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:	3.00	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

Sat, Jul 30, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
22.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	22.00

Jon- "Barry, this is almost my highest mileage week this year, and I want to make it even harder. What do you think we can do?"

Barry- "Let's go for a 22 mile run over the most rugged terrain in South Carolina."

Jon- "Sounds good. And I'm already weak from my toe and from giving blood and fainting a few days ago."

Barry- "Great! How about we do this run during the hottest Saturday yet in Greenville, with a high of 98 and heat index of 107."

Jon- "Splendid. And since they suggest limiting outdoor activity between 10 am to 4 pm, how about we purposely wait to start our workout until 10:30 am, then don't finish until just after 4 pm."

Barry- "The only thing that could make it better is if you somehow had a campout with boy scouts last night where it was so hot all night you couldn't sleep much, plus had a dog making noise nearby all night long."

Jon- "Sounds like a good plan, see you Saturday. Oh, and I thought of one more item- driving 90 min home afterwards in 98 deg temps with no air conditioning would be the final cherry on top!"

Yup, that was my run. Enjoyable, very hot and long- I think I drank 180 oz water during the run. 22 miles, 4:26, 5300 ft climbing. Gorges State Park- Auger trail to FHT Bear Gap camp, all along to FHT to Rock Creek, a bit more up the stairs (to where I had done before), then up Cane Brake trail. There was some steep, steep stuff- on the FHT Cane Brake steps, you climb 330 ft in under .2 mile. It was so nice to be able to do a long run with Barry again. We even saw a few people I knew, including Dan Hartley who was crazy enough to attempt the entire 77 mile FHT today. Final note the self- XT Wings shoes do not hurt my toe at all due to where the bend is. No shoe pain today at all.

XT Wings 2 Miles: 22.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 23:13:30 from 98.202.141.17

Excellent run.

From Burnside on Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:33:31 from 174.252.181.23

Haven't worked this hard in quite some time! Felt good to be on the trail with Jon again planning and setting goals to win. Before I new it 12mi had passed. The last 5mi were really tough, not because of the 18 prior or the 90 degree + temps, not even because of the 1000 Ft climb it was because we smelled so bad!!

From Jon on Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:36:09 from 98.71.138.170

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention our (my) terrible stench. By the way, Barry, my neck and shoulders are sore today, too.

From Burnside on Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:52:25 from 174.252.181.23

O' Yeah my neck and shoulders are the same, actually worse than my legs

From Logan Fielding on Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:11:45 from 74.211.12.125

Long time no talk to. I really enjoyed the 50k in San Francisco. I am looking at doing another 50k this fall and then gear up for either Squaw Peak or a new Zion 50 mile race for next year. I would eventually like to do a 100 mile race but the sound of doing one just frightens me. I hope you and the family are doing well.

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