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Salt Lake City,UT,

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May 22, 2012

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Male

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Age Division Winner

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5k - 16:40 (2014 SLCTC Winter Series)

Half - 1:15:26 (2014 Canyonlands)

Full - 2:34:17 (2014 Boston)

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Stay in shape

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Married with sons ages 8 and 4

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Race: Ragnar Wasatch Back 33, 34, 36 (12 Miles) 01:54:16
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Ragnar day II

I started legs 33 and 34 at 11:40 am and Saturday was hotter than Friday. I went shirtless and was able to stay sufficienty cool. 33 starts with an easier 1.5 miles getting to the base of the pass. The total ascent for the two legs is more than 3200 ft. I was not feeling good on the 1.5 and was worried but I settled down on the hill and never had tired legs or walked a step. I wasn't fast but I was earnest. I finished in 80 minutes with a 9:39 pace. Yeah! Feeling good and done! 

But the guy doing the last leg was worried that he wasn't feeling great at the end of his run earlier that morning. So there was a chance someone would step in for him on 36 and that someone would likely be me. I tried to pretend to be finished getting back in my crocs eating an ice cream sandwich and drinking a monster protein shake in the finishing area. We waited for the exchange and he took a while. He finally came through and apparently he had made a 3 mile wrong turn because of no marking on the trail as he was coming down. So he was toast and I was on my way over "Park City hill" which is the worst way one could ever conceive of finshing a race. You start from the finishing area and take a rocky steep climb up a little hill going a net 490 ft over .8 miles with numerous switchbacks. For me this was in the 2:00 hour so much hotter. The crocs aren't good at doing dozens of very short switch backs and I didn't even try to go hard. I just wanted to finish and we did so. That leg, which claims to be 2.8 miles, was 3.6 miles. Time was 33 minutes or 9:22 pace. I was much more spent after this run and was just done.

And that's it. 34.9 miles in about 4.5 hours with 5800 ft of elevation gain and 1100 ft down - half of that descent coming on the last run. Stayed in touch with Fritz. They had two vans. He arrived at 5 pm and was done by noon. Didn't pay for anything and got a bunch of gear. That sounds like slighlty more fun but nothing could incent me to repeat this error again. #neveragain

Today, Sunday, I am fine. No soreness and I will probably get out for 8-10 up City Creek.

Brooks Cascadia 7 Miles: 8.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Fritz on Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 19:46:54 from 98.202.9.237

Impressive day, nice job! Almost more impressive is that you aren't sore. I can't believe nobody else on your team volunteered to run 36 considering you ran 33 and 34. You obviously get the MVP award.

From ACorn on Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 20:27:36 from 71.213.41.74

Congrats on a successful Ragnar experience. I think I would've died if I had to run your legs.

From james (runmehappy) on Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 09:56:05 from 50.203.76.218

Solid running for sure. I can't believe you had to run 36 as well. That is nuts. Our runner was pretty upset 36 ended up being so much longer than it was marked.

From Jake K on Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 09:58:37 from 159.212.71.200

"The crocs aren't good at doing dozens of very short switch backs"

Try straight up flip-flops next time.

From KristenRuns on Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 12:11:50 from 68.15.2.98

Ragnar Hall of Fame could be in your future. ;)

From Josh E on Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 14:10:56 from 205.235.104.4

Thanks all.

Fritz-no soreness I think because I never did any downhill and only ran one sub 6 mile.

Kristen - Ragnar Hall of Fame would be like minor league hall of fame. Maybe you did it but you wouldn't want anyone to know!

From Jake K on Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 15:00:40 from 199.190.170.21

MJ played minor league and they made a 30 for 30 about it.

I can start to picture the trailer in my head...

What if I told you - he never did any downhill?

What if I told you - he only ran one sub 6 mile?

What if I told you - he ran that mile in crocs?

ESPN 30 for 30 presents "Never Again... Until next year."

From james (runmehappy) on Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 16:21:45 from 50.203.76.218

"Until Next Year!" flashes a few times across the screen and fades to black...haha I want to see that trailer Jake.

From Josh E on Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 19:25:05 from 166.137.209.42

High quality stuff, Jakers. My only exception would be a Ragnar with you given my huge man crush on you.

From CollinAnderson on Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 00:02:36 from 172.56.39.148

I'm so glad I didn't get suckered into this. Relays are so awful...

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