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The Bear 100

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Location:

West Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 15, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon - 3:25:12
50K - 7:43:09
50 Mile - 7:39:55
100 Mile - 27:44:46

Funny that my 50 mile time is faster than my 50K. Guess that's what happens when your only 50K has over 11,000' of vertical ascent =)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Zion Traverse

~~Squaw Peak 50 Mile~~

Speedgoat 50K

Quest For King's

Wasatch 100

Long-Term Running Goals:

Just want to stay happy and healthy. Bring on whatever that may entail!

Personal:

I started running in April '09 and run to maintain some balance in my life. Apparently I have an addictive personality so I figure I should do something positive with it.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
2012 Vert Lifetime Miles:						144535.00
Wildcat Red Lifetime Miles:						219.00
Rogue Racer Green Lifetime Miles:						84.50
Instinct Black 1 Lifetime Miles:						77.00
Instinct Black 2 Lifetime Miles:						100.00
Lone Peak 1 Lifetime Miles:						372.00
Instinct White Lifetime Miles:						25.50
Lone Peak 2 Lifetime Miles:						172.00
Lone Peak 3 Lifetime Miles:						7.00

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

Race: The Bear 100 (100 Miles) 27:44:46, Place overall: 49

Total Distance

103.00

Full report HERE

I fully intend on writing up a nice race report, but I'm out of town right now. Hopefully I'll have some time in the next few days. Here's a few things that happened to keep you interested til I put up a full report:

The first 30 miles flew by. I felt decent, but not great. Kept a steady pace to stay about 15 minutes up on my splits for my goal of a 24 hour finish.
Miles 30 - 45 were tough due to the heat, but I stuck it out and kept the 15 minutes I had on my splits.
Miles 45 - 70 were when my first blisters started to appear. They continually got worse throughout the day, but I can live with blisters.
Between 70 & 75 I got lost. I was tired and just missed the trail. Had to shut out my light and wait 7 - 8 minutes til the next person came into the area, then I followed them to the aid station. My quads were also dead and my left IT Band started hurting.
From 75 - 85 I decided to take my sweet time at the aid stations. I mentally gave up on my goal of 24 hours and just wanted a finish so I tried to enjoy the experience by taking a little more time at the stations.
I asked my dad to come along from 85 to the finish and it was great having him.
At about mile 87 I smacked my shin on a rock and I'm now walking with a limp (still). I really hope I don't have a hairline fracture in the bone, but I'm waiting til I get home to decide whether or not to see a doctor.
At about mile 90 we got lost for about 45 minutes due to someone sabotaging the markers. We worked with several other runners to find the trail again and my dad made an arrow out of sticks so that other runners wouldn't make the same mistake we did.
The descent from 93 to the finish was unbearable. My shin was killing me, my IT Band would start stabbing me every time I slowed or stopped, but I eventually made it to the finish and I finished strong.

Obviously I'm disappointed with not reaching my goal (especially since I was on target thru 70), but I'm happy that I stuck it out and was able to finish. Congrats to all finishers on a really tough day out there.

Comments

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 17:08:48 from 205.158.160.209

That really blows that someone would mess with the markers like that. Congrats on another 100 finish for you. This race sounds just about as tough as Wasatch. Way to push through the injuries and other issues to still have a very fast time. Looking forward to the full report.

From jun on Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 19:03:08 from 174.23.189.233

Wow, brutal race. I hope your leg is ok. Heal up quick, we are doing Zion in November. I'm just letting you know now.

From Kelli on Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 18:53:04 from 71.219.67.175

I can not believe that someone would do that! That is infuriating to me. To mess with 100 mil runners at all is awful, but that late in the game? Seriously, whoever it was needs to be shot.

Sorry about the shin and blisters and heat. That stinks. However, amazing job toughing it out and limping to the finish. HOW anyone does that, I just do not get. Super tough, that is all I can say. Looking forward to all of the details.

From Dorsimus on Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 17:47:10 from 67.2.31.20

Still a solid time on a difficult course! Nice work man.

I'm sure people think its funny to mess with markers and (hopefully) don't realize the danger they potentially put people in by doing that.

From Steam8 on Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 10:44:46 from 166.70.55.77

Wooo Hooo! I am so excited for you! I hope you are feeling better and recovering without injury! Nice job! I can't imagine doing 100.....amazing!

From jsh on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 12:03:57 from 63.253.43.114

Full report is FINALLY up.

From MatthewVH on Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 15:28:36 from 69.27.9.106

Congratulations on running another 100 miler.

I read that some a-holes on ATVs took the markers and then brought them to the aid station saying "Here's your trash!" What makes people into such a-holes?

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