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Location:

Eatonville,WA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Regain consistency.

Build up slowly and come out strong.

Regain "speed" (relative)

Finish WR50 again.

Improve at Cascade Crest. 

2013 Races:

  • Capital Peak Mega Fat Ass 17M (1/19) - 2:48:48
  • Yakima Skyline Rim 50K (4/21) - 7:16:20
  • Grey Rock 50K (5/13)
  • White River 50M (7/27)
  • Cascade Crest 100M (8/24-25)

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my true running potential, then exceed it.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka Stinson B Lifetime Miles: 982.34
Hoka Stinson Evo Lifetime Miles: 452.95
Altra Provision Lifetime Miles: 139.73
Altra Torin Lifetime Miles: 380.08
Hoka Bondi 2 Lifetime Miles: 706.15
Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles: 81.12
Fri, Aug 24, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.130.000.000.004.13

4.13 miles, 32:39, 7:54/mi.

Left hip was tight pretty quickly, paused at 1 mile to stretch and it got better gradually until it was a minor nuisance 3 miles in.  That fatigued feeling in the left quad but I think that would've gone away had I continued.  Under 70F but warm in the sun...the effort felt easy throughout.  Gosh, I think I might just be ready....

Goals

  1. Finish. (Doable)
  2. Enjoy the race. (Doable)
  3. Faster than last year's time. (26:30-ish). (No clue)
  4. Faster than 24 hours. (Stretch).

Hoka Stinson Evo Miles: 4.13
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Comments
From Jon on Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 15:47:50 from 74.177.126.55

Hope you get all 4!

From Cody on Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 15:57:09 from 76.27.36.99

You nailed it!! Way to go

From Jon on Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 16:24:21 from 74.177.98.40

Yup, all 4.

From Dale on Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 17:44:35 from 69.10.215.11

It took the ultra-runner's equivalent of a sprint the last four miles. Now I can barely walk. Definitely recommend against the "Only four runs over 20 miles this year" training plan.

Do you guys know Brian Beckstead. He and I hovered in the same general vicinity for much of the race and if my addled brain recalls correctly, he said he knew both of you.

From Cody on Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 18:39:58 from 76.27.36.99

Whatever it takes!

Yep, we know Brian. I even beat him once. Ha! Did you know he is one of founders of Altra? Small world huh?

From Jon on Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 16:29:06 from 98.71.131.64

Yeah- I first met Brian at my first ever ultra, Logan Peak in 2008 (I think)

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