I'm retired from racing. Really.

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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:	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

Mon, Dec 14, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

I was planning to do 95 miles this week with recovery week next week, but decided to switch them since I will have more free time to run next week. Man, it was nice to sleep in till 5:45 this morning and not run!

PM- 10 miles. Supposed to include an 8 mile tempo. However, for some reason I got really lightheaded and dizzy during the tempo so quit it after 5 miles and jogged it in. Not sure why that happened, but oh well. 5 miles at 7:30 pace, 5 miles at 6:10 pace.

Progrid Guide Miles: 8.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Aaron Kennard on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 18:03:01 from 174.51.250.151

What?! 5:45 is considered sleeping in these days? Now I'm really impressed by your dedication if that is sleeping in. I can't even remember the last time I woke up before 6:30, let alone 5:45.

From Jon on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 22:08:45 from 75.169.136.120

Yes, Aaron, 5:45 is sleeping in for me and it is wonderful. Not sleeping in means 4:10 to 4:30 alarm. I can sleep in past 7 am maybe 2 times per month. But there's lots of guys like that on the blog, including AdamRW and jtshad.

From Benny's on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 22:26:52 from 24.174.249.108

Way to observe your body and knowing when to back down. :)

From Aaron Kennard on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 23:51:49 from 174.51.250.151

That's impressive, I admire the discipline.

I might get a lot more work done in the day if I got up that early (more realistically though I'd probably just take a huge nap because I work from home, and the presence of a bed in my dark, cool basement office would just be too tempting).

From Steve on Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 19:49:01 from 198.60.8.33

Hey Jon, thanks for the welcome. What are you training for? Is there a way to comment page to page like FB with this blog?

From Jon on Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 20:18:03 from 198.60.103.104

I don't think so, Steve. You just have to comment on a recent run, like this.

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