Trails!

Week starting Oct 16, 2011

Previous WeekRecent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesCody's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageMonth ViewYear View
Graph View
Next Week
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

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:

Link to my Wife and I's Photo and Running blog

 

 

 

 

Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
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
61.500.0061.50
Launch Blue #1 Miles: 10.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 40.002011 Road Miles Miles: 21.50Cascadia 5 #2 Miles: 8.00MT101 Miles: 8.00Fireblade Miles: 8.00Brooks Launch #2 Miles: 8.50Cascadia 6 Red Miles: 19.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

Providence Star - 

Felt horrible

T- 1:25 (8:30) 750' vert

Launch Blue #1 Miles: 10.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 1.002011 Road Miles Miles: 9.00
Add Comment
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Providence Canyon Trail -

Felt better today

T-1:14:10 1500' vert

** On a more important note, we found out yesterday that we are having a girl!

Cascadia 5 #2 Miles: 8.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 6.002011 Road Miles Miles: 2.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Providence Trail -

Steady pace today. Headlamp was dying and trail was slick with leaves and slippery dirt covered rocks. A few close calls.

T- 1:11 (8:53) 1500' vert

2011 Trail Miles Miles: 6.002011 Road Miles Miles: 2.00MT101 Miles: 8.00
Add Comment
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Played Flag Football last night and during the kickoff I tweaked my knee again.  I am convinced I tore or stretched my MCL during the turkey trot last year.  I am still trying to heal from it.  Every once in a while I over extend my leg and it gets tweaked again.  I could hardly walk this morning.  Things loosened up during the day and after work I ran a very slow 8 on the River Trail to test things out.  The knee pain was minor but every muscle in my leg was tight, especially the groin.  That got better though by the end.  Gonna have to figure this out.

No watch -  500' vert

Fireblade Miles: 8.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 8.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.500.008.50

Providence Hills Loop - 

Super slow today.  Barely cracked 9 min pace the first 4 miles, but the downhill got me close to 7 min pace for a bit.  Still tight, but not as bad.  Knee pain has diminished greatly.

T- 1:10 (8:14) 500' vert

Brooks Launch #2 Miles: 8.502011 Road Miles Miles: 8.50
Add Comment
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
19.000.0019.00

High Creek - Mt Naomi - Cherry Peak 

Today the stars aligned and I was able to take Joe up High Creek and complete the attempt we made earlier in the year.  I was able to do this exact run by myself on Sept 5th but his time it was fun to show Joe the sights.  I had my doubts about this run due to my nagging MCL injury but it held up wonderfully with very little issues.  It did affect my downhill speed a bit, but it didn't matter today as fatigue was the limiting factor.  This just leaves me confused about my injury.  How bad is it really if I can run for 4 hours with just a few twinges and tightness?  I mean, really?

The run was pretty sweet today.  We were greeted with lots of snow once above 8000'.  That made for some slow traverses but some fast descents.   So, we hit High Creek with a gorgeous view of snow sprinkled rocks.  The saddle above the lake was all snow, but it was frozen enough to hike up without postholing.  The tricky part was the mile long stretch from the saddle to Mt Naomi.  Pretty hard and icy snow made the trail tricky.  Coming down it wasn't as scary as expected.  I only almost died once.  The grunt up Cherry Peak was muddy and steeper than last time (somehow).  Oh well, the views from the top were worth it.  The cold wind kept our Peak time short and before long we were back at the car (somehow).  Thanks for a great run Joe!

T-  4:15 (13:25) 5900' vert

1:34 to the lake (7 mi)

2:12 to Mt Naomi (8.6 mi)

2:54 to Cherry Peak (10.75mi)

1:21 from the peak to the car (8.25 mi)

CHERRY PEAK from below


 High Creek Lake (sweet reflection)


Joe struggling up the last climb before Mt. Naomi


Mt Naomi (highest mtn in Bear River Range)



2011 Trail Miles Miles: 19.00Cascadia 6 Red Miles: 19.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
61.500.0061.50
Launch Blue #1 Miles: 10.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 40.002011 Road Miles Miles: 21.50Cascadia 5 #2 Miles: 8.00MT101 Miles: 8.00Fireblade Miles: 8.00Brooks Launch #2 Miles: 8.50Cascadia 6 Red Miles: 19.00
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Recent Comments: