I'm retired from racing. Really.

September 2015

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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: 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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
160.500.000.000.004.00164.50
Road M2 Miles: 63.00Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 91.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Lunch- 9 miles or so with the guys. It was pretty warm out today.

Road M2 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.004.008.00

Good thoughts here on ultra runners and DNFs. http://ultra168.com/2015/09/02/whats-with-the-utmb-dnf/

AM- ran 4, then gave my knee a break for 4 xt

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Lunch- only got 4, kinda tired and slow

Road M2 Miles: 4.00
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5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Lunch- run 2, then ultimate frisbee

Road M2 Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Lunch 8 with Jim and Aaron.

Road M2 Miles: 8.00
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Lunch- no rain when we started. Then a sprinkle. Then a moderately hard rain, enough to soak the shoes in under a minute. Then it really started coming down, with puddles everywhere and streams across the roads. Not quite "red thunderstorm" hard, but only 1 step below.

8 miles or so.

Did I mention it rained?

To be honest, rainy and 75 deg is quite enjoyable. Just makes the clothes a bit heavy afterwards.

Road M2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

An hour with Jim, Aaron, Dave, and Russell. We moved along pretty fast today.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 8.00
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3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Just realized I didn't run Monday but moved all my runs up a day. Oh well. Played 45 min of Ultimate today. Good times. 6 on 6.

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10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

AM- longest run since Western. 10 miles even in 77 min or so.

It was 52 deg this morning. It felt freezing cold. Coldest morning by 10 deg since May or so.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM- 8 before all day training

It is my son's 4th birthday today. How fun to watch these kids grow up.

Road M2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM 6

Today is one of those long days. I left home at 6:30 for a run, then had 9 hours of training at work, then 2 hours of catching up at work on the work I've been missing due to training. Now I'm heading to church for Mutual night, then a meeting after that. I'll probably get home between 9:30 to 10 pm, which means it's over a 15 hour day. At least it keeps me out of trouble, even if I don't see my family.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM 8

Road M2 Miles: 8.00
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AM- 8

PM- ward campout. Whole family came, but Marci and I drove separate cars. This proved fortuitous as none of our kids got to bed before midnight, and then the 2 year old woke up screaming and could not be calmed. I drove home from 1:30-2:30 am with her. Hope Marci and the other 4 fare well in the morning. I'm not sure Marci knows how to take down the tent. And I'm very bummed I'm going to miss the huge breakfast, including bacon. But it's 3 am now and I've been sleep deprived all week. I think I'm going to bed now.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Lunch- went to the gym with 1 kid while the rest were still camping. 6 mile run. Felt good. This is the first week since June that I've run 6 days, and my highest mileage by 10 mpw.

Road M2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

AM- 10 watching Mike and Mike.

Road M2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Lunch- 9 with Dan, Aaron, and Jim. It was below 70 deg and cloudy, quite cool. Coolest lunch run since April or May.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Lunch- 8 with the guys. 

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

PM- 8

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 8.00
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9.000.000.000.000.009.00

AM- 9 miles. Decided mid-run to do my first sub-7:30 miles in months (aka what passes as speedwork these days). Bumped it up to just under 7 min pace for 2 miles, then added a third as I was feeling good. 9 miles total.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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No run. Woke up very early to fly to Denver. My parents are leaving for an 18 month church mission to India next week so my sisters and I all surprised them by flying out for this weekend. The surprise was a success.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

PM- flew back from Denver and got a short 6 miles in.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 6.00
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6.500.000.000.000.006.50

lunch 6.5. It's been overcast and rainy for a week. No one in SC saw the blood moon. I was lucky I saw it in sunny Denver.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 6.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Lunch- 9. Nothing really to report. Mariani made the BQ cutoff by 50 seconds- exciting for him. I'm looking forward to Conference this weekend, and we plan to potty train my 2 year old. And both my girls won their soccer games last week, the first time that has happened. I was in Denver so didn't see any of it, of course. Hope the games aren't rained out this weekend. Sept is normally the driest month and we've had over 5 inches of rain.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
160.500.000.000.004.00164.50
Road M2 Miles: 63.00Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 91.50
Weight: 0.00
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