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:	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

Thu, Dec 27, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
24.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	24.50

AM- Met a few guys (Jeremy, Byron, and Merle) on the FHT to do the Bench marathon. Was going pretty easy on the way out- 2:12 to the bench (usually about 6 min faster, though there were some big downed trees to climb today- and I mean big). On the way back, Merle had knee pain so we walked with him a while, then Jeremy wasn't feeling well. Then I caught Byron and we talked about Barkley a bunch, as he's a veteran of it, including 2 time Fun Run finisher. Unfortunately, it appears my lottery luck continues and I didn't get an email from the RD saying I was chosen. I just have no luck this year- 4 lotteries so far that were unsuccessful. Hopefully I can get into Chuckanut, at least. Anyways, finished the 24.5 mile run in 4:49, my slowest run by over 30 min, though I was still tired. Too much holiday food. Now I better rest for Harbison 50k next weekend.

Fuel Trail 4 Miles: 24.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 20:13:03 from 98.165.228.80

I don't understand the lottery nonsense. It dilutes the competition and makes the sport seem kinda busch league. Someone like you, who has proven they can run at a high level against top competition, should be able to run whatever races you want!!

From Jon on Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 05:55:24 from 107.203.52.135

The biggest challenge, Jake, is that most of the races are limited by government rules/permits to artificially low entrant numbers. The races I applied to range from 35 to 385 entrants, and they get hundreds or thousands of entrants. So some of the races could fill up with elites alone. And ones that don't do lotteries sometimes fill up online in 30 seconds.

Just kind of how it works in trail races these days. Very, very difficult together into races, especially the past 3 years. It sucks, but not much you can do. Just hope other races start.

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