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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
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
Altra IQ Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
293.000.00293.00
Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 99.00Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 6.00Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 102.00Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 53.00North Face Single Track II Miles: 12.00Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 21.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

Woke up feeling sick today and wasn't able to sleep at all last night. Also had a busy day with work and school and getting a new phone.  Just did  a little loop around the BST.  

Time- 42:52

Pace- 8:33

Elevation- 447 ft

Caloroies- 855 ft

Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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10.000.0010.00

Woke up and went for a morning run.  My legs were pretty tired from running 13 hours earlier and not sleeping well.  Went from my house to the BST and ran to the Hydro Park at first dam.  It was nice getting my run done in the morning compared to the afternoon.  Wish I could do that more often

Time- 1:26:39

Pace- 8:42

Elevation- 1,104 ft

Calories- 1,704

Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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6.000.006.00

Did Prov Canyone with Cody and Fan.  It was pretty darn icy.  Going up I was slippin all over the place.  So on the way down I took the road instead of the single track.  It was still pretty slick...but nothing like the trail would have been.  It was great seeing and running with the gang again.  After the run we went to Cody's and watched the Western States 100 movie

Time- 58:04

Pace- 9:39

Elevation- 1,275

Calories- 1,083

Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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14.000.0014.00

Did two separate runs today.  To start out I woke up and ran my normal 10 mile road loop.  The weather is amazing right now....it is pretty warm still.  It was a great run

Time- 1:22:33

Pace- 8:09

Elevation- 902 ft

Calories- 1,706

After classes I went to the mouth of green and headed up the saddleback trail.  I made it a mile up and it was a little slick.  So I headed back down and went over to do a mile of the face of green.  Definitely went slower but got a good amount of vert

Time- 1:15:19

Pace- 18:30

Elevation- 2,855 ft

Calories- 1,182

Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 4.00Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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6.000.006.00

Did a nice easy road run.  Quads were pretty darn slow.  Did a little trail next to the canal in Hyde Park and North Logan

Time- 49:31

Pace- 8:14

Elevation- 382 ft

Calories- 1,001

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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15.000.0015.00

Did an easier run today.  Kept it pretty average.  Did fifteen miles of road and trail. Went from my apartment to the BST and headed up to second dam.  I kind of rebelled and took the upper canal trail...I miss that trail.  Then I headed down the old canal trail towards the temple.  Then I headed north on this trail I've never been on.  It's a trail around a bunch of houses.  It kind of goes along 8th east.  Great run

Time- 1:58:34

Pace- 7:53

Elevation- 1,021 ft

Calories- 2,533

Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 15.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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11.000.0011.00

Did a run with Nuckles today.  Went from Second Dam and headed up the face of green.  On the way over I rebelled again and went on the upper canal trail.  Nuckles had IT issues so we went a little slower on the way back.  

Time- 1:51:15

Pace- 10:10

Elevation- 2,594 ft

Calories- 2,165

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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10.000.0010.00

Did a nice easy road and canal trail run today.  Took the road over to 1600 N and took the canal trail all the way over to sky view.  Nice easy run

Time- 1:19:44

Pace- 7:51

Elevation- 236 ft

Calories- 1,674

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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12.000.0012.00

Did a fun group run tonight with Cody, Fan and Zach (Cody's friend from the Altra running team).  We went from green and took the BST north over to Smithfield Dry Canyon.  Went at a pretty quick pace.  Fun run

Time- 1:38:28

Pace- 8:10

Elevation- 1,509 ft

Calories- 2,064

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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27.000.0027.00

Did my long run today.  Went from the mouth of green and took the BST/Deer Fence trail all the way over to Blacksmith fork canyon.  Also added some road miles to get 27 miles for the day which equaled 60 for the week.  I was extremely sore, tired and low on energy.  Just felt bonked from mile 1 to the finish.  I tripped on a rock and face planted it hard core.  So low on energy and tired.  

Time- 4:47:23

Pace- 10:38

Elevation- 2,860 ft

Calories- 4,653

Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 27.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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6.000.006.00

Did a nice, easy recovery run.  Went from my house up to the parking lot of green canyon and back.  

Time- 52:06

Pace- 8:37

Elevation- 577 ft

Calories- 1,010

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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10.000.0010.00

Did my normal road loop today.  Tried to take it easy because I'm going to do 20-30 miles tomorrow.  We'll see how I feel.  Most likely will be a flast 20-30 miles.  Today's run was pretty uneventful.

Time- 1:22:48

Pace- 8:13

Elevation- 906

Calories- 1,700

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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30.000.0030.00

Did a long run today.  My roommate blocked my car in the driveway with his so I decided to just run from my house.  Headed up to BST and headed to first dam.  Then I took the river trail all the way up tot he wind cave trail and headed up towards Beirneau.  Towards the top of that trail it got very muddy and snowy.  So, I headed back down and headed towards home.  As I got to Green, I still had 3 miles to do in order to get 30.  So, I headed 1.5 miles up the Face of Green.  BONK!  Very tiring.  It has been a while since I've done a long run with lots of climbing.  Felt good

Time- 5:48:14

Pace- 11:34

Elevation- 6,102 ft

Calories- 5,697

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 30.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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12.000.0012.00

Did a group run tonight.  Cody and Fan and myself met at First dam and headed towards BST South.  We took it all the way to Prov canyon and did part of Prov.  Fan and I were pretty sore and tired....on the way back Cody ditched us.  What a mean man

Time- 1:49:35

Pace- 9:03

Elevation- 1,705 ft

Calories- 2,123

Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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8.000.008.00

Ran from my house to the River Trai.  Thought today would be slow, but my legs felt fresh.  So, I went a little faster than planned.

Time- 1:00:35

Pace- 7:31

Elevation- 368 ft

Calories- 1,335

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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7.000.007.00

Did a nice easy run today so I'll be fresh for tomorrow's long run.  Went from my place to Austin's parents place via Canal Trails and roads.  

Time- 57:59

Pace- 8:15

Elevation- 303 ft

Calories- 1,164

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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26.000.0026.00

Tomorrow is my 25th birthday.  So to celebrate, Cody, Fan and myself went for a long run.  We were planning on doing just 25 but we threw an extra mile in accidently.  We were all very tired.  I bonked pretty hard core on the way back (final 4 miles probably).  Cody thinks he spotted a Coyote.  The run was road and trail with some snow fall.  After the run Cody and myself got donuts and chocolate milk.  Great post run food and drink.  Fun run.  Glad Cody suggested it.

Time- 4:46:54

Pace- 11:00

Elevation- 4,640 ft

Calories- 4,770

Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 26.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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10.000.0010.00

Todays run was SLOW AND FREEZING.  My legs were dead which caused me to run slow.  The snow was blowing everywhere.  My face and hands went numb pretty quick. Definitely went slower.  

Time- 1:28:21

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 617 ft

Calories- 1,679

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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12.000.0012.00

Today my ANT stick for the Garmin stopped working.  So I can't upload anything to strava and get accurate readings.  Anyway, did first dam to Deer Fence then over to Providence.  Went with Cody, Fan and Alex (I think that is his name....) I was feeling really fresh tonight and was able to go at a fast pace.  Lead the whole way over.  On the way back, Fan was feeling great and just took off.  It was a great run.

Time- 1:39:19

Pace- 8:14

Calories - Around 1500

Elevation- Around 1700

North Face Single Track II Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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11.000.0011.00

Merry Christmas.  Got my Pearls today.  Went out and gave them a go.  Did a run around Cornish.  Went up in to the hills/mountains behind my house and explored.  The snow was deep and the mud was slick.  Couldn't go fast at all.  Fun run though

Time- 1:47:27

Pace- 9:44

Calories- Around 1400

Elevation- Around 1700

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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10.000.0010.00

Went to first dam and was going to do a snow run.  Had my spikes and everything.  But 2 problems arose.  1, the snow was shin deep and I had ankle socks.  So, my legs went numb within five minutes.  2, my chain broke....brand new too.  I'm having bad luck with my equipment.  I headed up to the upper canal and made it to the section that cuts down to the rock climbing wall.  So, I turned around and did a road loop.  It was pretty darn chilly

Time- 1:23:50

Pace- 8:21

Elevation- Around 300 

Calories- Around 1400

Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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7.000.007.00

Went skiing at Powder for work.  Legs were dead.  Kept it short.  Went from my place to first dam and back

Time-  54:30

Pace- 7:44

Elevation- Around 400 

Calories- Around 900

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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10.000.0010.00

Did an evening run with Cody today.  We met at the tabernacle and headed over to Providence area.  The wind was blowing tonight which made it FREEZING.  So, we headed away from the canyon and tried to stay away from the wind.  We did really well.  Cody was feeling great so we went at a pretty good pace.  Fun times

Time- 1:14:32

Pace- 7:26

Elevation- Around 400 ft

Calories- Around 1500

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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11.000.0011.00

Did another night run with Cody.  Close to the same route.  A little different.  Still windy and freezing.  Cody was planning on going around 8 min pace but he was feeling good again.  We ended up going pretty fast again

Time- 1:21:50

Pace- 7:25

Elevation- Around 400 ft

Calories- Around 1500

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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7.000.007.00

Was planning on going slow today....but, I was feeling good so I went pretty darn fast.  Went from my house to first dam and back.  Very good and quick run

Time- 45:07

Pace- 6:24

Elevation- Around 300 ft

Calories- Around 1,000

Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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293.000.00293.00
Pearl Izumi N1 Miles: 99.00Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 6.00Merrell AllOut Fuse Miles: 102.00Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 53.00North Face Single Track II Miles: 12.00Pearl Izumi M2 Miles: 21.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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