As this blog is mainly a training and racing log, I figured I'd just lay the year out in numbers:
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Jan: 252 miles (33,700')
Feb: 189 miles (33,500')
March: 488 miles (70,000')
April: 482.5 miles (72,700')
May: 439 miles (79,500')
June: 334 miles (49,000')
July: 279.5 miles (64,400')
August: 302.5 miles (50,100')
September: 237.5 miles (53,200')
October: 301.5 miles (44,600')
November 373 miles (52,900')
December 418 (52,250')
2010: 4,100 miles (655,850')
Avg: 342 miles (54,654')
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Weekly Mileage and Vertical Gain, Jan to Dec.
42 (2,000')
85 (9,900) – Bandera 100k
40.5 (4,500') – Ghost Town 39 Mile
53.5 (8,100')
53 (9,600') – Trudge 22 Mile
25.5 (4,900')
34 (1,600')
--------------------------------- WS Build
51.5 (7,700')
78 (19,300')
113 (22,700')
100 (10,800') – Salida Marathon
117 (19,600')
100.5 (13,500') – Antelope Island 50k
116 (11,900')
107.5 (20,000')
110 (15,100') – Fruita 50 Mile
108 (18,500')
129 (14,700')
102 (19,600')
75 (15,000)
103 (20,200') – Jemez 50 Mile
116 (21,000')
100 (17,400')
------------------------------------ WS taper
75 (12,200')
52 (5,100')
120 (18,000') - WS 100 Mile
----------------------------------- WS Recovery
16.5 (2,600')
54.5 (15,400')
----------------------------------- Pikes Training
55.5 (11,500') – Barr Trail Mountain Race
80.5 (15,200')
72.5 (19,700') – Speedgoat 50k
91 (16,500')
----------------------------------- Pikes Taper
49 (6,100')
51.5 (11,000') – Pikes Peak Marathon
----------------------------------- Wasatch Training/Pikes Recovery
100 (16,500')
----------------------------------- Wasatch Taper
50 (7,700')
113 (29,000') – Wasatch 100 Mile
----------------------------------- End Season Rest
26.5 (6,100')
41 (8,000')
28 (4,000') – Bacon Strip 10 Mile
50 (6,200') – Silent Trails 10 Mile
---------------------------------- Marathon Build
81 (12,200')
74 (10,800')
86.5 (15,400')
80 (10,000') – Heart Center Half
91.5 (13,200')
102 (15,000')
76 (14,200') – T-Day 4 Mile
100.5 (6,700')
100 (11,500')
67 (10,750') – Stella born
106 (12,700')
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More Numbers:
54,654 Feet climbed per month (average)
12,612 Feet climbed per week (average)
4,100 Miles run
1,797 Feet climbed per day (average)
626 Miles Raced
342 Miles run per month (average)
124 Vertical miles run
78(.8) Miles run per week (average)
40 days off
36 Towers ascents
35 weeks at or above 10,000’ of climbing
26 Horsetooth summits
25 Races
20 Weeks at or above 100 miles
11(.2) Miles run per day (average)
10 weeks above 18,000' climbing
9 wins
8 Hard-top races & 8 ultras
7 Green Mountain summits
6 Races longer than 50k
5 Ultra wins
4 second place finishes
3 Races in Utah
2 Longs Peak summits
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Congrats on a hell of a year!
ReplyDeleteAnother baby!
ReplyDeleteYou are truly in the PRO category. Husband, father of two, full time job, cranks 100+ weekly, lots of podiums, and not afraid to race any distance or terrain.
Gas a tope!! "full steam"
Girona.
An epic year bud.
ReplyDeleteHeck of a year, Nick.
ReplyDeleteWhatever that UROY award really means, I sure think you deserve to be high on the list. Bandera to Wasatch, quite a ride!
ReplyDeleteHey Nick, with so many fast men (Roes, Mackey, Grossman, Olmstead, J. Bryant, Vega, Omine, Moore etc) and women (Howard, Africa, Arboghast, P. Smith, and A. Bryant) signed up to do Bandera 100k are you going to give your odds? As last year's winner I would like think you be more qualified than anyone to give odds.
ReplyDeleteI'm embarrassed to even look at your numbers... SOLID! Here's to an even more prosperous 2011!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. Yeah, pretty stoked on my 2010. Looking for bigger and better in 2011.
ReplyDeleteChris - first off, I fully expect my CR to go down. I had a decent run last year, but certainly not a great run. With the competition, I wouldn't be surprised if two or three guys went under nine hours.
Had a quick look at the entrants, and I'd have to say that Roes and Mackey are the two standouts, but I'd imagine guys like Jason Wolfe and Dan Olmstead will give them a run for their money. Others that should compete (but probably won't get on the podium) include Vega, Omine, Grossman, Ballesteros, Godale and James. All solid runners. I'm sure there'll be some local guys who go well too.
On the women's side, I guess I'd have to pick the local favorite, Howard, but certainly she's got some strong competition. Last time I spoke to Darcy she was unsure if she was going to run, but if she does then I'd say she'd be up there given the technical nature of the course - and I'd certainly be pulling for her given that she's a teammate. Arboghast had a great 2010 of course, so got to think she'll be up there. Pam Smith might miss out on the WS spot again if all three of the aforementioned show up. Don't know anything about A Bryant.
Kind of wish I was coming down - I had a lot of fun last year.
Thanks for the thoughts Nick. A Bryant won Mountain Masochist for the women in a speedy time. She is an up and comer. Hopefully Darcy is able to come down.
ReplyDeleteI agree on the men's side that it should be Roes or Mackey if they are running well. It probably boils down to who is able to handle the rocks better and power up the hills late in the race. Too bad you can't make it down. I think with the knowledge you gained last year and how well you are running you would definitely be in the mix with Roes and Mackey.
Awesome year, Nick, you deserved it!
ReplyDeleteI like what you did with the numbers, too. Between that, and your patented T&H and Towers timing algorithms, as well as your beer ABV percentage versus cost analysis, people really need to respect your strategizing as well!
Amazing year. I'm almost afraid to ask how much time it took you to figure out all the numbers for this post...
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