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: 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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
62.500.000.000.000.0062.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.000.000.000.000.0017.00

Ended up not going to work today.  Slept in, then went running at 11 am.  Temp was low teens, but the sun was shining and it felt SOOOOOO good and SOOOOO warm.  In my opinion, 15 deg with the sun shining is tons warmer than 25 degrees in the evening after sunset.

11 am- ran TOU course till Center and Main (Miles 22 and 23 were both 7:11 miles), took a bathroom break, ran to the Boulevard, ran the canal (slowed to 7:30 pace due to running on snow), then went just past 1st Dam to the Hydro park.  Turn around and ran home, picking up the pace for the last 4 miles (3rd to last mile was a 6:40, last mile was 6:25).  12 miles total, 1:26:00.  Felt good.  No soreness from Saturday.

5 pm- ran to Paul's house via 300 W to meet him, then looped through River Heights to Planet Fitness.  Dropped Paul off and ran home.  Very easy :)  not often I can say that about a run with Paul.  4.9 miles per mapmyrun.com, 38:10.

Running twice today made me wish I didn't have a job and could just run- it would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier to run good miles, including 100+ mpw, if I could do 2 runs per day like this.  Plus I could sleep a lot more.  Where do I sign up?

806- 390

Elite- 406

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Ran to Cody's house, then ran with him to Paul's house and around Logan.  Did the last 2 miles on Cody's treadmill.  7:00-7:30 pace.  It's nice to already have more than 25 miles this week- more than half my total from last week (I don't want to talk about it).

Adrenaline- 146

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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4 easy miles around Providence and River Heights.  ~7:15 pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Ran to Cody's house, then did 5 mile route with him.  Both of us bit it on the bridge at Planet Walk.  He slipped a bit and gently touched his hand to the ground.  I flew sideways and landed hard on both hands and both knees.  Winner: Cody.  First time I have fallen like that in a long, long time.  I even took some skin off my knees even with my pants on.  Then ran home.  9 miles even in 62 min.

Adrenaline- 155

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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2x planet walk, easy-medium pace.  6 miles, 42:00.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Met Cody at planet walk.  Nice and warm, with the sun out for some of the run (~35 deg)!!!  Ran into North Logan, up and down lots of hills, up to Green Canyon, ran the snowpacked Shoreline Trail (lots of fun on the big downhills!), then canal trail and home to Cody's house.  Then I ran home but added 2 more minutes to get up to 17.5 miles.  Good pace (sub-7:00 on flats) but avg pace was 7:30 overall thanks to all the hills and snow (2:11:04 total).  Felt good but legs were definitely tired by the end.  I'm glad next week is the Striders 10k and not the 30k yet.  First run over 15 miles this year, and first run over 2 hours.

I am very excited because 2 weeks from today is daylight savings, which means an extra hour of warmth and light for my runs.  I am really looking forward to that.

I also have discovered a new favorite post-run replenishment drink- Nestle Quik!  Yummy!

Tangent- 118

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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