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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: 11.00 Month: 51.00 Year: 150.00
Fastwitch Lifetime Miles: 82.50
Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 86.50
Road N1 Lifetime Miles: 31.00
Trail M2 Lime/black Lifetime Miles: 297.00
Road M3 Grey And Yellow Lifetime Miles: 324.00
Road N2 Purple 2 Lifetime Miles: 222.50
Road N2 4 Grey Lifetime Miles: 51.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.005.505.50

AM- 5.5 miles cross train, just to keep the legs moving a bit.  I'm definitely trying to err on the side of "healthy and less fit" for this race- hopefully my hips hold up.  Flying out Fri morning with Cody, Paul, and Davy for the race- I've been looking forward to this race for 18 months.  I wasn't planning on having a hip injury and not being able to run for 6 weeks before, but that's life.  Looks like there will be more than 350 runners in the 100, plus 300 more in the 50.  Huge!  Should be fun.  Next post will by my race report.

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Comments
From marci on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 21:35:49 from 75.169.139.93

Good luck babe! I hope you do amazing. Make sure Cody and Paul call me with updates.

From Andy on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 22:12:08 from 198.60.114.178

Good luck!

From Vis on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 22:21:15 from 208.88.8.22

You'll be awesome. Enjoy yourself out in the woods.

From Steve Piccolo on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 23:24:36 from 66.60.123.141

Best wishes on your race. I hope your hips will hold up well for you.

From Nevels on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 10:36:47 from 75.143.93.243

Good luck, Jon; burn the course up, and, above all, have fun out there...

From jtshad on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 11:02:57 from 204.134.132.225

Good luck, have fun and enjoy the hopefully warmer weather. Travel safely and just enjoy the experience of your first 100 miler!

From Paul on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 14:44:08 from 65.103.252.214

Good luck! I hope those buffoons crewing for you don't let you down!

From Superfly on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 15:02:18 from 208.117.127.110

LETS GO JON..... LETS GO JON... Hopefully you'll be able to here us chanting from STG on race day. Good luck man.

From redrooster on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 20:51:14 from 67.40.119.216

go get em. with that support crew you are going to do awesome. will be thinking of you.

From Adam RW on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 23:14:04 from 24.10.132.131

Have a safe flight you four.

Jon, Just enjoy yourself and have fun with it. I look forward to reading the report. Will you have updates being posted anywhere (twitter, blog, etc...).

From Holt on Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:58:16 from 204.113.55.41

ENJOY Jon, Enjoy!

From c h a d on Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 12:40:40 from 166.70.238.194

Best of luck, Jon -- have an awesome race.

From RivertonPaul on Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 13:41:47 from 67.42.27.114

Good luck.

From Aaron Kennard on Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 03:11:51 from 71.231.104.88

Jon - congrats on finishing your 1st 100 in under 20 hours! I just saw the results updated online at http://edsresults.com/2010_rocky_raccoon_live_results/index.php?search_type=race_results&event=100M&gender=&division=&results_per_page=100

I look forward to hearing how it went.

From Adam RW on Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 11:35:30 from 24.10.132.131

Aaron, Thanks for posting.

Jon, WOW!!!!

From Nevels on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 00:41:37 from 65.81.141.216

congrats on a solid race, jon, and welcome to the 100-mile club... (generally reserved for us somewhat strange ultra guys...)

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