I'm retired from racing. Really.

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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, Mar 16, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
12.00	10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	22.00

AM- BW time. My first 14-15 mile BW of the year. Fortunately, my legs felt fresh for the first time this week, despite hints of a cold with sore throat and soreness. 3 miles warmup, then 10 miles tinman tempo. Slowest mile was 6:11, with somewhat regular increasing pace. Last mile was 5:25, and the total tempo was 60:56 (6:06 pace). 2 miles cooldown, then rushed off to work. 15 miles total in 98:35 (6:34 avg)

Lunch- 7 very sluggish miles more. My legs felt dead the first few miles, as expected, then perked up a bit.

Question- have any of you ever had success with any of those "Anti-stink sport clothes washes"? If so, which ones? I think I'm going to try that before a few of my shirts kill me- they are pretty rank. The other option is to throw them away.

My dad wrote a very good book (my unbiased opinion :) and is trying to get on Amazon's Best Sellers list for a few days. If you are interested, read about it at this email he sent out:

I'm going for a big goal today (and over the next few days). I'm seeking to position my book The Hero's Choice: Living from the Inside Out as an Amazon #1 bestseller and I could use your help.

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Pace 2 Miles: 7.00	Pace 3 Miles: 15.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 21:43:01 from 24.10.248.6

Point#1 -Your dad's book? Cool. I shall buy it immediately.

Point #2 - I don't mind slightly stinky running clothes.

Point #3 - 42 miles in two days is really impressive.

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 21:46:37 from 24.10.248.6

On Amazon it says the book came out in 2009? It totally makes sense that you are promoting your dads book - but why now?

From Jon on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 22:26:49 from 98.71.145.227

Rob-

Point #2- neither do I. In fact, I did a whole wrestling season in the same shirt without washing it (it could stand up by itself at the end). But this is serious rankness- it is my oldest running shirt (9 yrs?). Terrible.

Point #3- thanks. Getting into the high mileage.

Point #4- I don't know why he is promoting it now. He's never done this before. His website might say something- http://www.theheroschoice.com/

Not sure.

From Dale on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 22:34:49 from 69.10.215.11

While not perfect, the Win detergent seems to work the best. But if the odor has been working its way in for 9 years now, I'm not sure how much good it'll do.

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 22:49:19 from 24.10.248.6

One more thing. I'd like to do a 50 mile trail race later this year. I will be the only guy in the United States to have run the mile at the USATF indoor meet and a 50 mile trail ultra. I may not be the fastest guy in the world but I can go for the "greatest range" title.

Any suggestions?

From Jon on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 23:08:17 from 98.71.145.227

That raises a lot of possibilities, Rob. I'm assuming you want to be in the Rockies somewhere? Cause if you want to fly far, there are hundreds of options.

Next week is the Buffalo Run 50m. Later you have Squaw Peak, Bighorn, Pocatello, Tahoe Rim Trail, and Grand Teton.

Best place to look:

http://www.ultrarunning.com/calendar.html

Another place:

http://ultrasignup.com/default.aspx

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:48:50 from 205.127.70.66

Thanks Jon. I actually wouldn't mind traveling. Might want to avoid the hardest courses for my first one?

I had the Alta High library order a copy of your dad's book as well.

From Jon on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 21:22:40 from 98.71.145.227

Cool, thanks, Rob.

For your first 50, you'll just have to look on those websites. For the ultrarunning one, you can even select how much elevation you want. Although this isn't really your first one- the Grand Canyon took care of that, and had more vertical than most 50's you'll find.

From Jon on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 21:23:06 from 98.71.145.227

Thanks, too, Dale.

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