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SweetH20 50k

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Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

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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

Sat, Apr 16, 2011

Race: SweetH20 50k (32.5 Miles) 04:23:20, Place overall: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
1.00	32.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.50

Short report- Very happy with a win at the awesome, muddy, flooded SweetH20 50k. 2nd fastest time ever in race history, only 3 minutes off CR. Felt great. 32.5 miles with 5500 ft of hard climb/5500 descent in 4:23. Great day.

Now I am spending 2 more days with the family vacationing in Atlanta. So the write-up might be a bit.

[UPDATE] Full report now posted at the home of the ugliest running shorts in the world.

Fuel XC 2 Miles: 33.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bryce on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 23:05:36 from 76.27.58.194

Nice job Jon! Gald you are in good form! Congrats on the win and a fast time!

From JG on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 23:14:36 from 74.190.127.168

Congrats Jon! That is an awesome time on that course ... especially in waterlogged conditions! At least the sun came out after the torrential rains last night ... I bet the river crossings were an adventure! That race is definitely in my future, but I opted for the SweetWater 420 5k today, couldn't pass on the free beer! Wow ... 5,500' ... makes me feel guilty saying I ran a hilly 5k course today!

From Scott Ensign on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 23:18:12 from 63.226.92.162

awesome! can't wait to hear the muddy details. big win, great job.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 23:39:04 from 24.10.248.6

Congratulations Jon. Looks like it will be a great year for you.

From Adam RW on Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 03:32:14 from 24.10.132.131

Looks like so much fun! Nice win.

From jtshad on Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 09:00:25 from 69.20.183.178

Wow, what a sweet looking race. Congrats on yet another ultra win.

From Scott Wesemann on Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 17:19:10 from 205.158.160.209

Congrats on the win. Great time for that much elevation. Impressive.

From Superfly on Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 23:39:39 from 74.211.21.81

Looks like fun Jon. Way to keep the ball rolling with the wins. You are Legend!

From timp on Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 09:36:16 from 66.167.50.123

awesome performance - great race Jon.

From Jon on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 08:25:12 from 98.84.0.12

Thanks, everyone. It was a fun race.

From Aaron Kennard on Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 21:55:48 from 98.245.117.176

Congrats on an awesome race! That is a seriously solid time for that amount of vert, mud, rivers, etc. Nicely done!

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