Hello,
The Wastach 100 is scheduled for this Friday & Saturday, September 9th & 10th. It's a big race with some big-time runners, too big to talk about just one runner, so this month we're giving you two Runner Spotlights:
Terry Foust is running his 5th Wasatch 100 this year. It's a crazy race that just keeps calling and I think Terry is hooked. He started out innocently enough with solid performances at the St. George & Ogden Marathons. Then he started running them every year and added in the Park City and Top of Utah Marathons, but once the Wasatch bug bit him in 2005, there was no turning back. He nailed the Leadville 100 trail race last year with a 29 hour finish, he's turned in great performances at the Squaw Peak 50, Ogden Valley 50 and we see him every year at the Winter Racing Circuit but he loves the Speedgoat 50K at Snowbird. Speedgoat is beyond crazy; it's 31 miles of hardcore climbing at really high altitudes. The hills are so steep and long at Speedgoat they say it has more vertical gain per mile than the Hardrock 100; unbelievable. Runners not prepared for the climbing at Speedgoat will dropout at mile 15 because they're nauseous from the lack of oxygen and their legs are toast. This is what Terry does for fun; he's finished it 3 times and every year he gets faster. It's extremely difficult to drop any time at Speedgoat but since 2009 he's dropped 3 hours! "Incredible" is all I have to say. With the run he had at Speedgoat this year he's sure to have a lot of success at Wasatch this weekend - Good Luck, we know you'll do great. You can read all about Terry at www.stridersrunning.com
Phil Lowry is affectionately known in the ultra running world as HyperPhil. He picked up that moniker when he was 28 years old because once he discovered ultra trail running he couldn't get enough of it; so he would constantly call and call people to go running and ask where to run and sign up for races, then he would register for more races then he would measure courses then go on multi-day runs then run some more. 17 years later he's still the same way. He's the only guy I know who will run Kings Peak on a whim in the middle of the week, in 8 hours no less, then wake up the next day and run to Ben Lomond & Willard Peak. He's not just "hyper" he's super fit. The first time I met Phil he was coming through the aid station at mile 66 at the Bear 100; he was running the race and acting as the co-race director. How is that even possible? Phil can do it. Phil will no doubt finish his 15th Wasatch 100 this year; only question is how close to the top will he be? He placed 2nd at the inaugural Blackhills 100 in South Dakota earlier this year; impressive considering he did it in a hail storm, rain, cold and mud. He'll make it an exciting race. If you want to see something impressive, go to www.ultrasignup.com and type in Phil's name and look at his results over the years (Phillip Lowry); it's pretty cool. You can also read all about Phil at www.stridersrunning.com
Well, there you go: Two really good friends of STRIDERS whom we're really fortunate to know.
The Wasatch 100 has a great "live" online tracking system during the race; check it out at www.wasatch100.com Here's a list of runners we know who are running this weekend. We wish them all luck and hope they have a great race:
Troy Anderson
Chris Anderson
Quintin Barney
Andrew Barney
Matt Bero
Niels Bigler
John Bozung
BJ Burlison
Dave Crockett
Terry Foust
Joel Hatch
Clark Hirschi
Paul Hulet
Cory Johnson
Jessica LaRoche
Phil Lowry
Aric Manning
Shane Martin
Karl Meltzer
Matthew Mouritsen
Tom Remkes
James Skaggs
Ray Squier
John Wojciechowski
We spent Labor Day weekend at the Huntsville ½ Marathon & 5K and the Hooper Tomato Days 5K. It was a lot of fun, weather was great and the people were incredible. Congratulations to all the runners. We have pictures and short recaps of both events at www.stridersrunningblog.com
Early registration for the 2012 Winter Racing Circuit is now available online at www.strideracing.com or in person at STRIDERS. We'll also have details and a downloadable form available at www.stridersrunning.com We had to change the February dates up a little so mark your calendars for some winter racing:
February 11th 5K (Dee Events Center, WSU)
February 25th 10K (Dee Events Center, WSU)
March 10th 10M (Dee Events Center, WSU)
April 7th Half-Marathon (South Fork to Red Moose Lodge, Eden)
April 28th 30K (Red Moose Lodge, Eden)
The CLASSIC 10K & 5K has quickly become a "Must-Run" by the local running community. Presented by Intermountain Health Care, no expense is spared in organizing this race; cool shirt, cool swag, nice course and a fun post-race vibe. Guess what? It's in LAYTON; ya baby, Rockin-It in Davis County. You won't want to miss this one on September 10th, details here: http://theclassicrace.blogspot.com/
Ed's Heart - Our Hands 5K & 1 Mile Walk. Fundraiser for Ed Swanson, who underwent surgery to repair damage to his heart. Race is September 10th at 4pm followed by a dinner, raffle and silent auction. The race takes place at Syracuse Jr High and the dinner at Founders Park across the street. For questions contact Amy Devries at 801-628-2944.
NUTS Wolf Mountain trail 10K & 5K is back on for September 17th. Registration available at STRIDERS. Details at www.northernutahtrailseries.com
The DIRTY DASH 5K & 10K Mud Run on September 17th & 24th. FREE Piglet Plunge coupons at STRIDERS. www.thedirtydash.com
The Layton Marathon is back again this year on October 8th, second annual with a new point-to-point half-marathon course. Details at www.laytonmarathon.com
The Antelope Island Mountain View Trail ½ Marathon is on and scheduled for October 15th and the Antelope Island 100K & 50K is scheduled for November 5th. All the details at www.buffalorun.org
OV50 - October 22nd. Registration is available at STRIDERS. Race is limited to 50 runners. Finishers receive a tech shirt and finishers medal. Chili and baked potatoes at the finish line. Old Snowbasin road is a mess so it looks like we're going to use the course from 2006 - http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=65654
Up-and-Over trail race is scheduled for October 29th in North Ogden. Stay tuned for details.
For a full list of Utah running events, be sure to visit www.utahrunning.com
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!
