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

Wed, Jan 21, 2009

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

What I dubbed my "Hell week" is finally over. I intended to run after work yesterday, but ended up working from 6 am until almost 10:30 pm, so it was well after 11 when I got home. In the past 8 days, I worked 96 hours with no days off. If you account for my 2 hours commuting each day, it averages out to 112 hours (14 hours per day) away from my family due to work. I know in some professions it is common to work 80-100 hours per week, and all I can say is I would quit if that were me. This week almost killed me- I went days without seeing my kids, and all I did was work and sleep. Fortunately, I am taking tomorrow off work so should be able to do a double to make up some of the miles I missed. It is definitely easier to run 100 mile weeks and work my normal hours than it is to work as much as I did this week- I have no idea how MichelleL runs so much during her busy tax season. I travel to Florida next week for business, so getting my runs in will not be easy. I have just been so busy this month that getting in a good running routine has been difficult.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:30:06

Glad that work is slowing down, I hate it when it interferes with the rest of your life so much. Hang in there and be well in Florida. We almost went over to Kennedy last week but just couldn't fit it in.

Hope you can get back in balance soon.

From cody on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:34:47

Glad you are done with your hell week. We missed you. Now, quit whining and get to work...

From wheakory on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 13:34:59

Tough work week. I have to put in several of these weeks a year do to my computer profession. It's hard on your body.

From paul on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 16:50:38

Yeah, that work schedule makes me mad just thinking about it...and it doesn't even affect me. But it's unjust. Obama should fix it.

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