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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
31.000.000.000.000.0031.00
Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 8.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Lunch- only 8 people for frisbee. Partly cloudy, mid-50's, pretty windy such that it impacted a lot of throws. My team got up 2-0, then the other team tied it, then we traded points till my team won 5-4. Fun game. A few bad throws but pretty much everyone had that with the wind. I threw the winning point but it was very low and Adrian did a nice job catching it. No drops for me.

Sad about the Kobe news. He's only 2 months older than me. I don't regularly fly in a helicopter, but it's a good reminder that life can change in a hurry so make the most of it while you can, and spend lots of time with your kids.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM- Didn't get out till 9:30 am due to morning meetings, so nice temps in the low 40's. 8 miles on GE trail. Started at 8:10-ish pace (faster than usual) and got as fast as 7:45. Right quad was sore/tight the last few miles. Ran by 8 turkeys. Then did weights.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Lunch- overcast, high 40's, intermittent breeze. Another game of 4v4. The other team was doing better early, enough so that they stopped and asked if we wanted to swap some players to even it up. That's the ultimate insult, of course, so we told them to pound sand. Sure enough, we won the game 5-3. Ha, take that! The highlight was that Joe T had some back pain so wasn't running. At one point, he was wide open so I bombed one to him. He was so confident he could catch it that he ran backwards for 20 yards, saying, "Come on, baby, don't fail me now" just for fun. Then he watched as it went just over his head and he missed it, unable to speed up due to his back. Then he claimed he was running as fast as he could, but we pointed out he was actually running backwards. Very funny.

I only slept 3 hours last night. Woke up at 4:30 am with a nasty Charlie Horse in my calf. Been sensitive all day but didn't impact the game.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

AM Didn't want to trust my sore calf to a long run and have to walk back, so did a treadmill run. Actually felt fine, it's just sore to the touch. Decided to keep it easy and only run 4 miles. Then weights.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Lunch- it snowed for about an hour today, first of the year. Had about half inch accumulate on the windshield, nothing else. Then it turned to a steady rain and 35 degrees, so frisbee was cancelled. I ran on treadmill, hoped for 6-8 miles. Everything felt good so I ran 9, which is my longest since last February. Started at 7 mph, finished at 8 mph. 

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Am 4 ez and weights

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
31.000.000.000.000.0031.00
Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 8.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
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