I'm retired from racing. Really.

Uwharrie Mountain Run 40

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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:	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

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
43.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	93.00

Test Shoe Miles: 27.00	Fuel Miles: 7.00	SC2 Miles: 8.00	Float Miles: 5.00	Float 2 Miles: 4.00	Crossmax Miles: 42.00

Weight: 0.00

Mon, Jan 30, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
11.00	10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21.00

AM- BW 15 miles with 10 tinman tempo (60:50). 1:38 for the run.

Lunch- 6 more. Appropriately tired, given the only 3 hr break between runs. Beautiful, sunny, warm day.

Test Shoe Miles: 21.00

Weight: 0.00

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Tue, Jan 31, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Lunch- 6 ez. Planned on 16 today but woke up feeling sick-ish, so slept more and just did 1 easy run. The nice part of taper week is I can be flexible with my runs. Excited for my 40 mile race this weekend- feeling in shape, just don't want to be sick.

Signed up for The North Face Endurance Challenge 50 San Francisco in December, the most competitive 50 mile ultra in the US. Very excited to compete on a big stage again this year. Still a long ways away with many miles and races before then, though.

Test Shoe Miles: 6.00

Weight: 0.00

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Wed, Feb 01, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

AM- 7

Lunch- 8 more

Fuel Miles: 7.00	SC2 Miles: 8.00

Weight: 0.00

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Thu, Feb 02, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

Lunch- 5 ez on the most beautiful day. 60 deg and sunny when we ran, with a high of 72, and just the smallest breeze. Perfect.

Float Miles: 5.00

Weight: 0.00

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Fri, Feb 03, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

AM- 4 ez. Time to leave for NC to run the Uwharrie 40 tomorrow. Should be fun.

Here's the picture of the day. No articles to argue with Rob about this week.

Float 2 Miles: 4.00

Weight: 0.00

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Sat, Feb 04, 2012

Race: Uwharrie Mountain Run 40 (40 Miles) 06:33:15, Place overall: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
2.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	42.00

Full race report on the home of my very muddy green shorts.

Quick race report- Felt good first 2 hrs, then felt like crap (well, puking, more accurately) the next 1.5 hrs. Not fun. Finally recovered and tried to catch the one guy ahead of me. Made up lots of time but 2 wrong turns and some ill-time pit stops did me in. Finished in second, 83 seconds behind the very elated victor, Mike Mason. Well done race with good course. Course was pretty technical and muddy (by East Coast standards, which are more difficult than Utah standards), moreso than expected, 6k+ ft of non-stop hills, with intermittent rain and chilly temps. Good workout for Umstead, but not super as a race- I was hoping to be a fair amount faster. I'll give it a solid "meh"- full race report later.

A short Ron Paul clip to watch while you wait for my race report. Warning: humorous, and no mention of the Fed. Link courtesy of Rob.

Crossmax Miles: 42.00

Weight: 0.00

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
43.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	93.00

Test Shoe Miles: 27.00	Fuel Miles: 7.00	SC2 Miles: 8.00	Float Miles: 5.00	Float 2 Miles: 4.00	Crossmax Miles: 42.00

Weight: 0.00

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