Monthly Archives: February 2012

The word is pretty much out…
International superstar and Team Salomon runner Kilian Jorent is rumored to will be racing the Speedgoat 50K at Snowbird this July. Update (March 2nd, 2012): This has been confirmed.
In addition, Max King and Nick Clark are also expected to show up. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few other really top-shelf guys [...]

Jared Campbell is being extremely awesome again.
Go support him and Breathe Utah however you can!
Jared Campbell being awesome on Grandeur Peak

The first 65 miles of the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run, as seen from Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake

Upper Big Water. Mile 61 aid station, Wasatch 100. Elevation 7,660'. Wasatch Range.

Buried deep in Jared Campbell’s Wasatch FKT site is a relatively recent post from the Wasatch Speedgoat himself — Karl Meltzer.
Karl going very fast (via redbull.com)
Here’s his best times on some classic Wasatch routes. Some of these are just crazy-fast. Can anybody beat the Speedgoat?
Pfieferhorn, from Red Pine Lake route….66:10. Ha, but it was way [...]

If you’re training for the 2012 Wasatch 100, you should know today marks 200 days to go until we toe the line at the East Mountain Wilderness park.
Grandeur Peak West face (via micksmtn.20m.com/)
For my part, I’m setting a goal to do 100 laps up Grandeur Peak between now and September 7th. Should be around 300,000′ [...]

So, now that winter has FINALLY come to the Wasatch, I’ve been doing a little thinking about race strategy. One of the things that I’ve been curious about is how fast race leaders are really going out compared to the rest of the field.
I found this video of the combined 50M/50K start of the Tahoe Rim [...]

After seeing this, I really want to run the Zion 100. Somebody talk me out of this (or into it!)
 
 

Here’s the teaser video for the upcoming Hoka Mafate 2. Should be a winner: