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Logan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Former Course Record Holder (it was a good run while it lasted...)

Logan Peak Trail Race

Completely addicted to trail running

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Race Schedule

TBD...

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Who knows?

 

 

 

 

Personal:

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Microspikes Lifetime Miles: 408.50
PI EMotion Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 357.00
MT1010SA Lifetime Miles: 120.50
Rapa Nui 2 Lifetime Miles: 305.50
Altra Olympus Lifetime Miles: 555.80
PI Emotion Trail N2 Lifetime Miles: 312.50
PI Emotion Trail M2 Lifetime Miles: 328.50
2015 Trail Miles Lifetime Miles: 2047.50
2015 Road Miles Lifetime Miles: 490.00
2015 Mtn Bike Miles Lifetime Miles: 58.00
Altra Impulse 1.0 Lifetime Miles: 46.00
Altra Lone Peak 2.5 Lifetime Miles: 242.00
Altra Paradigm (blue) Lifetime Miles: 102.00
LP 3.0 Tester Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Altra One2 Lifetime Miles: 14.00
Altra Paradigm 2.0 Lifetime Miles: 92.00
Altra LP NS HT Lifetime Miles: 95.00
Altra Torin 2.5 Red Lifetime Miles: 7.00
Race: Logan Peak Trail Run (28 Miles) 04:19:48, Place overall: 4
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Logan Peak Trail Run

This year it was the race of champions!  We had the winners from the last 4 years all there to determine the champion of champions.  Spoiler alert!  I didn't win....not a big surprise there.  Seth Wold won in a flat 4 hours.  Amazing.  Only 9-ish mins back from him, Joe (Predog) took second place honors (for the third year in a row).  Only a few mins back from him, Mr. I had to bum a plane ticket (to get to the race) off Dale (Dale is AWESOME) Jon Allen.  Thanks for nothing Dale, having Jon there pushed me off the podium.  Some friend you are!  Still, I was happy with my 4th place finish though as I managed to squeak under my course record (it was 4:22:52).  That makes 3 4th place finishes and 1 win.  Still, PR is a PR! Special congrats to my running buddies as they both did sweet!

Anyway, that is cliff notes version.  The blow by blow will take more mental energy than I can give right now....to be continued.

A few boring details... (actually, very boring commentary this time...)

Lets see, Seth, Joe, Jon, Neil, Drew and I were the lead pack.  By the time we hit the mouth of Dry Canyon Seth was already off the front.  Neil went after him and the rest of us took it easier. 

Joe led the chase group up the the canyon at a steady pace.  After a couple of miles, I got antsy and took up pacing duties.  I was pushing pretty hard.  Probably too hard, but it felt good to push it.  We dropped Jon in here.  Hit the first aid in 57:30.  (5 mins under course record pace but 2 mins behind Seth/Neil.

The next 7 miles were rolling but with a net climb of 900'.  No sign of Seth/Neil until the aid where we nearly caught Neil.  Jon caught up in this section.  Joe and Jon pulled away from Drew and I by 100m or so.  We were still a tad under course record pace, but we gave back a few mins. 

The section from Aid 2 to the peak was a newly cut forest service road.  Much smoother and perfectly graded to keep a steady trot up the mountain.  This section was much easier this year.  Too bad my climbing legs were gone.  I was quickly falling back from Jon and Joe, but managed to nearly catch Neil and was able to drop Drew. 

Tagged the tower -2:36:45 (ahead of pace still)

It took a few miles to get the legs moving.  I was barely managing 7-7:30 pace downhill.  Not great.  I was able to squeak by Neil as he was struggling.  Now I was in 4th, but Jon and Joe were long gone.  I was hoping to get things going on North Syncline Trail, but the opposite happened.  I continued to slow down.  I was losing about a minute per mile to my course record pace.  I was all alone and in a bad place mentally.  Didn't care anymore.  Just keep moving.  Didn't care how slow.

A stop at the final aid station helped with the motivation.  I downed 2 cups of coke and poured a cup of water on the head.  Lets get moving again.  Too bad the legs wouldn't cooperate.  I really wanted the Hokas for the final stint down Dry Canyon.  Oh well, I did the best I could and got 'er done.  Considering my training, I am very satisfied with this race.  I wish I could have felt better, but I will take it!

Stats for the fellow nerds....

T-4:19:48

7261' vert (advertised), measured at 6500' (SportTracks), 7170' (Garmin Connect)

     PROFILE

Finish Line Celebrations:

The best trail runners around...

Writeup in Herald Journal HERE

2012 Trail Miles Miles: 28.00Altra Lone Peak Miles: 28.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 18:29:21 from 24.10.249.165

Great pictures. Great race against some tough competition.

From Dale on Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 18:35:43 from 69.10.215.11

Sorry dude, don't know what I was thinking. Hey, at least you broke the old course record. Oh, and I seem to recall someone being too injured to run much not so very long ago. This is all just one big warmup for the Bear anyway, right?

Grats.

From Cody on Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 21:19:54 from 67.177.0.196

Dale - Its all in good fun. What you did for Jon is newsworthy. Good Man.

I am stoked to be healthy and running again. You got it right, its all in prep for the Bear...

From Dale on Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 23:08:50 from 69.10.215.11

Feel free to come pace me for the last 48 miles of cascade crest 100. It'll be a good warm-up for ya.

From Steve on Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 00:19:33 from 66.87.70.26

Saw you guys running by my house this morning. I'm across from the start line. That is a tough race. I run that canyon about once a week right now. Straight up!

From Holt on Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 20:15:07 from 67.2.240.4

That makes me wish even more that I would have come up and run! Nice job.

From jtshad on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 07:23:55 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on the PR! Sounds like a strong field, you just have to become friens with slower runners.

Great race.

From Paul on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 08:41:59 from 207.224.39.118

Nice job, congrats on the PR.

From Dave S on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 10:46:49 from 63.248.248.225

Nice job! Great article in the Herold Journal.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 11:00:21 from 66.232.64.4

Congrats on the PR. I enjoyed the article. Thanks for posting.

From James on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 11:19:09 from 97.117.92.183

You guys are either beat or you are all getting old like me!:) Nice PR and race. Seth is quite the mountain goat as we all knew already.

From Superfly on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 11:51:14 from 74.211.21.81

Great job!

From Scott Ensign on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 12:11:05 from 129.123.3.84

looks like a lot of fun, great job. like the pics too.

From Adam RW on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 21:45:50 from 155.101.152.123

That course profile never looses its cool. Congrats on the PR!

From Jon on Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 14:05:21 from 174.126.56.13

Very glad I could make it and see you guys. Next weekend will be fun, too. I imagine there's no way I'll be back next year, so you'll have to stay healthy and take the FRB crown back from Joe!

From David Nelson on Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 21:38:05 from 71.227.142.105

Really late on the congrats to you guys, but I'm catching up on blog entries now. Good race. The two things I may miss most about Cache Valley are the trails for runs like you just described, and that the local newspaper writes about trail races. Both are pretty rare.

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