11.5 miles easy on the treadmill while watching two episodes of "Vikings", avg pace 7:23/mile.
Countdown to 2017, moment #6
Catch Me If You Can
Strider's running store here in Ogden put on a fun contest in Jan. The three fastest people to run Malans Peak trail roundtrip in the snow and send their GPS-data to the store would win a pair of shoes. Also if you broke the course record they would add in a bonus. The record was set last time they did the contest in I think 2010, but that was in the summer. This was winter, running up a mountain in the snow. I had recently acquired some Kahtoola microspikes that would give me the confidence I needed to run fast downhill in the snow. So, I figured I would give the contest a try and go after the record. It was gnarly; so tough. I was two minutes behind CR pace at the top, but coming down in snow is easier than dirt, since you don't have to worry about rocks/roots etc. and if you fall it's on snow. I made the time up just barely and beat the CR and won the contest. I later ran it again with Sariah Long and she broke the women's CR. Then in the summer I went after and got the ascent CR. It was a fun year running up Malans Peak hard. We capped that off last night with a Christmas Eve jaunt up the popular mountain.
| 
