I'm retired from racing. Really.

March 29, 2024

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Location:

Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I also maintain a blogspot running blog. Check it out. 

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: 15.50 Month: 55.50 Year: 154.50
Fastwitch Lifetime Miles: 82.50
Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 86.50
Road N1 Lifetime Miles: 31.00
Trail M2 Lime/black Lifetime Miles: 297.00
Road M3 Grey And Yellow Lifetime Miles: 324.00
Road N2 Purple 2 Lifetime Miles: 222.50
Road N2 4 Grey Lifetime Miles: 51.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Trail run again!  Met Cody, Joe, and newcomer Lisa Paxton (4th place SGM finisher this year) at First Dam.  We intended to go up Logan canyon but apparently there was an accident somewhere up there with a huge traffic jam and ambulances.  So we went to Blacksmith Fork Canyon instead and did Leatham Hollow.  As we chug uphill, Lisa admits she doesn't run trails much and doesn't like hills- oops, not a good run to do today.  It was a gorgeous run, though- first 4 miles were singletrack, with 2 of them very nice, smooth, not too steep.  Then we hit a road at the top of Millville Canyon and ran on it for a few miles, passing a few hunters and a very stuck, high-centered Range Rover.  6 miles, 2700 ft up in 1:11 (11:50 pace- smoking!).  Then time for the downhill- rocky in places, but 2 or 3 very nice downhill miles.  We even saw one deer.  Down in 48 minutes (8:00 pace), 1:59 for the whole run. 

Nice run today with some great views.  The temperature was a lot warmer than we expected with warm winds blowing off the mountains.  Lisa did a good job putting up with all our banter and jabber, too, and Cody tried to recruit her to join the blog.  The best part is that the whole run is part of the Bear 100 course, helping me meet my goal of running the whole course in the next year.  Here is a map of our route today.  By the way, Cody, the topo map shows starting at 5200 feet and peaking around 8600 feet, so we actually did 3400 feet climbing!

By the way, even though my mileage has dropped drastically, I apparently have also lowered my food intake- I only weighed 133 today post-run, which is my lightest since high school, even lighter than this summer.

XT Wings- 46

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From paul on Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 14:17:14

Sounds fun.

From Adam RW on Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 15:48:58

Hey skinny, maybe the light weight is how you were able to burn up the trails at that 11:50 pace :)

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