I'm retired from racing. Really.

Mountain Masochist Trail Run

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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:	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

Sat, Nov 05, 2011

Race: Mountain Masochist Trail Run (51.5 Miles) 08:33:59, Place overall: 16

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
53.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	53.00

Quick report- Sick enough Friday to almost turn the car around and drive home, but ran anyways. First 18 miles were ok, last 33 were not quite so much. Still had a lot of fun and enjoyed the day, despite abject physical suffering (in other words, my day was typical for most mid-pack ultra runners). Good times.

Full report is now posted.

Fuel XC 2 Miles: 28.50	Crossmax Miles: 24.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 16:54:13 from 76.27.122.13

Sorry Jon...

Looking ahead, I did some research on that Foothills Trail record. So you are trying to run this 77 mile trail in less than 16:52. Correct?

From Jon on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 19:35:14 from 74.177.82.194

Correct. If I do it. Which I probably won't. I'm sick and worn out, and will probably take a little break.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 20:10:42 from 76.27.122.13

Hmmm... It was probably poor form for me to bring that up today.

"You can't run a marathon until you've forgotten your previous marathon" - Frank Shorter

You're pretty darn amazing though.

From Burnside on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 07:15:48 from 192.131.177.19

Well some times your the show and other times you watch the show...sounds like this time you had good view.

Still, a nice fall day out of the trial. Priceless!

From Dale on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 10:55:06 from 69.10.215.11

Yeah, can't imagine how being sick could affect your race. A bit nutty to stick it out. Nice work.

From nevels on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 17:51:53 from 216.186.150.163

solid run.

especially on that course.

especially whilst sick.

From James on Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 22:57:02 from 71.213.49.138

Sorry it wasn't a day like you wanted. Maybe you should quit the crazy ultra stuff and go after that 2:30 again!:)

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