2012 Wasatch Speed Goat Ultra Running Team

I wanted to start off by thanking long time and original sponsor Backcountry.com for providing goat skins for the team, they reached out to exclusive partner STOIC brand for the shirts, shorts and socks, sweet..Stoic thanks for the skins! This years line up includes a few new goats to the heard…scrape on for 2012!!

2012 Wasatch Speed Goat Ultra Running Team


Here’s one bad ass running resume, welcome new Nannie, Dirt Diva, Catra Corbett!

> Name: Catra Corbett aka Dirt Diva
> Age; 47 years young ;-) I get better with age.
> Home: Fremont Ca, Sierra Madre Ca. and of course Yosemite.
>
> Work: Whole Foods Market Cupertino Ca. Nutrition Sales and “Get Fit” trainer
>
> Training mileage: 80-120 miles a week. Plus 4 hours of Crossfit, P90x or Insanity per week.
> Favorite place to train- The Ohlone wilderness trail. I live one
> mile from the trail head to Mission peak so run out my door to the
> trail.
> I also train 5 days a month in Yosemite during the Spring and Summer.
>
> Why I started running: To stay clean & sober. I truly believe
> if I didn’t find running I would still be a drug addict. Clean going on
> 16 years.
>
> 100 mile PR- 22:09
> 100k PR- 12:30
> 50m PR- 8:44
> 50K PR- 5:30
> Marathon PR- 3:50
> 24 hour PR- 110 miles
>
> Speed records:
> John Muir trail (overall) double 424 miles 12 days 4 hours & 57 min.
> John Muir trail (2nd fastest female) 212 miles 5 days 15 hours & 55min.
> Tahoe rim trail 165 miles ( 2nd fast woman’s time 72 hours
> Pacific crest trail hiked 2,000 miles of it in 07 was trying for
> the woman’s record. Got sick so had to stop with 600 miles to go. Hope
> to be back in 2013
>  Recognized
> Achievments:>
>
> 1st Person to run a 100 mile course on The
> Ohlone Wilderness – 4/01-5/02
>
> Member of 1st Female team to have run the Tahoe Rim Trail – 165+ miles – 6/01
>
> 1st Female to have finished the Las Trampas 50k. – 2/00 – 2/01
>
> 1st female to complete all four days of The Coyote Four Play – 4/01
>
> 1st Person to run a 100 mile trail run (starting and finishing) in Yosemite
> Valley – 7/02, 6/03
>
> 1st Place female Mt. Diablo, 50m – 4/00 – 8/01- 4/02 2nd Place female at Hurt
> 100m – 1/01
>
> 3rd Place female at Hurt 100m – 1/02 4th Place female at Massanutten 100m -
> 5/01
>
> 3rd Place female at Massanutten 100m – 5/02
>
> Only person to have run 100 miles with a rock climb in the middle – Nutcracker
> (5 pitches)
>
> Yosemite Valley – Catra’s Chaos – 10/02
>
> 20 th Place female Marathon des sables 4/03
>
> 1 st person to run 131 miles on the Ohlone trail 5/10, 5/11
> 1 st place team U.S Rogaine 24 hour National Championships mixed 11/11
> Goals:
>
> To run 733 miles from Badwater to Tahoe.
>
> To climb El Cap and run a solo 100 miles in Yosemite after
>
> To break the female unsupported  speed record on The John Muir Trail – 221 milesTo break the female record on High Sierra trail 72 milesto break the Tahoe rim trail unsupported record
>
> Racing Experience:
>
> Over 250 Marathons and Ultra’s combined -
> since 1996
>
> I have run 100 miles 80 times race and or solo runs ;-)
>
> Next Year’s Races:
>
> I plan  on running 20+ Ultra’s
> including:
>
> Hurt 100, Rocky road 100,
> Labor of love 100, Ohlone wilderness 131 (solo), San Diego 100. Western
> states 100 (?) Headland 100, Wasatch 100, Javelina 100.
> I
>  am also working with a documentary film crew for a 733 mile run I am
> doing starting end of July. I will run the Badwater course to Mt.
> Whitney, John Muir trail to Yosemite, Yosemite to Tahoe trail and finish
>  with the Tahoe rim trail. No one has done this ;-)
> This is just a partial list of what I have done and plan to do. I will also run some other ultras next
>  year from 50k-100k and plan on doing a race out of the country don’t know which one yet. So far I have run 15 ultras this year. 7 of them were 100 milers.
>
> I just ran my
>  Birthday run in December 15th it was a  47 hour run through the
>  wilderness. Each year I add an hour to my run for age. I ran 129 miles during the 47 hours.
>
> Here is a list of planned races for 2010
> January;HURT 100, Fremont Fat ass 50k
> Febuary:11- Saratoga Fat ass 50k, 18th- Rocky Road 100m
> March: OC 100k ? , 18- LA Marathon, 31-Old Goats 50m
> , 31 Coyote springs 100m
> April:7-American river 50m, 21st- Labor of Love 100m, 28-Railroad Marathon.
>
> May;5- Miwok 100k, 12- Massanutten 100m, 20th- Ohlone 100m
> June:9- SanDiego 100m, 23- Western States 100m
> July;26- 733 mile run starting in Death Valley. Badwater, John Muir trail, Tahoe Yosemite trail & Tahoe rim trail
> Sept:    The Bear 100
>
> October:13- Twin Peaks 50m 19- Yellowstone Tetons 100
> November:12- Javelina 100m
> December:5- Ridgecrest 50k, 20- 48 hour B-day run
>
> “Life’s a journey not a destination”
>
> http://www.trailgirl.blogspot.com

Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler

Heading to Texas to run the Rocky Raccoon 100 miler, 5-20 mile laps, looks like I’ll be crossing that bridge 5 times :)

I’ve never run a flat 100 miler before, I’m sure this will whip me into shape for the upcoming race season! Looking forward to running with Wasatch Speed Goat Team Mate Beth Simpson-Hall…

This will be a fun race to cruise in my Hoka Bondi-B, the cush ride…!!

Wasatch Speed Goats partner with the Backcountry.com Goat

Wasatch Speed Goat Mountain Racing Team partners exclusively with Backcountry.com, the other goat. :) For 2012 the WSG will be sporting all new goat skins (brand to announced)… Stay tuned for  the final roster for the largest and only web based trail run team around. The Goats will be roaming the globe trekking through several mountain chains…enjoying the views!

Speedgoat 50k 2012 Registration opens Jan. 1st

Let the fun begin, sign up now for the toughest 50k around and enjoy a day of trekking through Snowbird’s gnarly terrain. Each year there’s a new surprise,  massive snow fields, steeper vertical, longer finish…what’s next?

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The Date for the 2012 Speedgoat 50k will be July 28, at 6:30 am.

Entries will go online at Ultrasignup on January 1 to reserve a spot.  This year we are limited to 300 billies and nannies.  Still only 11,600′ of climb.  AT least $1000 to the winner, maybe more!

Speedgoat 50k 2012

OK…Let the madness begin, registration opens January 1st for the toughest 50k around! This year were letting 300 runners registrar for the event! If you have what it takes bookmark the date so you can pay to abuse yourself July 28th at Snowbird Ski Resort… :) I’ll have a cold one at the finish line, SCRAPE ON!

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Click the Goat man to registrar… 1/1/2012! Stay tuned for 2012 Wasatch Speed Goats..bahahaha!

Oil Creek 100 – 2011

Heading back home to see my parents and run the Oil Creek 100, one of my favorite events, trekking through the PA. woods for a 21 hour work out. 100 miles - 17,627′ elev gain – 32 hour limit – 5 AM Saturday to 1 PM Sunday.

Tom Jennings and his volunteers run some of the funnest aid stations I’ve ever seen, can’t wait to see the scary pumpkins on the 3rd lap, or was I hallucinating?

Happy Trails…

 

Bighorn 100 – 2011 Snow and Mud?

Sounds like Bighorn 100 could be a snowy muddy mess, I heard rumors the course may change due to heavy snow pack and rain. Five feet of snow at mile 18 aid station? I’ve seen so many races canceled and effected by inclement weather it makes you wonder what’s up with mother nature? Anyways time to strap on my LaSportiva Wildcats, action traction all the way! I used my Wildcats last year at the UTMB mud fest and I was able to bomb the muddy downhills with confidence, while  many runners were tip toeing around the mud in their Salomon’s.

Quote from fellow Trail Runner Phil Lowery:

Phillip Lowry I’ve been keeping a spreadsheet of the burgess jct and 9300′ snotels. Today, 46 inches at 7880′, 75 inches at the turnaround. No question the course will be changed.

SCRAPE ON!!!!

Collegiate Peaks Trail Run

Off to Buena Vista, Colorado to run a fast 50 miler, 400 runners will line up Colorado’s best Ultra for 2009!

As my season starts out slow due to the heavy snow pack in Utah, I’ll use this race to launch my season which goes off now until October.. Oil Creek 100.  The ascents all look runnable with long fast downhills, sounds like a good race to work on leg speed! Look forward to running with Jodie Chase, Chris Boyack and old team mate Tim Long. How could I forget old friend and long time running colleague Todd Salazar.

Speedgoat 50K Best of Utah 2011

The fifth running of the Speedgoat 50k is just around the corner and the marvel of madness won Best of Utah for  Ultra Trail Running by Salt Lake – City Weekly,  for those of you who’ve experienced and supported such a grueling event, scrape on!

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Click on goat man to registrar >>

Best Ultra Trail Running

The SpeedGoat 50K
It takes a certain kind of fanatic to run a 50K (just over 31.7 miles). To trail run that distance and do it climbing over 20,000 combined feet, you have to be part goat. The SpeedGoat is a rigorous yearly trail run that covers the expanse of Snowbird Resort. This race is for berserker trail runners who welcome the challenge of ascending the 11,051-foot summit of Mount Baldy, at the 9-mile mark dropping back down to the roughly 8,000-foot starting elevation and then hoofing it back up to 11,000 feet to the summit of Hidden Peak at the 26-mile mark. The 2011 race is July 30, but if you can’t get in shape in time, it’s not too soon to start sharpening your hooves for the 2012 race.
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