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Location:

Monroe,Ut,

Member Since:

Apr 15, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Mile 4:50 high school

3 Mile 17:20 high school, 17:09 2014 (aided)

5k- 2011 time trial 20:30, 2012 time trial 19:56,19:23, 2014 17:46 (aided)

10K- 2011 time trial 44:13, 2012 time trial 40:02

Half Marathon time trial April 2011 1:37:38, April 12' 1:32:46

Ogden Marathon 2011 3:40:58,2012 3:24:27

St. George Marathon 2012 - 3:10:08

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run on trails as much as I can.

Not get injured and stay consistent with my training.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Complete a 50 and 100 mile ultra.

Qualify for Boston... missed it by 8 seconds previously

Run one of those rediculously aided Utah half-marathons helter skelter down a canyon and get a PR.

Personal:

Married with three boys. Ran the Odgen Marathon in honor of my mother, a marathoner, who passed away from cancer and it just had continued from there. Grew up in a running family and have fallen in love with running, especially on trails.

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Fri, Mar 27, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.10

It was a calm morning the stars were out and the deer and rabbits were running in front of my car as I made my way to the trail head this morning. I started before dark on the old sawmill trail up Monroe Mountain. My black lab, Laci, was running out ahead of me exploring the sights and smells. About a half mile up the trail my breathing settled down and I was getting into a steady hill climbing pace watching my breath from the cold morning in my headlamp when I was struck with the most awfull odor...Skunk. It was strong and could see my little girl running in front of me from the light of my headlamp. She was still running strong but I saw her shake her head... the odor got worse. I called her back and she kept shaking her head and pawed... I knew we were in trouble now. It didn't take long to realize she had been sprayed by her first skunk. I was almost half tempted to continue up the trail, but knew my hopes were useless so we cut it short and ran helterskelter back to my pathfinder at the trailhead. I was too far from home to let her run home so I had to take one for the team and threw her in the backseat and drove like Mario Andretti back home with the windows down. Found a concoction online on the way home and my good wife had it waiting for us upon our arrival. Got her lathered up and spent the next hour washing the foulness off of her. It was a long cold drive into work this monring with the windows down in my pathfinder. Hopefully she learned her lesson to not mess with the little black and white devils...PU

Comments

From Chet on Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 09:19:40 from 74.81.240.205

Ugh that sounds awful. Thank goodness for the internet to find solutions to get the stink out. I read your race report. sounds like you know what your doing on those long runs.

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