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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: 9.00 Month: 19.00 Year: 160.50
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: 109.00
Road N2 Purple 3 Lifetime Miles: 2.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
41.500.000.000.00119.00160.50
Road N2 4 Grey Miles: 4.50Road N2 Purple 3 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Ran 3 miles, did some rehab, which keeping my eye on the first CFB game 

Road N2 4 Grey Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.004.004.00

XT

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Ultimate frisbee. First time in a long time. 6v6, intermittent strong wind. I played well- first 3 throws were bad, but then did fine after that (hit my teammates 4 times in the hands in the endzone they dropped, not my bad). Had 2 great diving scores, 2 blocks. Knee and foot actually felt ok. Hope they do tomorrow, too. My team lost first game 2-5 then won 2-0.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.004.004.00

elliptical and weights

Weight: 0.00
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From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 07:26:15 from 163.248.33.245

Hey Jon. Do you know a guy that works at GE named Steven Castellaw?

From Jon on Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 19:14:27 from 99.63.224.99

No, I don't know him.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

My knee is still sore from frisbee on Friday. I'm thinking my knee will never really get better.

Did elliptical, stretching, some rehab exercises, then some upper body weightlifting.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.004.004.00

only had 40 min, did elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Upper body weight class

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

elliptical, stretching

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0.000.000.000.003.003.00

elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

elliptical, weights

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.002.002.00

20 min elliptical then 30 min HIIT class

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.003.004.00

elliptical and short run

Road N2 4 Grey Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.001.001.00

warmup, then upper body strength class. Focused on shoulders.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

didn't have much time. 30 min elliptical. plan to play frisbee tomorrow, hope my knee is up to it

 

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.503.50

Tried frisbee again. 5v5, my team had sub. Perfect weather- 50 deg, sunny, intemittent slight breeze. Fair teams but my team had a few misses in end zone and lost 2-5. We won game two 3-0.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

Did XT and weights

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0.000.000.000.003.003.00

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.500.000.000.003.003.50

elliptical, run, weights with my son

Road N2 4 Grey Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Frisbee. 5v5. I didn't play great, had 4 bad passes at the start and dropped a few passes. We won 5-3 then lost 0-2.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

foot still hurts from Friday and very busy at work. Had under an hour to get away from desk so did some stretching and elliptical

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

elliptical and a little weights- didn't feel good, didn't have much time

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0.000.000.000.006.006.00

xt

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0.000.000.000.003.003.00

weights and elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

life is busy. only had time for 30 min elliptical.

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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Hard upper body weight class. Gonna be a bit sore tomorrow.

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0.000.000.000.003.003.00

3

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0.000.000.000.003.003.00

Weight: 0.00
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0.000.000.000.003.003.00

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.004.504.50

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

strength class at gym

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

11 people at frisbee. A bit cool, sunny, some wind. My team made too many unforced errors (mainly drops) and were down 0-3, tied it, then lost 3-5. Lost game two 2-3.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

went to gym while son at evening karate class. then went home and found I had 101F temp. no wonder I feel so bad.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

weight class

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Frisbee, 4v4, other team had sub. Lots of running. Not the cleanest games with some bad throwing from most people (cold and a little wind didn't help). My team won 5-3.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Been very busy at work and home, haven't had a chance to workout till today. Didn't even get to do the normal lunch weights class. Played frisbee instead- 10 people, great weather (low 70's, sunny, somewhat windy). Through a series of unfortunate events (bad turnovers and bad luck), my team was down 0-3 but then tied it. Eventually lost 4-5. Won game 2 2-0.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

elliptical, then weights. First track meet of the season tonight for our team of 50. They did well though the head coach's daughter may have broken her wrist with awkward landing warming up for long jump somehow.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

elliptical before going to track practice

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.003.004.00

elliptical, ran 1 mile (knee didn't feel great)

Road N2 Purple 3 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.003.004.00

elliptical and short run. Knee hurt again.

Then ran all over coaching the middle school track championship. Happily, both our girls and boys teams won the conference title.

Road N2 Purple 3 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Strength class

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

elliptical. legs are so sore from lifting yesterday

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

5v5 frisbee. I didn't play great, had 3-4 bad throws and then the guy I was guarding scored a lot. It was not a day for the record books. Lost 2-5.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Kettlebell class

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.004.004.00

AM 4 on elliptical.

relived some memories with the in-laws today. It had slipped my mind, but remembered when Dale bought me a plane ticket to get to Utah, reunite with my family, and make a race after my flight was delayed a day.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

very busy at work, no time to workout the past few days (i.e. Wednesday, I was home 10 min total between 6:15 am and 11:15 pm)

Frisbee today, gorgeous weather, 5v5 with slight breeze. I played poorly last week and great today- some good catches, I broke with the norm and was the one catching long bombs today, scored a bunch, only 1-2 bad passes all day. My team won 5-3. Then, 3v3, my team was down 0-2 but came back to win 3-2.

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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

kettlebell class. back gonna be sore

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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

strength class

For those who follow such things, the Barkley marathons is going on. Rumor is, after the highest-ever 5 finishers last year, the course is again much harder, with a new 45 min section. It may be years before there's another finisher. I also found out that one of my old running buddies, Carl Laniak, will be the new race director. Pretty cool- he's a chill, nice guy who appreciates the race.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

a bit of elliptical then a few minutes of treadmill watching early NCAA games 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

strong back class, then elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

kettlebell class

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.003.004.00

elliptical, then ran a mile. Knee was twinging a bit by the end

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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

strength class

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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

tabata class. not easy

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

6v6 frisbee. My team had issues in the game- at least 6-8 scores we dropped or misfired on, other mistakes. Should have done better. Lost 3-5.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.002.002.00

weight lifting with my son and some elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

busy week. 30 min elliptical

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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

intense strength class at gym

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.004.004.00

elliptical

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

strength class. that's all I had time for, and I showed up late and left early

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Frisbee- great temps, a little breeze, nice. 5v5, other team had sub. My team won 5-3. Then, worn out, we couldn't do much next game and lost 0-3, though should have scored (there were 2 easy passes to me that would have been goals, but both of them the throws went bad). Fun times.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

no time for gym- up at 4:30 am, gone before 5 for huge track meet, not home till after 11 pm. Daughter set PR's in 3200m (by 36 sec) and 800m (3 sec). Very huge, competitive meet- 156 teams, and saw some fastest-HS-time in nation performances (really- they were announcing them live). In women 400m hurdle, the top 4 finishers had the 10th, 9th, 2nd, and fastest time nationwide this season.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 15:18:05 from 73.228.106.104

Spring Valley in Columbia?

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strength

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elliptical

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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

strength class

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

14 adults and 2 kids for frisbee, pretty warm and windy. My team won 5-3, then a few left so I switched teams. My new team won 5-2.

Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
41.500.000.000.00119.00160.50
Road N2 4 Grey Miles: 4.50Road N2 Purple 3 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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