El Burro Blanco

March 28, 2024

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Location:

Saint George,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

15:28 5K, 31:25 10K, 1:07:11 Half-Marathon, 2:21:45 Marathon, 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - DNF = bummer!, 50k - 3:59:03, 50 mile - 7:56:00

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:10 half by the summer.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and fight off heart disease or diabetes that has been passed on for many generations. Try and break the cycle.

Personal:

I am currently 39 years old. I have a 11 year old girl, Norah, a 9 year old boy, Oliver, and a 6 year old girl, Myla, who are wonderful. I am a SPED Teacher at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah. I also coach the cross country and track teams at Desert Hills High.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Type A (2) Lifetime Miles: 63.00
Nike Pegasus 35 (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 366.75
Nike Pegasus 34 Lifetime Miles: 562.95
Nike Pegasus 34 Coral Lifetime Miles: 611.90
Nike Pegasus 34 Coral 2 Lifetime Miles: 308.95
Asics DS Trainer 24 Lifetime Miles: 77.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue Lifetime Miles: 336.05
Hoka Clifton 7 Black Lifetime Miles: 435.55
Hoka Carbon X Lifetime Miles: 263.50
New Balance Fresh Foam Trail Lifetime Miles: 97.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue (2) Lifetime Miles: 459.15
Hoka Clifton 7 - Gray Lifetime Miles: 341.00
Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 134.80
Saucony Kinvara (new) Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles: 111.75
Brooks Launch 8 Lifetime Miles: 96.75
Total Distance
20.50

My run today just may have trumped one of James Barnes' infamous runs.  I was looking forward to sunny skies with 45 degree weather.  It didn't happen.  It was overcast and not terribly warm.  Oh well.  I decided to go up to Ogden Valley and run part of the marathon course.  I got up there and couldn't believe how much snow they have up there.  I thought I did a lot of shoveling!  I turned on my Garmin and it didn't work.  I don't think it was charged completely.  Paul Pilkington wanted me to run 2 hours and 10 minutes and not worry to much about pace.  I was happy with this.  I started at the Huntsville Park and then went out towards the Monastery.  I looped back around and went towards Eden where you get some of the rollers in the Ogden Marathon.  On the rollers is where it gets interesting.  I saw a car going slow and something running down the middle of the road.  It was 40-50 yards in front of me and coming in my direction.  I thought it was a fellow runner just running down the street.  It turned sideways and ended up being a huge bull moose coming towards me!  I stopped and luckily it turned down a residential street.  I waited a second or two and then sprinted by to get away from the animal.  It was huge.  I went out and then turned around.  I came by the same spot and sure enough the moose was down in the river bottoms and looked up at me.  It slowly started walking in my direction and I sprinted again to get past.  I survived and don't want to have to deal with this again.  I was almost done with the run and then a dog came out of a house and started chasing after me.  It was not happy to see me.  I sprinted again and it stopped chasing me.  I was happy to have this run done.  I ended up doing just over 20 miles for the day.  Not a bad end to the week.  Good old running stories!

Comments
From cgbooth23 on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 21:55:57

welcome back to the valley, not bad for snow totals, reminds you of the good ol days in the valley huh! good job on the long run! those big animals are everywhere up here this year!

From Mik'L on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 22:37:30

Wow...that's way too much excitement for a run! Glad you survived!

From Dave Holt on Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:37:04

Fartleks!

From nfroerer on Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:37:21

Gotta love the wildlife. There are about 200 elk down in Middlefork so, be careful if you're going to run that loop. And you thought we were bluffing about the snow....

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