I'm retired from racing. Really.

April 18, 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: 8.00 Month: 44.00 Year: 199.50
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: 59.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
20.000.000.000.000.0020.00

Woke up at 6 again thanks to the sun (just can't sleep in anymore).  Lounged about, then left at 8 for Dupont Forest.  75 deg and 90% humidity when I left.  What a wonderful place to run- a hundred miles of trails, and even the rarely-used, out-of-the-way trails are never overgrown.  So nice to not have stinging nettle or thorns.  Tried to mainly run trails I've never done before, which was enjoyable.  Started at 9:30 am, finished at 1 pm in 85 deg temps.  Drank 80 oz during, then 30 oz chocolate milk (yummy) and 40 oz water after, and still didn't have to go to the bathroom.  Run was almost exactly 20 miles with 3300 ft climbing in a hair under 3 hrs- I was moving at a pretty good clip.  That's another nice thing about Dupont is it is runnable.  No walking today.  And with so many trails, you can loop all over rather than an out-and-back.  I only overlapped 1 mile today.  

Now time to catch up on Western, then watch Unbreakable and take a nap, then Western again.  Plus some chores.  Not a bad day.

Ok, Justin, see if you can follow where I ran- Fawn Lake Road to Reasonover Creek to Lake Julia road to Conservation Road to Shelter Rock trail to Barn trail to Conservation Road to Three Lakes (not on the map) to Lake Dense trail to Pitch Pine trail to Conservation Road to covered bridge to Buck Forest road to Lake Imaging road to Hilltop Loop to Locust trail to Isaac Heath trail to Jim Branch trail to Lake Imaging road to Ridgeline trail to Hooker Creek trail to White Pine trail to Buck Forest Road to Conservation Road to Fawn Lake Road to Fawn Lake loop to Fawn Lake road to Mine Mountain trail to Fawn Lake road to the car. 

Peak Miles: 20.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From J Cole on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 19:44:07 from 75.138.120.244

Almost! I saw the new three lakes trail last weekend. You lost me after hilltop loop though. Pretty jealous of the awesome run. I spent the day instead taking the "highest gross score" award at the Cytec golf tournament. I even won a sleeve of "environmentally friendly" golf balls for it.

From Jon on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 05:04:06 from 74.177.123.81

Highest score is good, right? ;)

From Bryce on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 14:50:21 from 76.27.58.194

Nice run, lucky to have so many miles of trail so close...sounds almost better than Utah...well except the 90% humidity thing. See you Saturday.I'll be at Dry Canyon aid...I'll make you the same offer I made Cody..let me know if you want me to take him out for you..:)

From Jon on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 17:09:15 from 74.177.123.81

How about taking out Cody AND Joe?

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:46:25 from 24.10.249.165

That does sound like a great run. Wish I could join you. Although I recently realized that there are plenty of incredible places almost literally in my own backyard I have yet to check out. For example, the cover photo on the new issue of Trail Runner is in Big Cottonwood Canyon and I didn't even recognize it!

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