I'm retired from racing. Really.

Run Downtown 5k

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Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

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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
Sat, Jan 19, 2013
Race: Run Downtown 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:16:01, Place overall: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.900.000.003.100.0013.00

AM- Ran Run Downtown 5k today, breaking my PR by over 20 seconds and taking 5th overall at a very competitive race.  One of the best 5k's of my life.  Good day.  Full race report on my green shorts blog. Race results here.

I have such an ultra-mindset that I don't even put any non-trail ultras on my race schedule (shown at left).  I wonder if that's a bad thing. 

ERide Miles: 7.00Fastwitch Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:00:57 from 98.165.228.80

Jon, that's FAST! Well done man!!

Congrats on a really nice PR

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:02:12 from 24.10.249.165

As a person who coaches primarily 5k runners, this makes me question everything I think I know.

Congratulations!

From Bam on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:07:08 from 89.126.28.24

Great race report. Congrats on the huge pr. Imagine what you would have run if you hadn't done 18 yesterday and your knee was ok. Then, imagine if you were to do some speed work... You showed the young guns what's what:-)

From Jon on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:24:17 from 107.203.52.135

Thanks, guys.

Rob, I wouldn't suggest ultras and high mileage for high school runners, though. 16 year olds aren't built the same as us old guys.

Bam- yeah, I could definitely do faster still. But it's just not worth it for me given my race priorities and limited time/energy. So my 5k's will have to be off my 100 mile training :)

From Holt on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:55:21 from 67.2.252.43

Dang Jon, turn on the jets!

From Jason D on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 13:12:53 from 24.1.80.94

You should try to hurt yourself more often, Jon. Nicely done. A huge PR in the 16-minute range is a very fine improvement. It shows, as you have said, that high mileage and workouts like 10 mile Tinmans go a long way (you had mentioned your last PR was off similar training).

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 13:17:32 from 24.10.249.165

I looked back over your 5k times from four and five years ago. You are way faster now.

From Jon on Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 13:31:53 from 107.203.52.135

Rob- actually, that observation is probably skewed by Striders 5k. Don't know if you've done that one, but it's brutally, hands-on-knees steep uphill for the first 1.5 miles. My only reasonable 5k was a 16:35 at a 4th of July race in 2009. But yes, I'm faster now, for whatever reason.

From Adam RW on Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:27:12 from 67.171.121.150

Ultra mindset/16:01 5K.

Truly an amazing combination. Nice running!!!

From Dale on Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:26:46 from 69.10.215.11

Next time, go out and catch a toe and fall hard a couple of times in the week before your 5Ks. Evidently, that's a valid pre-race taper strategy.

Nice race.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 14:48:27 from 69.131.141.92

Screaming fast 5k, congrats. Amazing how you seem to keep improving in the short stuff.

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