Running on Twinkies

Tonight I ran on the Baltimore and Annapolis trail. I wanted to go further, but it was getting dark. 

Congrats to everyone who ran the St George Marathon. 

Today's race didn't go like I had expected it to. We started out in the dark, so I didn't keep track of my splits. It got light at mile 5. I noticed my time at the 10k mark, it was 1:11 and I was already hurting. At mile 9 my whole body was aching. I was trying to run but could not go faster than a 13 minute mile. At mile 11 I started walking, that hurt too. I ran and walked as best I could for the rest of the race. My wife, who was waiting at the finish, thought that something bad must have happened and sent the medics out looking for me. I finally made it to the finish in 6 hour and 12 minutes. Unfortunately the cutoff time was 6 hours, so I am listed in the results as DNF. But the did give me a medal. I think I have some type of bug that was zapping everything I had out there today. 

I haven't been running lately, which makes this blog pretty boring. So in order to make it a bit more interesting I decided that I would recap some of my adventures from throughout the year. 

In January I ran the Kahtoola Snowshoes 50k. It was 31 miles in the snow wearing snowshoes. My first step of the race was my first time to run in snowshoes. It was a ton of fun.

In February my daughter was born. Eliza Anne Ricks

March was a fun month. the first weekend I ran my birthday challenge, 33 miles on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Jun and Scott join me in the celebration. This was my furthest distance to date that wasn't in a race.  Also that month I got in a few summit runs to up Mount Wire with Jun and Scott. At the end of the month I ran my second 50 miler, Buffalo Run 50 on Antelope Island.

 
Relaxing in the living room on Mt Wire

 
Buffalo Run 50 miler.

 In April, Scott and I ran/hiked to the top of Centerville Peak.

 
Peak Jump on Centerville Peak

In May I ran the Granduer Peak Fun Run, Timpanogos Trail Marathon in the rain, and a 5k with my entire family on Memorial Day.

 
Timp Trail Marathon

In June I picked up a three month sponsorship from Jamba Juice. That month I also ran Girls on the Run 5k, Teton Dam Marathon, and Logan Peak Trail run. At the Teton Dam Marathon I missed getting a new PR by 5 seconds.

 
Turning heads at the Girls on the Run 5k

 
Teton Dam Marathon

 
Me with my Mom after the Teton Dam Marathon. She ran on a relay team.

In July I started the month by summiting Mt Baldy with Jun and Aaron. Then I got in touch with my feminine side and ran the Red Hot Pink Chicks 1/2 marathon. Also so that month, I ran the Deseret News Marathon and the toughest 50k on the planet, the Speedgoat 50k.

 
Peak Jump on Mt Baldy
Q:How does he jump so high?   A:Twinkies

 
RHPC 1/2 Marathon with the amazing Lily. I am the on in pink.

 
Hiked up Big Mountain just before the start of Deseret News

 
After Deseret News, I ran into Teena Marie and Smooth. Two very inspirational runners.

 
SpeedGoat 50k

In August I ran the Jupiter Peak Steeplechase. I didn't get any photos, but I was featured in a youtube video. Later that month I did a fun run on the Wasatch Crest Trail with Scott and Jun. During that run we summited Scott's hill.

Me on Scott's Hill

 
Jun on Scott's Hill

 
Scott on Scott's Hill

 
Jun flying down the Wasatch Crest Trail

Lots of fun adventures with great friends. Since then I have been on any great adventures, but I would like to get a few more in before the end of the year. I hope that you enjoyed this post.