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Logan Peak Trail Run

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 27, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Region 9 Cross Country Champion 2004 (5K: 15:42)

400m: 00:54 (running start)

800m: 2:03 (7th place State Meet 2005)

1500m: 4:30 (2nd place Utah Summer Games 2004)

1600m: 4:31 (4th place State Meet 2005)

3000m: 9:55 (1st place Utah Summer Games 2004)

3200m: 9:52 (4th place State Meet 2005)

5K: 15:39 (2nd place Enterprise, UT Pioneer Days 2004

 

 

10K (very aided): 33:33.3 (8th place USG 2008)

15K:  53:04 (6th place Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run)

Half Marathon (very aided):  1:10:38 (5th place, Provo Halloween Half)

Marathon:  2:38:15 Top of Utah Marathon 2010 (6th Place Overall, 1st Local and 1st 19-24)

Won the 1st Annual Sand Hollow Marathon in 2:41:22

Ultramarathon:  Logan Peak Trail Race 2010:  28 miles, 7261 vert. 4:23:48 (2nd Place), El Vaquero Loco 50k 2011: 6:02 (2nd Place)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Go where the trail takes me.

 

Personal:

My hometown is Hurricane, UT but I currently live in Logan, UT where I attend Utah State University.  I am working on a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Technology and Engineering Education.

You can also check out my blogspot running blog where I post race reports.

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Saucony Type A2 Racers Lifetime Miles: 219.40
Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Lifetime Miles: 527.90
Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Lifetime Miles: 250.40
Altra Lone Peak (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles: 94.60
New Balance MT110 (Black) Lifetime Miles: 75.00
Altra Superior (Green) Lifetime Miles: 103.30
Brooks Cascadia 8 (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 185.10
Trail 2013 Lifetime Miles: 140.15
Road 2013 Lifetime Miles: 121.35
Altra Lone Peak B (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles: 65.70
PI M2T (Orange/Blue/Grey) Lifetime Miles: 27.50
Trail Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles: 64.00
Road Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles: 31.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
25.0533.5058.55
Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 58.55
Night Sleep Time: 31.00Nap Time: 3.00Total Sleep Time: 34.00Calories: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.505.507.00

AM:  A couple of friends of mine have recruited me as some sort of running coach, so I ran with them to the bottom of the hill by the Logan Temple and did 3x sprints up the hill with them.  

PM: Short tempo run at about marathon pace (didn't have a watch, so no exact pace).

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.500.0013.50

AM:  2.5 very easy miles with my friend on the LRT.

PM: 11 miles with Jon on the LRT.  Easy pace.  Felt great!

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 13.50
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.800.003.80

AM:  Easy run down thru the Island with my friend.

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 3.80
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

Easy run in the heat.

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.250.002.25

Last run before Logan Peak. Did the Planet Walk and then back via the RR tracks.  This time I didn't trip and jack up my toe. Everything feels great. Will probably do some stretching and maybe some icing today.  Can't wait until tomorrow!

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 2.25
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Calories: 0.00
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Race: Logan Peak Trail Run (28 Miles) 04:23:48, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
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This race was epic.  I can't say how much I enjoyed myself, even though I would say that this is definitely the most challenging run I've ever done in my life.  Anyway, here's the blow by blow report.

Got to Mt. Logan Park at about 5, picked up my packet and waited around with my parents (they came all the way from Hurricane to watch me--they're great) until Jon and Cody showed up.  Cody graciously let me borrow his bottle with the cool little hand loop.  Jogged around and warmed up with them for a bit, and earned my second star for the race (the first star was at home).  Soon they had us on the line starting and Cody, Jon, and I were quickly in the lead pack with a couple of other guys (one was named Scott I believe, and the other name I forget).  Dry Canyon was a relaxed but still very tough climb to the first aid station, during which one of our pack dropped off and another guy named Chris joined us.  We then crossed a bit of snow, and a few downed trees and began the South Syncline loop.  Soon the trail became very downhill and we started cruising pretty fast.  Scott started to pull ahead and Cody and I were flying along trying to keep contact, with Jon and Chris not far behind when Cody took a bad spill in front of me.  I was a little worried as he looked a little rattled and didn't seem to take well to jumping up and running again.  He made it though.  After that things settled down a bit until we got to the second aid station.  At this point I was starting to feel a little fatigue in the legs, but not too bad.  Chris then began pushing the pace to the top, although Jon, Cody, Scott and I hung back.  Instinctively I wanted to chase him to maintain position, but I followed Jon and Cody's example and held off, and I was grateful I did.  I am definitely not used to the strategic approach used in a race like this, so I pretty much followed Jon's and Cody's every move for basically the whole race (thanks, guys).   Anyway, back to the narrative.  We reached the top (Scott dropped off somewhere in the ascent) and unfortunately had no time to admire the fantastic views, as we needed to chase down Chris.  I will have to get up there again sometime to fully appreciate it.  We caught Chris coming down to the aid station again, and he dropped off quickly.  After a quick stop grabbing some Gu and electrolyte caplets I took off and soon was able to catch up to Cody.  Jon was a few meters ahead but we maintained contact and caught up on the single track.  The climb up North Syncline was absolutely brutal, but I made it fine with energy at the top to cruise down to the final aid station.  Here Cody just blew through, and I made the momentary decision that anything I would get there would not have time to help me before the race was over, so I followed and this seemed to be where the race really began to heat up.  Jon fell off, although I didn't know it at this point.  I was focused on keeping close contact with Cody, as he had really turned on the afterburners.  Made it through the switchbacks with no mishap, but coming into the shady section I began to have a hard time breathing and felt as if I could not open my lungs to get air in.  Really weird feeling.  I attribute it to the quick descent.  Anyway, this caused me to lose contact with Cody while trying to resolve the issue, all the while expecting to hear Jon come pounding down behind me.  All of this not paying attention soon resulted in me taking a nose dive and sliding down the trail.  Oh did it hurt!  I banged up my knees and shoulder, and I even have somewhat of a shiner on my cheekbone.  But I believe that this turned out to be a good thing, as it completely relaxed me and I had no more breathing problems after this point.  My goal now was just to make it down the canyon with an untied shoe without tripping and to get this thing over with.  Back on the Deer Fence section I was surprised with my ability to deal with the rolling hills even though my legs were gone.  I think I was just so used to them being dead tired that it didn't matter anymore.  Finally made it to the road and back to the park.  Finished with a little slow sprint for show and came in a little under a minute behind Cody.  I was so surprised that I finished second.  I did not expect to do anywhere near this well or to even come close to touching the CR.  It was great though!  I feel wonderful about this race, and I am definitely putting it on the calendar for next year.  Many thanks to Cody and Jon for letting me stick right with them and helping me along.  Thanks also to my Mom and Dad and my friends who showed up to support me.  Congratulations to both Jon and Cody on some great races.  Cody was an animal and Jon is just a beast for running the kind of mileage he has been and only taking a little taper and still having a great race.  FRB with a clean sweep as well, so that's fun.  Great race, great company, and just a great time overall!

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 28.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
25.0533.5058.55
Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Blue) Miles: 58.55
Night Sleep Time: 31.00Nap Time: 3.00Total Sleep Time: 34.00Calories: 0.00
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