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

Wed, Jan 10, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00

AM 6 on GE trail. 8 or 9 deer. I finished the Hardcore History WWI series and am now onto the Persian series. Looking forward to hitting the final one, number 60. It's the only one I've never listened to.

Work continues to deteriorate. Lots of key people are leaving for other companies, on top of the layoffs. Jim Harper, who I've run thousands of miles with on the LR group, is leaving, plus Mike Fedor. I feel like the company may enter a death spiral at some point, where enough key people are gone that the remainder can't do the work, causing them to leave. This isn't fun.

Lunch- frisbee game. Another hard game- we got a little chippy. A few of the points were so long that when the score was 4-3, we said next point wins. My team scored, so we won 4-4. That was a first.

Trail M2 3 Miles: 6.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 07:29:24 from 141.221.191.225

Sorry about the work struggles, that makes it hard to spend your day in such a down environment. INL is and DOE-ID may be hiring! Come to IF!

From allie on Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 17:38:40 from 172.4.198.186

sorry. that is tough. the company i used to work for was going to hell in a handbasket for several years and it was just like what you describe -- people jumping ship or slowly getting laid off. luckily i made my escape when i moved to atlanta. they announced their shutdown about 6 months later. it can really take a toll on you when there's so much negative/stressful energy in the workplace. i hope it improves for you, or hope you can find an awesome gig elsewhere.

From Jon on Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 18:19:37 from 96.33.86.208

Thanks, you two. I enjoy my job, especially the gym in my building so I can run trails and play frisbee. That's a real highlight. So I try to focus on that.

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