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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: 15.50 Month: 55.50 Year: 154.50
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: 51.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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AM 9 ez around home before heading to the mtns.

PM- Interesting run.  Staying for 2 days at Camp Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp, which happens to sit right next to Shining Rock Wilderness.  The famous Art Loeb trail finishes in camp.  I decided to save it for tomorrow so ran what I expected to be a more tame creek trail that appeared to be similar to Jardine Juniper, 2000 ft climb and 10 miles RT.  You would think after 3 years in the South I would stop underestimating the technicality of these trails, but you'd be wrong.

The trail started with a very steady climb for 3 miles along Little East Fork river.  The trail was all runnable but definately much rocker than expected.  Then it crossed the river and started a climb up to Art Loeb.  The trail was still a runnable grade, but much of it was very, very overgrown with plants from shin to above head height.  For much of it, I just ducked my head, put my arms over my face, and pushed through.  My shins got absolutely shredded, bloody and raw.  Not fun at all- I really don't recommend the upper part of this trail at all.  Finally reached a junction, but they don't mark trails in the Wilderness area.  Wanted to do a loop with Art Loeb rather than descend the overgrown trail so spent a while trying to figure out which trail was correct.  After many dead ends in 8 foot high raspberry bushes, I finally turned around to retrace my steps.  It was miserable till the river crossing.  Then, what seemed very rocky on the way up was actually quite nice on the way down and my tired legs carried me over the technical terrain with ease.  Finished with 12 miles and 2600 ft climbing in 2:43 (yes, 13+ min miles).  Very tired and thirsty, as my one bottle was inadequate for a 3 hr summer run.  It was a sign for things to come tomorrow.

Fuel XC 2 Miles: 9.00Crossmax Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 16:39:33 from 67.177.11.154

13+ miles... at Des News, we ran 3 miles in that amount of time.

Sorry, couldn't resist, you set me up! :-)

I'm actually coming down to the Carolinas in two weeks. But I'll be at the beach, running on flat roads... heaven.

From Bret on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 16:55:45 from 166.147.120.154

If there is a trail called Jardine Juniper - I must run it.

From Jon on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 19:54:37 from 107.203.52.135

Bret- it's in Logan. Talk to Cody.

Jake- actually, my Friday run was slower. 6 hrs, 19 miles. I've run marathons faster than I ran the first 7 miles.

Have fun at the beach. You might like the flat roads, but let me know how the temp and humidity treat you.

From Jake K on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 21:06:51 from 67.177.11.154

I already know it will treat me. I think humidity is way tougher than altitude.

From Jon on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 21:12:13 from 107.203.52.135

What part of the Carolinas are you going to? Hilton Head to northern NC is about a 500 mile spread. Slightly cooler, the more north you are.

From Jake K on Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 08:15:45 from 67.177.11.154

Wilmington area, so... south.

I really don't mind it, even the humidity... just happy to be on the ocean for a week. I run in the heat of the day when its 100+ here, so I'm not gonna complain if I have an ocean to jump into afterwards :-)

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