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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 12, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

3rd place in my age group (35-39) in the 2009 East Millcreek 4th of July 5K.

2009 Provo River 1/2:  1:56:24

2011 Dam 2 Dam 5 Mile: 51:26

2011 Spectrum 10K: 56:02 

Unnamed 1/2 : 1:53:37

2011 St. George Marathon  4:29:33

2012 Sandy 4th of July 10K: 57:44.8

2013 Thanksgiving Point 1/2 2:03:29 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Build up a base level of fitness.

Get back into marathon shape.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get more followers on Twitter.

Run a < 1:45:00 half

Run a < 4:00:00 marathon 

Personal:

Married to Stacie.

5 Daughters:

  • A Cheerleader
  • A Soccer Player
  • An Actress
  • A Tomboy
  • A Tasmanian Devil 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Glyceryn 8 Lifetime Miles: 499.30
Brooks Glyceryn Lifetime Miles: 415.30
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles: 531.84
Brooks Ghost 3 Lifetime Miles: 354.75
Black Pure Flow Lifetime Miles: 137.35
Green Pure Flow Lifetime Miles: 119.43
Brooks Defyance 7 Lifetime Miles: 78.41
Sat, Jun 18, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.507.3012.80

2011 Wasatch Back Relay leg 23

A 5.5 mile sunrise run from Wanship, UT to Rockport State Park.

This run was supposed to be my easy run.  It wasn't very far and it wasn't anymore uphill that what I usually run--though it had a decent climb on the second mile.  The scenery was beautiful and the sunlight was just starting to appear at 4:51 am when I started running.  However, all my teammates were asleep in our car so I had to help our previous runner find it after he handed off to me; the exchange was extremely crowded and parking was a mess; it was very cold; and I felt like I was going to throw up. 

The feeling didn't leave until after I finished running and fell asleep.    I could see my breath as it would pass through the rays of light from my headlamp.  This was the coldest I had ever been running a Ragnar leg.  While it was nice to run with the sunrise, the sick feeling kept my pace down and it made the whole run laborious when it should have been easy.  My overall pace was about 10:05 and I was so glad to get this one done. 

As the driver, I had stayed up pretty much the whole night and when I got back in the car after this run, I fell right to sleep.  I guess we drove to the next exchange and parked and then the driver just went to sleep.  I woke myself up with a loud snore and decided I better get out and go find the exchange so I could let the other team know we were there and see Stacie finish.

Workout data

 

2011 Wasatch Back leg 35

A slightly uphill 1 mile run followed by 6.3 miles of sheer downhill terror.  Up and over Guardsman's pass from 8,881 feet to 8,963 feet and then down to the parking lot at the base of Deer Valley--not at all the way most people get down that mountain.

Crazy.  I warmed up with 1 mile running up over a mountain at just under 9,000 feet.  I felt pretty good as I passed a guy just prior to crossing the summit.  All my hard hill running in the past month was paying off.  Then the insanity kicked in.  Just set your treadmill to a speed higher than you can run and stay on it for about an hour with a plastic bag on your head.  Only this was more dangerous.  If I fall off my treadmill, I stop falling when I hit the floor.  If I had fallen off of this thing, I certainly would have kept rolling all the way down to Park City--which at some points might have been tempting if I was meeting the next runner in Park City, but I wasn't.

This was a run that had looked like a lot of fun on paper.  That is, of course, because I was just looking at the slope on the elevation profile and not at the altitude.  The worst part about this was the lack of oxygen.  I thought the worst was going to be the beating my body would take from running sub-8-minute miles down a mountain.  As it turned out, I only had one mile under 8 minutes.  The first two runs, lack of sleep, and lack of oxygen got to me and it was a real struggle to run down that mountain.  I really wish that I had had more time on my mountain bike this spring to prepare for this, but the weather just wouldn't cooperate. 

Workout data

2011 Wasatch Back Summary

All-in-all, it was another crazy running adventure.  Out of the five years I have done this, this was the most difficult.  I was in the best shape I have ever been in, but in less than 24 hours, I ran the two most difficult runs I have ever done.  I was a little disappointed last night, but as I thought about it more, I've started to feel good about it.

I was not training for this event.  I was training early for the St. George Marathon with the idea that I could get into marathon shape by now with time to gradually increase my mileage over the summer so that I can be very well prepared when it is time to run the race.  This would allow me to better handle a setback like not running for over a week due to sickness that had derailed my plans to run a marathon in the past.  If I look at this relay race as just another step in my marathon training, it was a wild success.  I got some great extreme training in that I can't see myself purposefully repeating.  While I am sore in some strange places, I'm really more worn out from the lack of sleep than anything else.  I don't think I can say that about previous Ragnar Relays.

 


Brooks Glyceryn Miles: 7.30Brooks Launch Miles: 5.50
Comments
From Lysa on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 22:14:35 from 67.166.122.134

I'm sorry you felt so crappy on the Rockport run. It really was a fun one. I think the temp. dropped significantly when the sun started to rise. Our 12th runner was freezing and miserable also. Plus I think that was the time of day that everyone started to feel horrible. {hence the POP lines with zero movement in them} Nice job getting through it at a decent pace though. That's good for feeling so sick.

The Deer Valley run makes me laugh just to think back on and you described it perfectly. We felt the exact same way on this run. Trashed. Done. Surprised at the lack of strength. My body was really telling me something at that point and I really did want to listen to it. I just kept saying 'hang on, you're almost done.'

The Ragnar is a big giant comical joke.

From Stacie on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 18:23:00 from 67.166.127.0

Ya you better wake up to see me finish! Going to read the next part now. I seriously had thoughts during my second run like "they're all just asleep and here I am running and this sucks. they're not even going to care how fast I go, etc." The other team cared about me more than my team cause I was passing off to them. They were always there to cheer me on. that's just how it works.

From Stacie on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 18:32:17 from 67.166.127.0

K. now I'm finished. you need to not be the driver/captain anymore so you can get more sleep. You did amazing and I wish you the best on the rest of your training

From jhaddock on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:14:03 from 67.166.127.0

I don't like not being the driver.

From Kim on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 13:45:33 from 67.199.180.90

It's fun to read your report. I did the same legs. This was my first experience with WBR as a runner. I have been a volunteer before but this is something you have to experience to understand. I'm glad you woke up to see Stacie finish! Good job to you guys and your team! What was your team's name?

From Stacie on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 14:52:32 from 67.166.127.0

uncomfortably numb

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