I'm retired from racing. Really.

Leatherwoods Mountains 50 mile

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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

Sat, Mar 29, 2014

Race: Leatherwoods Mountains 50 mile (50 Miles) 08:31:00, Place overall: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
51.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	51.00

Quick report- ran, without a doubt, the muddiest, sloppiest race of my life today. Fun, painful, challenging. Finished a distant second to Brian Rusiecki in 8.5 hrs. Rain, rain, mud, water, and more mud. My left knee is absolutely jacked up, too, probably from all the slipping and sliding. Great course with lots of climbing, good aid, perfect markers. 77 starters, 43 finishers.

Trail M2 Miles: 10.00	Trail M2 2 Black Miles: 40.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Paul on Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 09:24:41 from 174.29.44.114

Sounds awful, so I'm sure that means you loved it. Nice job.

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 10:24:25 from 67.177.11.154

Nice... barely a 50% finisher rate... that sounds like a race right up your alley.

From Dale on Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 19:51:27 from 69.10.215.11

What, no Barkley? Sounds like a pretty decent replacement on the misery index. Nice job.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 20:04:32 from 24.10.249.34

Nice!

Take care of that knee. They're important.

From Jon on Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 20:40:45 from 107.203.52.135

Dale, I was still on the Barkley wait list, number 20 or so.

Thanks, guys.

From Kendall on Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:24:26 from 208.187.252.62

Congrats Jon! My kind of fun. Saw some pictures and it looked awfully wet.

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