I'm retired from racing. Really.

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Location:

Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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5k- 16:01, 1/2 marathon- 1:11:37, marathon- 2:34:16, 50k- 3:58, 100 mile- 15:19

Former World Record holder in 100 x 5k relay

Ultra history:

8-100 mile, 1-100k, 9-50 mile, 2-40 mile, 14-50k-ish

12 wins, 5 CR's, plus four 2nd, five 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 9th, 16th, 20th, 28th, 38th, and 62nd place, with 1 DNF

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goals

Enjoy running, stay fit (and maybe lose a few pounds). Play ultimate frisbee.

4 year coach of Langston Middle School- love it

Long-Term Running Goals:

Unretire at some point

Run a sub-6 hr 50 miler

Win a 100 mile ultramarathon

Personal:

I have five cute kids. And I have some rockin short green racing shorts- I wear them mainly because it embarrasses my wife so much. I like ultimate frisbee, trail running, reading, and cheering for the Denver Broncos! And I have the absolute best wife in the world. And I used to run for the now-disbanded national Team Pearl Izumi- Ultra!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	28.00	Year:	537.50
Fastwitch Lifetime Miles:						82.50
Trail M2 Lime/black Lifetime Miles:						299.00
Road N2 Purple 2 Lifetime Miles:						222.50
Road N2 4 Grey Lifetime Miles:						104.50

Tue, Jan 04, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

I just posted my 2010 year in review on my GSR page.

It's Tuesday, which means a night run at Paris Mtn with Barry. Enjoyable, as always, with perfect weather (50 deg or so). Unfortunately, it also meant tons of mountain bikers- we saw more than 2 dozen on the trail. The run was very enjoyable and seemed to fly by- I looked at my watch near the end expecting to see 1:15 or so, but instead saw we had been going for 1:53, and weren't done yet. Longest run since the start of November, I think. Good times. I even had a few encounters with a bunch of east coast thorns. My legs definitely aren't Barkley Ultramarathon bad...

... but they did get rather chewed up. Definitely worth it, though.

XT Wings 3 Miles: 14.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jun on Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 23:29:24 from 68.171.231.20

Oh snap! Trail - 1, Jon - 0.

From Jon on Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 23:40:03 from 98.71.138.92

Nah, they're not bad at all. I just wanted to post a cool picture. I think I only have 10 or so scratches.

From jtshad on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 14:44:15 from 204.134.132.225

Ouch! Not that bad, only 10 stratches...per knee cap!

From Jon on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 18:53:41 from 98.71.138.92

To clarify, those aren't my legs. Those are someone who did the first 20 miles of Barkley.

From David Nelson on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 23:57:37 from 24.16.172.53

Nice annual review, I'll comment here instead of GSR. Hopefully you don't match that "between jobs" bit for a few more years, nice as it sounds.

I signed for the Chuckanut Mountain 50k again, it filled in less than 2 hours. You'll have to come do it some year, it's a popular one and a pretty good challenge. Looking forward to your 2011 plan.

From Jon on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 08:25:36 from 98.71.138.92

Enjoy the 50k, Dave. There are definitely some nice races in WA I'd like to do- Chuckanut, WR50, even do a run around the entire Wonderland trail.

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