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Logan,UT,USA

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Dec 15, 2009

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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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Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
19.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.80

Ran the Grand Teton trail again with an exceptional forecast. Once again seeing not a single trail runner on this ascent. There are a lot of climbers and a lot of trail runners, but I have yet to run into another trail runner with climbing gear. Amazing how such a perfect fit of sports has so few doing both. Today was the first day joining two climbing friends from Oregon who hiked to the Lower Saddle Base camp at 12,000 feet the night before. Exceptional climbers with much more experience than me and we were able to complete both the Owen Spaulding Route and the Ridge. Also did the North Face rapell from 13,500 feet which I've always wanted to do. When we got back to Base Camp there was a father and daughter group climbing the Exum Route and they asked if I wanted to join them. All three of the main routes on the Grand in one day. The most intense day yet I've had on a mountain. The 8 mile run back down was a killer. I'm nowhere near shape for this kind of running.

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Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 19:19:39 from 24.10.247.181

Climbing gear is expensive and cumbersome. Runners are cheap and value simplicity.

My theory.

From jtshad on Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 20:31:53 from 173.198.176.201

Wow, just wow...the day after a run on the beach in Cali...you rock.

See you next week!

From Steve on Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 21:10:04 from 66.87.150.154

It's not a hard run like a marathon Jeff, you go slow on these things.

From Steve on Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 21:14:24 from 66.87.150.154

Rob, maybe that's it. I think most of us just get comfortable where we are. You pick something and stick with it. I have to force myself to try new things and it's harder every year I get older.

I heard this last week; your capacity to grow is directly related to your capacity to handle discomfort in your life. Been thinking about that for a while.

From Jake K on Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 11:23:30 from 98.202.128.218

I think I am reading this right... you linked up Owen Spaulding, the North Ridge, and Exum... back to back to back? Alpine style? That is a F$#$#&$ CLASSIC day right there!

From what I can tell, you've gotten pretty good at this stuff over the past couple years. None of this is just casual messing around. You are climbing some big routes!

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:08:50 from 24.10.247.181

Not that I know anything, but I suppose that is pretty impressive.

From Steve on Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 13:54:58 from 66.87.78.25

I'm not good at it yet by any means but I'm learning. These routes are not messing around and there's no way I could do them without linking up with climbers. The Grand's safe weather window is really only open for all classic routes a few months and since it's a Mecca for climbers you can get up there and link in with almost any cool group. It's like a free school. Here's what's really cool. Among runners in this blog I'm barely in shape and Pillsbury doughboy level of fitness right now. I could probably stumble through a 2:50 marathon. But climbers have no cardio. The climbing on the Grand is all above 12,500 feet and with a bit of runners cardio you can spend a day quick climbing a route with one group and go down and do another while they are resting. I've found climbing is in the legs and if you are strong there you raise the limit considerably. This run had a 9,800 foot climb so it was one of the largest I've done.

The problem is that climbing takes huge amounts of time and training. I'm slowly getting in worse shape.

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