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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
67.500.0067.50
2013 Trail Miles Miles: 67.50PI Emotion Trail M2 Miles: 50.50NB 1210 Leadville Miles: 15.00Altra Superior Miles: 2.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
28.500.0028.50

Long Trail Run - 

Enjoyed my holiday to the fullest.  Ran 28.5 miles, had a BBQ with yummy steak and ribs, played games, hiked 2 miles with the fam, ate tons of cake and ice cream, played 9 holes of golf.  What a day!

The run was great mostly cause it was off and on raining but never too hard.  It kept things kind of cool.  It was crazy humid though.  The other highlight was seeing way more sheep and cows than people.  That became a problem with footing on the trail though.  Lots of land mines to avoid.  That reminds me.  I ran in a new pair of shoes.  PI EMotion M2's from the St. George Running Center.  I really liked them.  The only complaint was that they have lousy traction in cow pies.  Very slippery.  

I ran from Right Hand Fork (mile 37 of the Bear100) to the bottom of Richards Hollow (mile 23 of the Bear100) and back.  There are two major climbs and descents in each direction.  I think the direction the race goes is slightly harder.  Much longer climb out of Richards.  I ran 2:25 out and 2:31 back.  I wanted to see how today's pace compared to actual race pace.  

T- 4:56 (10:23) 6500' vert

Richards to Cowley

- Today 1:28:30 

- 20 hour pace 1:26

- 22 hour pace (last year's pace) 1:31

- 24 hour pace 1:45

Cowley to Right Hand Fork

- Today 1:02:30

- 20 hour pace 1:11

- 22 hour pace  (last year's pace) 1:09 - probably too fast. 

- 24 hour pace 1:25

2013 Trail Miles Miles: 28.50PI Emotion Trail M2 Miles: 28.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.000.0015.00

Bunchgrass - White Pine trails to White Pine Lake - 

Ran with Mike.  Pace was medium on the way up.  I was feeling good.  Had lots of cows and cow pies to dodge again.  Made it to the lake and turned around.  I quickly left Mike behind.  I guess the pace was too hard on the way up and he was spent.  I stopped at the critical junctions to wait for him.  No big deal.  I was able to add on a half mile at the end while waiting to make it an even 15 miles. 

T-2:18 (9:12) 3300' vert

2013 Trail Miles Miles: 15.00NB 1210 Leadville Miles: 15.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.000.002.00

Hour of ultimate frisbee

2013 Trail Miles Miles: 2.00Altra Superior Miles: 2.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
22.000.0022.00

Pace Report Wasatch 100 - 

Paced Tyler Shepherd from Lambs (mile 52.5) to Brighton (mile 74.5).  

7500' vert climbing 4800' vert descending

T- 6:28 or so

Tyler came into Lambs in pretty good shape.  He had totally sandbagged the first 2 aid stations in the race and had progressively picked up the pace and also picked off people all day long.  He was shooting for 30 hours and that was looking very good for him.  He came into Lambs canyon right on 30 hour pace but with momentum to be closer to 28 hours by the end.  He was down 10 pounds or so but looked WAY better than everyone else coming into that aid.  It was HOT (96 degrees) and exposed.  Carnage was everywhere.  His father and friend were crewing for him so the three of us got him fed and cooled down then off we went.  

The hike up Lambs over to Millcreek was slow as he took it easy to conserve.  Time was really unimportant as the goal was to finish.  At that point it looked like an done deal.  Little did we know the stuggles ahead.  Right as we left Lambs a huge cloud of dust came and turned day into night.  Very crazy.  I loved the trail and will have to visit it again soon.  We hit Millcreek canyon right before dark and set to hiking up the 3 mile asphalt stretch.  

Ugg, really?  Asphalt?  At least the road was closed to crews so that the cars were at a minimum. We kept it at a hike and as such the road was slow and boring.  Once we hit the aid, we needed to turn on our lights.  Fed and watered we then proceeded to tackle the nearly 3 mile stretch to Dog lake.  Yep more uphill.  We proceeded to pass plenty of folks as we made it to the lake.  The short descent to Blunder fork was rocky and uneven.  Tyler kept things pretty conservative.  He was around 12 min/mile pace on the downhill.  Yet, it wasn't too soon after that downhill that Tyler began to complain of knee pain.  No big deal, pain is normal at this stage.  Try and ignore it and continue.  He did just that.  More climbing up past Desolation Lake and up to Red Lover's Ridge (10,000').  He got things rolling on the flatter stretches along the ridge.  We continued to make decent time, but was generally slowing down.  We continued to pick off a few runners every so often.  One of them was not looking good at all.  Weaving and bobbing and generally looking pale and wasted.  I stopped to chat for a bit to check on him.  He seemed to be ok and coherent but definetly in a bad way.  In contrast, Tyler was still bouncing along and eating well and drinking plenty.  The only issue was the now near constant gritting of teeth and slowing to a walk as his knee bugged him.  

Scott's Peak Aid (mile 70) was a welcome sight.  5 miles to Brighton with most of it downhill.  I figured we could jog it slowly and still make up time on his 30 hour splits.  Normally, that would have been fine but with the knee thing getting worse, it became a battle to keep moving at all.  He ran some, walked some until it finally became too painful to run.  So walk we did.  The last 2 miles into the aid, he was in real serious pain and was not looking like he could continue.  I tried to keep things light and hopeful for a miracle but knew that the acute pain he was experiencing was unlikely to stop until he did.  

Brighton was a zoo.  Bodies and crews all over the place.  We worked to give first aid to Tyler and get the knee better.  Any movement caused pain at this point.  Walking was near impossible.  Poor Tyler, his wife and crew disappointed, but mostly Tyler himself was so sad and mad and just plain irritated that his leg would not allow him to continue.  We tried everything we could think of for about 90 mins before we decided to call it a day. DNF.  Another victim to Brighton.  Only it wasn't for nutrition or hydration or poor pacing.  He tackled both of those perfectly.  It was out of his hands.  

My first "failure" as a pacer.  Technically, I got him to Brighton and Dan was to take him to the Finish.  So, its Dan's failure.  Ok, not true.  Did he run the downhill too fast to mess the knee up?  No way.  I pretty much walked to keep up on that downhill.  I think it was the hours and hours of climbing he did on severly tired and worn out legs.  A doctor visit should shed some light on the final diagnosis. 

Rest well and hope you are back running soon Tyler.  Thanks for the opportunity to experience the joys and pains of another 100 mile run.

2013 Trail Miles Miles: 22.00PI Emotion Trail M2 Miles: 22.00
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67.500.0067.50
2013 Trail Miles Miles: 67.50PI Emotion Trail M2 Miles: 50.50NB 1210 Leadville Miles: 15.00Altra Superior Miles: 2.00
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