.  As soon as I got to the top and headed back down, my knee and quad locked up and was in extreme pain.  I had to stop every half mile to stretch and get the pain to go down.  Then I'd kind of hobble/jog another half mile before stopping again.  Probalby will take all of next week off.  We'll see what happens

Time- 1:27:32

Pace- 9:43

Elevation- 1,209 ft

Calories- 1,470

Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 107.00Asics Gel Scout Trail Miles: 157.00
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