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Location:

slc,ut,

Member Since:

Jan 16, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 17:26

1/2 Marathon - 1:19:13

Marathon - 2:54:14

Wasatch 100 - 23:20

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-1:20 half

Sub-2:50 full

50 miler

Personal:

james clissold
started running in 2012

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka Challenger 2 (black/orange) Lifetime Miles: 204.80
Kinvara 5 (blue 4) Lifetime Miles: 239.40
Olympus 2.0 (grey) Lifetime Miles: 161.00
Hoka Bondi 4 Lifetime Miles: 318.65
Paradigm 2.0 (black) Lifetime Miles: 223.30
Kinvara 6 (white/orange) Lifetime Miles: 290.95
Kinvara 8 (black/green) Lifetime Miles: 226.73
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.350.000.000.007.35

7.35

I loved this run. One of my favorite of the year for sure. This was our second day in Lake Powell. There was a light breeze in the morning and the temperature was perfect for running. I didn't know how my legs would really feel, seeing this was going to be the longest run since my marathon. I was just going to run and really enjoy it. I had no goal.

I left the houseboat and headed up the rock to what seemed like the highest point. It was a slow ascent because it was rather steep. It was roughly .8 of a mile to the top. The peak of the rock formations provided an awesome panoramic view of Lake Powell. I could see our houseboat to the south and Bullfrog marina to the North. Just east of the peak is the main plateau that you can see from Bullfrog and Halls.

I thought it would be fun to just start running the perimeter of the plateau and possibly circumnavigate it if I had the time and it wasn't too far. I was holding an easy pace and just kept pluggin along, stopping periodically to take in a view of Lake Powell I had never seen. Turns out the perimeter is almost 6 miles! On my way back down to the boat I met up with Whit carrying Grey and we walked the last .2 of a mile back.

Brooks PureFlow (green - 2) Miles: 7.35
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