Well, what can I say, that was the hottest ultramarathon I have ever run! The Zane Grey changed directions and turned up the temp’s to test ones self management skills! The course was so technical a hiker couldn’t even get their rythym through the softball size rocks! Kudo’s to anyone who made it through that race, the new direction has 1500 less vertical but seemed more difficult then the other direction? Go figure~ It was a pleasure meeting fellow Speedgoats on the course like Steve Pero, Ryan and his salty buddy Sean, bahaha two scrapes! Did you like the goat roll? Thanks to Dave Hunt and Phil Lowery for the shuttle service~way to go Joan Parker!! My training partner who nailed third place for the women! two scrapes!
Camp site, twas the night before Zane Grey
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW KYLE SKAGGS ON TOP! Young legs dominate the Zane Grey course as Kyle Skaggs hammers on a tough, hot day in Payson, Arizona. Temperatures were in the 80’s, and abundant sunshine burned all the runners in the infamous “Burn Zone”. Josh Brimhall to no surprise took second with the Rogue Runner (a.k.a. Hal Koerner) rounding out the top 3. Kyle’s time of 8:25 was nowhere near the record set by Dave Mackey in 2003. Brimhall was 30 minutes back at 8:55 and Koerner just missed going under 9 hours at 9:09. Emily Baer took the womens race running a cool 10:33, while Sue Johnston was a distant second at 12-plus hours. Our local hero Scott Mason slipped into 22nd place running 11:50. Check out the race website for further details or give us goats a few days to talk with the leaders to give a real race report from the front.
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MAP DESCRIPTION: Pdf file coming soon, but here’s a brief overview. Start at the plaza deck and head downhill to Gad Valley, turn back towards the plaza on the bike singletrack. Pass the start line and go up the Snowbird Singletrack and up the Cirque traverse, thru the tunnel then to the Peak, where the first aid will be. Go down Mineral Basin from the Peak and back up Mineral Basin toward Alta at Sugarloaf Pass, (aid #2). Go down Alta on the Albion side to the base of the Collins lift (aid #3). Go up Collins Gulch to Sugarloaf Pass again to aid #4. Down Mineral Basin the same way we came up, and back up Mineral Basin and thru the tunnel again, and then to the peak for aid station #5. The last descent will take us to Little Cloud Bowl on a rocky singletrack then back up Regulator Johnson to keep you high. Descend down Peruvian Gulch, down Rothman’s Way. It depends on distance here. After we work out our map we will have the numbers for you. About 8000′ of climb all above 8000′. It starts and ends at the same place…so it’s flat! Wahsatchspeedgoat
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ZANE GREY PROMISES TO BE THE MOST COMPETITIVE 50 MILE TO DATE THIS YEAR! Torrence, Koerner, Brimhall, Skaggs, and Krupicka will toe the line for the first ever backwards Zane Grey 50. A record will be set as this course will reverse direction for the first time making it a downhill course. Well, sort of downhill. On probably the rockiest course on earth, these guys will probably round out the top 5 when they make there way to Pine Creek Trail head near Payson, Arizona. We are sure they will fly thru the “Burn Zone” and seek needed shade when the competition heats up around mile 35. Enjoy boys, I’m gonna miss ya! One more crack at Massannutten for me! Can’t wait to see results! Three scrapes for real competition! Wahsatchspeedgoat…baaaahhhh~
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LEIGH SCHMITT WINS BULL RUN RUN AGAIN! Leigh Schmittand 5 others all went under 7 hours at the Bull Run Run 50 Mile in Virginia this past weekend. Leigh won by a margin of 14 minutes running 6:24 over Glen Redpath and Robbie Olsen. Amy Sproston won a hot women’s race by only 5 minutes running 7:43, Justine
Morrison ran 7:48, and Bethany Patterson in 7:54. The women’s races these days seem to be the most competitive lately. Goats love to see it! Baaahhhh!
MONTRAIL VITESSE
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Mercury Meltzer sets another course record at his first 100 mile win of the year ! Karl ran the 10 loops in 17:40 to improve Eric Clifton’s old record of 18:38. Karl had an hour lead after 7 laps and ran the last three laps with no pressure from the rest of the field. Despite the cold temperatures, sounds like it was a great day at the park. The 150 mile runners were down to 10 of 50 left as they were heading to the final laps, is this the new distance we will see in Ultrarunning?
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For all you Vitesse fans Moosejaw has a boat load of our favorite trail shoe in stock. The cushion ride is available for the 2007 season. Back orders with Montrail has made it difficult for us trail runners to locate the Vitesse the first part of the season. The mighty Zane Grey is my next race and there is no way I could run that race in any other shoe! Let’s hope the Montrail Vitesse remains with us for a few more seasons! It’s the only trail shoe you can run through the rocks with confidence, with that big toe box and the stabilizer on the outside of the sole, there is no other shoe that performs in the rocks like Vitesse!
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Trail running has become America’s top 5 recreation sport. In 1998 they recorded 7 million people hitting the trails, in 2005 they recorded 41 million trail runners, wow, what a drastic increase. When Meltzer and I stared running n the early 90’s we would hit the trails and barley see anyone running except legends like Dana Miller and our mentor Rick Gates. Karl and I went running last weekend with Mark Scholl, (our medical support from the Salt Lake Regional Hospital for the Wasatchspeedgoat 50k) I have never seen so many trail runners in my life, there were people from there 20’s up to there 60’s running everywhere. I must have counted over 30 trails runners in a 10 mile run, in fact a the trail intersections is was a social hour, I have never seen anything like it. I knew I discovered my favorite sport of all, good to see America getting fit on the trails.
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WASATCH RUNNING CENTER COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH AND GETS 10 SCRAPES FOR EFFICIENCY! On a random discovery, Glen Gerner at WCR found a pair of 9.5 Montrail Vitesse just in time for the McNaughton Park 100 slated for Saturday. I have been waiting for Vitesse for a long time because of back order issues. These beloved shoes of many should now be in stores as I have finally heard they are being shipped out and will be in stock again soon. Get the SPEEDGOAT DISCOUNT of 10% if you print off this article and coupon then buy them at the WCR in Sandy Utah,
Enjoy the ride, it is now soft again!
Wahsatchspeedgoat…baaahhh!
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CROWTHER WINS ANOTHER BIG ONE! A relatively unknown to most…until Sunmart, Greg Crowther wiped out a stellar field to win the US Championship 100K at Mad City in 7hrs 14min. Scott Jurek put together another solid performance running 7:32. Kevin Setnes rounded out the top 3 and smoked the older boys running 7:50. Julie Udchacon won the womens race and finished 4th overall in 8:09. The next three finishers were women making them the real winners of all! Crowther takes home $2000 making him the richest Ultrarunner on earth with the exception of Yannis Kouros, the WGUR. Looks like Crowther is in the running for Ultrarunner of the Year…Meltzer better get moving! Congrats to all! 3 scrapes! baaahhhhhh!
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