I'm retired from racing. Really.

FireKracker 5k

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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

Sat, Jul 03, 2021

Race: FireKracker 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:23:57

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
1.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	4.00

AM- travelling for a month. My whole extended family did the Idaho Falls FireKracker 5k. My first race in 4 years, and I haven't run for 3 weeks. I ran most of it with my 13 year old daughter and my niece's husband, Brenden. He pulled away just after 2 miles (meaning it's the first time I'm not the Griffin family champ ever since I joined the family), and I pulled away from my daughter with half a mile to go, encouraging her to keep up. She fell 30 yards or so behind but pushed hard with a last kick. Alas, she was too late and I beat her by a few yards but less than a second. Since most my runs are 8:30 pace or slower, I thought sub-24 was ok. Interesting how much slower I am now than 7 years ago, though. My family won 3rd place in the team division, netting us a box of long sparklers.

Road M3 Grey And Yellow Miles: 4.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 13:53:00 from 67.177.30.39

"The journey of 100 miles begins with a 5k"

- Confucius

From Jon on Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 12:16:43 from 165.225.10.151

Nice!

Except this won't be a journey back to 100 milers...

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 13:28:18 from 67.177.30.39

That's good since 100 miles is excessive :-)

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