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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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14 hours at work dealing with an entire Air Traffic Control system brought to its knees by one idiot.

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Summited the Grand Teton in a fast, Alpine style today. Miles probably shouldn't count since they were slow jogging/hiking. In rain, then snow, with the best protection I've ever had and the heaviest. On the way down stopped and talked to two old Exum guides spending an afternoon at Lower Saddle Base Camp. One was a survivor of the failed K2 expedition, a book I read Monday. Amazing people.

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Took the kids boxes of Mexican candy to their classes. Not as good as it sounds. Mexicans make some awesome food but have never figured out candy.

Afternoon spent working on free rope techniques on the back of the house. Before I'm given GPS coordinates for Main Drain, the deepest cave in Utah, my self proclaimed instructor will be timing my climb speed on the rope Thursday. I hope to take up a lot of slack with my legs, my upper body strength is stupid low.

Bently and I ran Dry Canyon in the rain and mud.

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Paperwork day today.  Been playing too much lately and had to take a full day to catch up on normal life.  Plus Sunday I was mugged late at night in a Denver alley and got away from the guys who had got out of a car to assault me and fled when I resisted.  Luckily I got the licence plate and they were caught three hours later at the owners house.  Freakin insane world we live in sometimes.  Lots of paperwork from the company since it was on company's time.  

 

Mdowntime this afternoon was a short run in the late sun, took the kids to a Sushi restaraunt, and practiced knot tying for an hour.

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Busy day getting the kids to school, late homework, and all the crazy errands that consume normal life.

Went down to Salt Lake for Rob's 50th party. Had a great evening with everyone celebrating his beginning slide into mental and physical decline. Good food too.

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Busy day getting the kids to school, parent teacher conferences, and getting to Denver for work. Quick trail run in before the day began.

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Hanging out in Lake City CO for the morning while on call, hoping to get the afternoon off for some rock climbing. Released at 9am though so headed home to make an attempt at London Spire above Willard,Utah. The trail is 50 to 65 degree climb up continuous boulders. Reminded me of the Tetons. Seven waterfalls on the way up. At 7,000 feet the Spire begins and it's a 2,000 foot 5.8 climb. One of the biggest rock faces in Utah and not well known. I made it 3/4 the way up free climbing and ran out of time since I did not want to work my way down in the dark. At one point a mountain goat was climbing directly above me and knocked a rock off that passed within 20 feet. Love this run/climb and looking forward to trying it again with a rack before snow hits. This took 4 hours and very close to 100% effort.

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