No SMUT This Weekend

Best of luck to those competing in the Blood, Sweat, and Beers races out at Bootleg Canyon tomorrow. SMUT will resume next week.

Weekend Running

Congrats to: Joe Maylish who finished the Moab Red Hot 55k this last weekend.

 

This weekend Ashlee Mickelberry will be running the Elephant Mtn. 50k outside of Phoenix. Good luck down there.

 

For the group run we’ll be meeting out at McCullough again at 8am. See you out there.

 

Shad

 

Weekend

Good luck to Joe Maylish who is running the Moab Red Hot this weekend as well as those running loops at the Jackpot races.

Totally late entry but I'll be running at McCullough trails tomorrow at 8am if anyone is interested.

Group Run

We’ll be running at Bootleg Canyon from the Gazebo at 8am Saturday.

 

Next weekend we’ll change it up at a different location

 

There are several people racing the Pemberton 50k this weekend

Josh Brimhall

Hillary Brimhall

Casey Flanagan

Brent Bowers

Meri Bowers

 

Good Luck

 

Shad

 

Results

We had a couple of finishes this last weekend.

 

Josh Brimhall and Eric Swenson both ran the Sean O’Brien 50 mile

Josh finished 12^th in 7:49

Eric finished in 10:52 after spending 45 minutes in aid stations w/ stomach issues.

 

 

 

Shad

 

 

Weekend Racing and Group Run

Good luck to Josh Brimhall and Eric Swenson at the Sean O’Brian 50 miler tomorrow in Malibu, CA.

 

We will have a group run running from the Gazebo at Bootleg Canyon @ 8am.

 

Shad

 

Weekend Results

We had several locals racing this past weekend. Let me know if anyone else raced an ultra or trail race that I didn’t see.

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Ashlee Mickelberry won the Calico 30k in 2:58:24

![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Keena Delay placed 2nd in the Calico 50k in 5:29

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Dawn Nielsen placed 3^rd in the Calico 30k in 3:42:39

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Peggy Paas ran the Calico 50k in 5:39:36

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>David Campbell ran the Calico 50k in 6:33:40

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>June Uhlig ran the Calico 50k in 8:35 and won a trip to ER

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Anthony Delledonne won the Running From an Angel 50mile in 7:50:06

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Natalia Murua ran Running From an Angel 50mile in 9:24:57

<![if !supportLists]>·         <![endif]>Joe Baumgarte ran the Coldwater Rumble 52k in 5:27:50

Shad

Saturday Run

We’ll be running from the Gazebo at Bootleg Canyon Saturday starting at 8am. There are rumors of a new trail to scope out.

 

Shad

 

SMUT Runs Cottonwood

SMUT took to Cottonwood last Saturday for a great group run with absolutely perfect weather.  The seven of us met at the Late Night Trailhead at 8am.  Pictured below from left to right are Josh Brimhall, Shad Mickelberry, Dave Pauwelyn, Ashlee Mickelberry, Shawn Wallace, and Eric Swenson. 

  

Photo Credit Joe Maylish

From Late Night Trailhead Eric Swenson led the group out to Black Velvet running towards the Red Rock cliffs eventually turning north and down into the valley.  Lots of beautiful scenery and open singletrack to Black Velvet Road.  After some discussion, Josh, Shad, Ashlee, Dave, and Joe Maylish descended down to the town of Blue Diamond.  Eric & Shawn headed back in and got in a nice 10 mile loop.  In Blue Diamond we refilled our water bottles at McGhie's Bike Outpost just over 9 miles from the Late Night Parking Lot. Then it was time to climb, ascending up a 665ft climb in 1.6 miles to the Hurl.  From the top of the Hurl you can see all of the Vegas Valley to the left, and Red Rock to the right.  Then it was 400ft of descent to the valley floor where Josh, Shad, and Ashlee took off back towards Black Velvet.  This portion of the valley is a steady gradual uphill climb of nearly 500ft.  Dave & I ran back towards Black Velvet Road, and from there ran 3 miles back in to the Late Night Trail Head completing 18 miles.

Photo Credit Joe Maylish

Several of us have races coming up this spring.  Eric Swenson is preparing for the Sean O'Brien 50 Mile.  Shad Mickelberry Angeles Crest 100, Ashlee Mickelberry Leona Divide 50 Mile, Josh Brimhall is running Sean O'Brien 50 Mile, Pemberton 50k, and Moab 33k, all in February.  Joe Maylish Moab Red Hot 55k.

Photo Credit Dave Pauwelyn

       

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Thanks a lot.

Shad.

Saturday Run at Cottonwood.

Our run at Cottonwood will start at 8am on Saturday from the Late Night Trail Head. Should be a beautiful day to get some miles in. All distances and paces welcome! I'll be looking to get in 18-22, some of us going further, some shorter. - Maylish

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Shad

 

Red Rock Fat Ass 2013

The Red Rock Fat Ass is one of the longest lasting running events in Las Vegas. It is an annual celebration where local trail runners get together for one large group run. This year the event was revitalized with as many finishers as we've had starters over the past two years.

Approximately 20 runners came out to run various distances with 10 completing the full 50k distance. Shane Peterson nearly joined a select group to run under 4 hours 30 minutes missing it by less than a minute. Doug Wickert also made it under 5 hours. Long time local runner Dennis Jensen, finished for the first time in several years at the ripe age of 64.

(Photos by Kristin Wilson)

Mt. Taylor 50k

Congratulations to Shane and Josh at the Mt. Taylor 50k today. They both ran great on this high altitude course. They ran together all day, except the last 100 yards, Shane finished 4th and Josh 5th finishing right around 4 hours 50 minutes. Bootlegger course director Ian Torrance also ran the race finishing in 5 hours 15 minutes.

Congrats again, apparently the course scenery is stunning. Race link below for more information

http://mttaylor50k.com/home.php

Bishop High Sierra Ultras

Las Vegas was well represented at the 19th Bishop High Sierra Ultras this past weekend. Casey Harney and Doug Donovan ran the 50 mile while Shad Mickelberry, Matt Koppenheffer, Ashlee Homan, and Paul Daly were running the 50k.

L to R: Casey, Ashlee, Paul, Matt, Shad (photo by Rose Daly)

The races are run on 4x4 roads with constant views of Mt. Tom, Mt. Humphrey's and other peaks to the west of Bishop. After some up and downs for several miles the runners have a 13 mile climb. From there the 50k runners turn around for 15 miles of mostly downhill (50k course is 33.25 miles). The 50 mile runners continue for a couple of loops above 8500' elevation.

 Typical View Heading West (Photo Dr. Ben Jones)

Everyone had a good race with Casey finishing 10th in the 50 mile in 10:09 and Doug finished right behind him in 10:26. Shad won the 50K in 4:48, Matt was third overall in 5:15, Ashlee was 11th overall in 5:59, and Paul finished well in 7:52.

Shad at finish line (Photo Lambert Timmermans)

Matt apparently had some extra energy on climb (Photo Dr. Ben Jones)

Steady Casey (Photo Dr. Ben Jones)

Ashlee enjoying her training run for Bighorn (Photo Dr. Ben Jones)

Paul around mile 11 (Photo Dr. Ben Jones)

Congratulations to everyone on their well run races.

April 21-22 Results

There was a lot of action this weekend with runners racing all over the place.

Matt Koppenheffer placed 9th in the Ouchita Trail 50 miler in Arkansas. He finished in 9 hrs 11 minutes in his first 50 miler.

Josh and Hillary Brimhall were up in Salt Lake City for the Salt Lake Half Marathon. Josh finished in 1:15 minutes and Hillary in 1:41. Josh was sixth overall (nearly 3500 participants) and first out of state taking home some cash.

Paula had a great race at the Labor of Love 50k. She beat her previous 50k PR by an hour finishing in 6:14. Paula felt this was her best race yet.

Ian Torrance finished the Zane Gray 50 miler for the tenth time in 10:53. 

Zion Rim to Rim to Rim

On March 31st Shane Peterson, Matt Koppenheffer, Ashlee Homan, and Shad Mickelberry went up to Zion National Park for an adventure run. The plan was to start from the east entrance and travel the East Rim Trail to main canyon and then take the West Rim Trail to its terminus at Lava Point. 

Normally we would head to Grand Canyon this time of year for a double crossing but I wanted to try something a bit different without the hordes of people. Zion was a natural choice with its combination of lower visitation in the high country, beautiful scenery, and extensive trail system.

We turned around 2-3 miles short than planned because we had a set turn around time and the terrain on that part of the Kolob Plateau wasn't all that scenic. The weather was completely perfect all day and we finished up right at dusk after 13 hours on the trail which included a great deal of picture taking and goofing off.

This sort of trip is best told through pictures. 

Enjoy.

Taking a break near Stave Springs

Slickrock along East Rim Trail

Echo Canyon

Flying down switchbacks to Weeping Rock

Starting up West Rim Trail beneath Angel's Landing

Matt near top of West Rim main climb

Angel's Landing

Jolly Gulch

Aftermath of Telephone Canyon Trail debacle