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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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Asics Gel Scout Trail Lifetime Miles: 521.00
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Merrell Barefoot Road Lifetime Miles: 253.00
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles: 228.00
Pearl Izumi N1 Lifetime Miles: 279.50
Pearl Izumi N1 Lifetime Miles: 539.00
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
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Pearl Izumi N1 Road Miles: 49.00Hoka One One Stinson ATR Miles: 48.00Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 66.00Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 97.00North Face Single Track II Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did the same road loop I did Friday.  House to campus, to below the temple, to island and loop up to first dam and home.  Went quick today...I was expecting to go slower but surprisingly my legs felt pretty good. 

Time- 1:07:52

Pace- 6:46

Elevation- 481 ft

Calories- 1,661

Pearl Izumi N1 Road Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a slower recovery run today.  Went from my house up the mouth of green and took BST over to first dam.  Then took the upper canal trail for a mile and headed back.  Easy run with an avg. HB of 132

Time- 1:28:10

Pace- 8:50

Elevation- 1,065 ft

Calories- 1,723

Hoka One One Stinson ATR Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a hill workout today.  Went from my house to the mouth of green then headed up the face of green.  I wanted to go up 1.5 miles but there was snow up at the top.  So, I went up 1 mile, headed down, then turned around and did another .5 miles.  Going down was painful.  My legs are dead.  Time to go to my basketball game now....

Time- 1:35:57

Pace- 11:57

Elevation- 2,636 ft

Calories- 1,706

Hoka One One Stinson ATR Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Today, my quads and legs were DEAD.  Walking around campus this morning, I could tell that my legs were destroyed and that I'd struggle on my run today.  From mile 1 to mile 24, my legs felt like crap.  But, I pushed through it and got 24.  I did BST from Green Canyon all the way to Blacksmith Fork.  Also did a mile of Prov canyon.  Very long and difficult.  But, great 100 mile training.  

Time- 4:02:22

Pace- 10:05

Elevation- 3,064

Calories- 4,170

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 24.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Was gonna do 8 today....but this weather is so amaing.  So, I did 11....but slow.  My legs are pretty hammered.  It's been a bigger week.  Went from my house up to green and took the BST over to the upper canal trail and did the whole trail to the river trail.  Good, easy, warm run

Time- 1:38:07

Pace- 8:57

Elevation- 1,109 ft

Calories- 1,892

Pearl Izumi N1 Road Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a beast of a run/hike today.  My own version of a vertical mile and quad banger.  Nuckels joined me for most of the run.  Did the face of green 4 times with a 2 mile cool down up and down the regular green trail.  I am sore...

Time- 2:32:14

Pace- 15:11

Elevation- 5,652 ft

Calories- 2,569

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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My. Legs. Were. Dead. Today.....  Like seriously, I could barely move.  Every step killed the quads.  Ugh.  Went from my place to BST and over to the upper canal trail.  Very slow and tired

Time- 1:32:56

Pace- 9:17

Elevation- 1,041 ft

Calories- 1,731

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did the River and Crimson trail loop with Cody.  My legs were pretty dead but I was able to keep up with Cody for the most part.  Fun, pretty, and warm run

Time- 2:07:28

Pace- 9:51

Elevation- 2,190 ft

Calories- 2,418

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a recovery run with Nuckles.  Went from the mouth of green over to first dam via BST.  Then headed up the upper canal trail to second dam.  Easy run

Time- 1:10:34

Pace- 8:49

Elevation- 691 ft

Calories- 1,396

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Went from my house to the mouth of green.  Was going to do the BST but I was feeling ambitious today.  Did the face of green 2.5 times.  I surprisingly had some fresh legs.  Good, vertical run

Time- 2:03:40

Pace- 12:17

Elevation- 3,878 ft

CAlories- 2,238

Hoka One One Stinson ATR Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did an easy Saturday run today.  Went from my house to green, took the BST over to first dam then headed up the upper canal trail a mile.  Easy run

Time- 122:50

Pace- 8:15

Elevation- 1,039 ft

Calories- 1,734

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Don't have work or classes tomorrow.  So I'm going to do a long run.  To prepare, I did a short, slow 8 miles.  Went from my house over to first dam and headed back

Time- 1:05:54

Pace- 8:12

Elevation- 418 ft

Calories- 1,332

Pearl Izumi N1 Road Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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No classes or work today.  Took advantage of the day off and the sun and went for a long run.  Started out feeling fresh.  Started at green and took BST over to first then headed up logan canyon.  I took the canal and river trail up towards crimson trail and did crimson.  Then I crossed the highway and did the wind caves/beirdneau trail.  About .5 miles from the top of the beirdneau trail it got muddy and snowy so I turned around and added the entire wind caves trail to my run.  Then I headed back across the highway, up crimson again and back.  I also added 1.5 miles of spring hollow.  I was only planning on 24ish miles....so, I didn't have any food.  I was pretty darn bonked.  Great and pretty February run

Time- 5:54:56

Pace- 11:04

Elevation- 7,742 ft

Calories- 6,293

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 32.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did my road loop....up to campus, down to the temple, loop around island to first dam, then 1600 north back.  The plan was to go slow...but, i felt good...and went pretty fast.  Felt great actually

Time- 1:11:40

Pace- 7:08

Elevation- 494 ft

Calories- 1,663

 

Pearl Izumi N1 Road Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Forced myself to take it easy.  Did my normal run up to green then BST over to first and up the canal trail a little.  Beautiful sunny day

Time- 1:29:06

Pace- 8:52

Elevation- 996 ft

Calories- 1,734

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did one more long run before the Red Mountain 50K in 2 weeks.  Went from green over to Blacksmithfork via BST and Deer Fence.  On the way over it was warm and I was sweaty!  But, right when I turned around, it started snowing a good amount.  I got pretty wet and couldn't see that well.  But it was a good run to get in before the race.  This was a big week!  Time to take it semi easy next week.

Time- 3:24:21

Pace- 9:16

Elevation- 2,739 ft

Calories- 3,824

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 22.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a great run with Nuckles today.  Went from green and took the North BST trail.  Went up Cedar Hill and looped around backwards (backwards of what Cody and I usually do).  I was pushing it up Cedar.  Felt pretty good today.  Awesome run

Time- 1:26:52

Pace- 9:33

Elevation- 2,089

Calories- 1,884

Hoka One One Stinson ATR Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did the same run today with Nuckles that I did yesterday.  This time we did the loop backwards.  We also went and explored around in a cave/cole mine.  Good, slower run.  Nuckles hurt his calf so that slowed us down a bit.  Great run though

Time- 1:40:16

Pace- 9:54

Elevation- 2,075 ft

Calories- 1,891

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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A boy at work has been struggling.  He wanted me to take him for a run to relive some stress and to talk.  So I took him to Mantua and we did a loop around the lake twice.  He was able to cool down and we had a great chat.  Nice, easy run

Time- 1:07:45

Pace- 8:25

Elevation- 116 ft

Calories- 1,334

North Face Single Track II Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a run with the crew: Zack, Cody and Fan.  We did the river trail.  On the way back Zack started to move pretty quick.  I kept up with him...man that guy can move.  But it was good to run with the crew.  Miss them....except for Cody haha

Time- 1:18:09

Pace- 7:47

Elevation- 886 ft

Calories- 1,740

Hoka One One Stinson ATR Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Did a nice easy road loop tonight.  The USU and Island loop.  Went super easy.  132 bpm with the heart rate.  Nice run

Time- 1:23:23

Pace- 8:19

Elevation- 503 ft

Calories- 1,662

Pearl Izumi N1 Road Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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My cousin Tom has been getting into running and wanted to go on a long run with me.  The most he has ever done is 13 and he wanted to do 14.  So with my race next weekend I decided I could do 14 at a slower pace than usual.  He actually did really well.  He's 38, lost 30ish pounds, and is a natural runner.  Did BST and River trail.  Good fun run

Time- 2:03:52

Pace- 8:49

Elevation- 1,339 ft

Calories- 2,452

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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268.000.00268.00
Pearl Izumi N1 Road Miles: 49.00Hoka One One Stinson ATR Miles: 48.00Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 66.00Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 97.00North Face Single Track II Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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