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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: 0.00 Month: 3.00 Year: 474.50
Fastwitch Lifetime Miles: 82.50
Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 86.50
Road N1 Lifetime Miles: 31.00
Trail M2 Lime/black Lifetime Miles: 299.00
Road M3 Grey And Yellow Lifetime Miles: 324.00
Road N2 Purple 2 Lifetime Miles: 222.50
Road N2 4 Grey Lifetime Miles: 86.50
Mon, Sep 21, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.002.002.00

I am probably the least sore I have ever been after a marathon, and I have no idea why.  Probably due to my large mileage base.  On a soreness scale of 10, my left calf would be a 2, and my quads would be less than 0.5.  Nothing else.

No running today, but did hike up to the Wind Caves (4 miles rd trip?) while carrying in 3 year old daughter.  Although not sore, my legs definitely were still fatigued.  Nice family outing, and you better believe I'm counting it as a few cross training miles.

My 3 year old was puking all Fri night, my 18 month old was puking all Sat night, and Marci was puking last night.  Hopefully I don't get sick, too.  I have been sleeping a lot- between last week and this week, I have not woken up on a weekday before 5:50 am, which is glorious.  I would guess the last time I went a whole week sleeping in that late was last December.

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Comments
From allie on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:36:05 from 129.123.254.110

glad you are not sore. i am not either, which i find strange since i crashed so badly on saturday. and i do not have a large mileage base. maybe training on the course has something to do with it???

From Jon on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:21:58 from 138.64.2.76

Yes, downhill training can help, too.

From Superfly on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:23:55 from 208.117.127.110

Jon what was the name of the article you read about running and knee problems that you talked about in the discussion form? You mentioned it was in the Center for Science in the Public Interest publication. I'd like to read through it.

From Jon on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:31:24 from 138.64.2.76

Clyde- it is a paper magazine I receive- http://cspinet.org/nah/index.htm

If you want, I can scan and email you a copy, or snail mail it to you.

From Nan Kennard on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 17:01:43 from 174.51.250.151

Jon (I mean fuzzy tea pot) and Allie,

I'm jealous that you guys aren't sore. I am SUPER sore. No desire to run at all yet. But I didn't really do any downhill training and I'm sure more weekly mileage would have helped too.

Jon: weird coincidence; my whole family got sick except for me too. All three kids had green snotty noses for the few days before the race and Aaron came down with a horrible cold the night before the race too. That didn't stop him from going out on the bike for 40 miles to take pics and support me anyway. What a trooper.

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