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Location:

Orem,Ut,

Member Since:

Apr 29, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

31 Ultra Finishes

Personal Records:
100 M:  17:52*   Pony Express (2011)
100K:   11:06     Antelope Island (2010) (faster 100k on PET 100)
50 M:    7:23      Pony Express 50 (2013)
26.2:     3:00:03  Big Cottonwood Marathon (Sept 2013)
13.1:     1:27:22 St. George (Jan. 2014)
* Top 100, 100-Mile Times (2011) (#80), UltraRunning Magazine Year in Review
Race Director: Thanksgiving Point Half Marathon

Short-Term Running Goals:

Attempting the Rocky Mountain Slam:

  • Bighorn 100 (June) 
  • Hardrock 100 (July)
  • Wasatch 100 (Sept)
  • The Bear 100 (Sept)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Goals:

  • Rocky Mountain Slam
  • FINISH Hardrock (wasn't pretty but got a finish)
  • Wasatch < 25 hrs.

 

Personal:

6 Awesome Kids

Thanksgiving Point: Director of Food Services & Retail / Race Director Thanksgiving Point Half Marathon

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia 7 (1) Lifetime Miles: 571.21
Brooks Cascadia 7 (2) Lifetime Miles: 489.01
Other (Old) Lifetime Miles: 45.00
Brooks Cascadia 7 (3) Lifetime Miles: 658.26
Brooks Cascadia 7 (4) Lifetime Miles: 561.85
PureFlow 2 Lifetime Miles: 374.50
Brooks Cascadia 7 (5) Lifetime Miles: 394.01
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles: 389.42
Brooks Pure Grit 2 Lifetime Miles: 241.21
Cascadia 8 (red) Lifetime Miles: 232.99
Cascadia 8 (Black) Lifetime Miles: 325.96
Cascadia 8 (Black II) Lifetime Miles: 339.05
Brooks Glycerin 11 Lifetime Miles: 342.90
New Balance 1400 Lifetime Miles: 175.77
Brooks Cascadia 9 Yellow & Red (1) Lifetime Miles: 421.20
Altra One2 (squared) Lifetime Miles: 6.00
Brooks Pure Flow (red) Lifetime Miles: 188.97
Lone Peak 2 (prototype-yellow) Lifetime Miles: 29.80
Brooks Cascadia (9) Black/Red Lifetime Miles: 231.10
Brooks Pure Flow 2 (red) Lifetime Miles: 78.10
Brooks Cascadia (9) Black/Red II Lifetime Miles: 342.06
Pure Grit 3 (Red) Lifetime Miles: 235.36
Total Distance
41.00

PACING @ WASATCH 100

The plan was to pace Seth Hales from Brighton to the finish (Soldier Hollow). Seth was moving along well as I kept an eye on the live tracker but then received a text from him saying his race was over. Seth like many others had succumbed to the heat and pulled out at Big Mountain.

Seth shot me text shortly after stating that a friend Robert Meuller had just arrived at Lambs in rough shape. I was glad to be needed again and headed for Mill D and the intercept around Dog Lake to catch him coming out of Millcreek if he were to continue. I headed up taking the split to Dog Lake and continued down until I ran into Rob about 2 miles out of Millcreek.

We moved well through the night pushing through a variety of issues. I had all but lost hope for a sub 24 hour finish for him until something snapped inside his head just outside of Rock Springs--not 1 min after violently throwing up. He shot down the dive, dropping me in the process and pushed through next 12 miles and three aid stations without stopping, hitting 7-8 min miles.

Rob came in at 23:24, top 10 finish. I've never seen anything like it.

I ended up with a little over 41 miles/10 hours of running through the night. Incredible night.

Cascadia 8 (red) Miles: 41.00
Comments
From Tom K on Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 07:37:47 from 174.58.4.250

41 miles. That's great! Rob's secret weapon is crazy.

From Neasts on Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 08:54:26 from 75.169.60.81

Wow, what a story, and 7-8 min miles after feeling like that! Great job with your 41-mile responsibility run...it doesn't sound fun, yet somehow it does. :-)

From Kendall on Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 10:47:34 from 208.187.252.10

Tom: I've seen that happen with 4,5,6 miles to go but never with 11-12 to go. He was dead and gone and said something like "screw this, I've worked too hard not to...blah, blah, blah" as he shot down the hill. Wild. When I got to the next aid station 5 miles away I sheepishly ask "have you seen my runner, #90?" They said something like, "yea, some crazy guy just shot through here 7 min ago without saying a work...and he was moving."

Jen: "Fun" may not be the right word but it was enjoyable and just...epic. Pacing late in the race is so much more enjoyable at that relaxed pace and I love helping out. Such a great experience running with an elite like Rob.

From Jake K on Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 12:11:48 from 67.177.11.154

Now that's quite a late rally! Pretty cool.

From Scott Wesemann on Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 14:35:09 from 66.232.64.4

Sounds pretty awesome. It was great seeing you at the finish.

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