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Member Since:

Apr 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

1999 St. George Marathon; 2000 St. George Marathon; 2001 Park City Marathon; 2001 Deseret News Marathon; 2001 Top of Utah Marathon; 2001 St. George Marathon; 2002 Ogden Marathon; 2002 Tri-State Marathon; 2002 Top of Utah Marathon; 2002 St. George Marathon; 2003 Las Vegas Marathon; 2003 Tri-State Marathon; 2003 Pikes Peak Marathon (DNF); 2003 St. George Marathon; 2004 Tri-State Marathon; 2004 Pikes Peak Marathon; 2004 Top of Utah Marathon; 2004 St. George Marathon; 2006 Goblin Valley 50K; 2007 Squaw Peak 50M (DNF); 2007 Pikes Peak Ascent (Double); 2007 Pikes Peak Marathon (Double); 2008 Red Mountain 50k; and a bunch of shorter stuff.

Short-Term Running Goals:

lose weight, slay the Squaw Peak Dragon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Wasatch 100

Personal:

Family members:
The Wife, Mack-In'Z (the old lab), Big Red Dog (the new lab), Audrey (Karma), and Izzy (Payback)

What I do for work:
I help people better understand the tool you're sitting in front of.

Places I’ve called home and why I like where I am now:
Jackson Hole WY, Cedar City UT, a 1987 Ford Crown Victoria LTD, Logan UT, a 2007 Nissan Pathfinder, Pueblo CO, St. George UT, a 1995 Nissan King Cab pickup, SLC UT, a 1972 VW Camper Van, Boise ID, Santa Clara UT, my inlaw's spare bedroom .....

When I started running and what got me started:
Jan 1 1999, I quit smoking and started "running" to get ready for the 1999 St. George Marathon

What does running mean to me:
It's an excuse to get up early, take two hour lunches and stay up late. 

What I like about trail/mountain running:
The clarity that comes with the miles

Favorite running trail and why:
Pine Valley Oak Grove to Summit Trail near St. George Utah
This is a really tough three miles up and three miles down that will get you more than 3000 feet of elevation gain (and 3000 feet of elevation loss). During the summer months, the trail is infested with biting cedar gnats that test your mental toughness and it's a great leg & lung punisher. It'll kick your fanny.

Best running experience:
Beating my wife to the finish line in the 2002 Tri-State

Worst running experience:
2007 Squaw Peak 50 DNF

Neatest thing found on a run:
I found a dollar in Las Vegas on the Strip blowing toward me in a 50 mph head wind during the 2003 Las Vegas Marathon.

Running related bathroom stop story:
finding no cover on the side of a busy road during morning rush hour traffic, at least I had enough time to keep the shorts clean. 50 feet from a gas station that I couldn't make it to.

Running pet peeves:
People that can walk faster than I run

Other stuff:
Nike+ shoes and an Ipod are a great training tool until someone steals your Ipod

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Red Nikes Lifetime Miles: 148.00
Orange Stripe Lifetime Miles: 74.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
18.80394.000.000.000.000.000.00412.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 171.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0015.250.000.000.000.000.0015.25

ran up the saddle, donlee to ups, back to bluff, to the freeway, over the footbridge, up the web hill backside, back to the river, cut through the river and ran to the car at town center.  did an extra saddle run after getting back to the house.
it hurt

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

noon chuckwalla loop, with G.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

noon chuckwalla loop
alone

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0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Ran the Chuckwalla loop. Planned on having G join me but she had to work late.  I did'nt really feel like pushing.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 171.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

chuckwalla loop, training pr'd hte first hill, pr'd the turn around and then set the cruise control down beck hill.  got to the last hill and had a young guy pass me at the bottom.  stayed with him and tried to take him at the end.  couldn't
damn kid, try it again in two weeks

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 171.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Brent on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 21:57:11 from 66.7.127.219

Turdl - my take, your an animal, I would change the name of your blog to: tough as nails, determined, animal on the run, etc. There is only one winner in race and always someone faster. What is Squaw Peak?

Stay Kool, B of BS Rool out

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.000.000.000.003.00

on a hotel treadmill in fond du lac wisconsin

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.300.000.000.000.000.000.003.30

night run in minneapolis MN

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.000.000.000.002.00

hotel treadmil was broken, stair stepped in minneapolis MN

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0014.800.000.000.000.000.0014.80

got lost on a run in Joliet IL

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0012.000.000.000.000.000.0012.00

trail run around in Devils Lake State Park in Wisconsin, lots of hills so I got some good hill work in

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.005.700.000.000.000.000.005.70

on the road in chicago, not feeling well, did some stairs and ran around down town a bit to get aclimated to the street layout

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0024.000.000.000.000.000.0024.00

did a morning run of 12 miles on south lake shore and an evening run of 8 miles on north lakeshore.  walked to a buddy's office and back twice cause I forgot my wallet

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0015.800.000.000.000.000.0015.80

ran north shore in chicago and did a set of stairs at the hotel

 

booted right after my turnaround at mile 7, ran with a couple of guys who passed me on the way back, one of them had a GPS that tracked us doing sub 7:30 for 15 min..... died hard at the end

 

walked to the buddy's office again for dinner

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Nevels on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:06:59 from 131.204.15.93

A fellow ultra type. Always nice to find other, shall we say, eccentric runners amongst the bloggers. I see that you want to do Wasatch; when are you going to tackle that one?

From Turd'L on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:35:00 from 71.219.152.198

Wasatch, the grandaddy of 100s.... I'm working on the Squaw Peak dragon right now, gonna spend a few hours in June taking that one off my back. As soon as I finish, I'm going to take the wife out and wine and dine her to try and convince her that the Bear 100 is something I can complete this fall.

From what I read, the Wasatch application is kind of a crap shoot. I'll apply next year and we'll see what lady luck has for me.

From Nevels on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:52:02 from 131.204.15.93

Go for it, man. If you can finish the 50, all you have to do to finish the 100 is learn how to suffer a little longer (well, at least that's what it all boils down to...)

One of these days I'm going to try to make it out there for Wasatch, but for now, I'm somewhat financially relegated ultras in the Southeast, but there are some good 100's over here, too...

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.506.300.000.000.000.000.0016.80

2 laps of the black hill with Aud in the pack
followed by one running it alone

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0.0026.000.000.000.000.000.0026.00

ran four loops of chuckwalla
self supported trail marathon .... fastest marathon I've ever run
RunFatAssRun

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

chuckwalla lunch  run

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0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

chuckwalla lunch  run

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0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

chuckwalla lunch  run

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

chuckwalla lunch  run

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0019.500.000.000.000.000.0019.50

tripple chuckwalla
no water needed after the first loop, ran in the rain... loved it

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0013.000.000.000.000.000.0013.00

double chuckwalla, planned on a trtipple but cut it short cause the girls were killing the wife

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0.0011.000.000.000.000.000.0011.00

ran chuckwalla shortened it with G so she could make it to her appointment, ran the second full and hated the first half....
ran into a swarm of bees near the end, thought about killer bees for the rest of the afternoon.  I think I'll be careful on that spot tomorrow

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

chuckwalla lunch  run
no bees

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

chuckwalla lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

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0.0026.000.000.000.000.000.0026.00

quad Chuckwalla 15:48 in refilling bottles at turn

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0018.000.000.000.000.000.0018.00

carried the youngest in a backpack for 5.5, ran 12.5

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.004.250.000.000.000.000.004.25

around the black hill with Red Dog at lunch.  He got a monster blister

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.900.000.000.000.000.006.90

Chuckwalla Lunch loop .... Added some hill work

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.000.000.000.000.000.0026.00

quad Chuckwalla 19:24 in refilling bottles at turn

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.000.000.000.000.000.0026.00

quad Chuckwalla 30:24 in refilling bottles at turn

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.500.000.000.000.000.006.50

Chuckwalla Lunch loop

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
18.80394.000.000.000.000.000.00412.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 171.00Calories: 0.00
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