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:

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: 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
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.500.000.000.001.0019.50

Lunch- 7.5 run plus 1 mile equivalent as part of a obstacle challenge at work.  Yes, I have no upper body strength, Ken.  But as much as I know doing some core work and strength training would help me, I just can't convince myself that it would help more than spending the time running, given my limited time.

PM- 11.  Very tuckered out, now.  Getting the body used to 90+ mile weeks is tiring, especially when you don't sleep enough. 

Float Miles: 8.50Fuel Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Ken on Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 19:46:16 from 71.85.99.5

Now Jon doing a few pushups, lunges, squats and some core work would take you all of 5-10 minutes. Not really cutting in to your running time much now is it!

From Jon on Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 22:10:51 from 98.71.175.203

10 min/day x 6 days/week x 52 weeks/year x 1 mile/7.5 min = 416 miles/year. 416 miles a year!

From marci on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 14:23:09 from 98.71.175.203

I can't wait to drag you to my Combat class. Stop making up excuses, I know your just scared!

From Ken on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 15:29:10 from 71.85.99.5

Marci I would pay to see that!

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