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

Mon, May 05, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

Time to try out the trails! Drove to Green Canyon, sunny and 70 deg. Perfect. The first mile of singletrack was great, and the first half mile of dirt road. Then I started hitting patches of snow that became larger and more frequent until most of the last two miles or more was entirely on snow. It was compact enough that I didn't sink in too deep, but it was slow going. Water was often running under the snow and I would occasionally break through and soak my shoes. Reached the top and discovered a yurt- never saw that before. I went north into the watershed area for another mile. 5 miles up, 45 minutes (very hard work but slow pace). Coming down was a lot faster (34 minutes), though still difficult- any momentum I had would disappear as soon as I hit a snow patch and started sinking in. But it was a very, very enjoyable run that got me excited for when I can go running on trails more. Knee felt improved, but the uneven terrain and downhill made it painful by the end. 10 miles or so, 1:19:07.

Ascend- 232 (first time wearing these trail shoes since January)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Walter on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:45:43

Hey jon what the heck is a yurt? and is your knee hurting from IT band problems or something else? Because my IT band is killing me.

From Jon on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:08:02

A yurt is kind of an overgrown tent that people ski up to around here in the winter. Take a look- http://www.usu.edu/orc/yurt/green.cfm

Not sure what my knee pain is from- general overuse, I think. I just ice it a lot. Where is the pain in your knee? Is it restricting your running?

From Walter on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 15:21:26

Dang thats a huge tent! I was expecting a little small something with a bum hanging around it. My pain is in the back of my knee from my IT and it wont go away. I think my calve muscle was so tight at boston that it pulled on my i t band and strained it.

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