I'm retired from racing. Really.

Awendaw 14k trail race

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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: 11.00 Month: 51.00 Year: 150.00
Fastwitch Lifetime Miles: 82.50
Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 86.50
Road N1 Lifetime Miles: 31.00
Trail M2 Lime/black Lifetime Miles: 297.00
Road M3 Grey And Yellow Lifetime Miles: 324.00
Road N2 Purple 2 Lifetime Miles: 222.50
Road N2 4 Grey Lifetime Miles: 51.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
59.000.008.500.000.0067.50
TS 6 Miles: 39.50NB 860 Miles: 12.50Trail N1 Miles: 15.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

AM- 8

Lunch- 8 more.  Not too hot, rather pleasant today.  Although the other guys didn't think so and ended up completely sweaty. 

TS 6 Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
21.500.000.000.000.0021.50

Lunch- 9 with a few of the guys.  It rained this morning (and very hard last night) so it was very humid.

PM- PM with Justin (fresh off lasik surgery), Jason, and Merle.  The most mud and puddles I've ever seen at PM, probably due to the 4 inches of rain last night.  Went the long way- 12.5 miles and 1500 ft in 2:14 or so. 

NB 860 Miles: 12.50TS 6 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Lunch- planned on about an hour, but my ankle really hurt and I felt just plain tired all over.  Turned around early and stopped at 32 min.  Not how I wanted to feel race week.

TS 6 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Lunch- wasn't sure I wanted to go running cause I still felt tired and sick, but dragged my butt outside to try at least a few minutes.  Ended up running all planned 6 miles to Sam's Club, then doing 4 strides.  We're leaving in the morning for Charleston, and my race is Sat morning.  After that, I think I'll take a week or two completely off before I start my long grind of base building towards Pinhoti in Nov.  I need a break, which is sad since my past 3 month have been fairly low mileage anyways.  For example, I averaged 88 miles per week in Jan and Feb this year, but only 58 mpw in Apr and May.

TS 6 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

AM- 3.5 by myself, then a mile with both my girls riding their bikes alongside.  Our 5 year old, who is normally somewhat timid, decided this week to remove her training wheels and taught herself how to ride in just 1 day.  

TS 6 Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Awendaw 14k trail race (8.5 Miles) 00:58:29, Place overall: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.008.500.000.0015.50

Report later. Had a blast at the inaugural trail race competing against some awesome runners. Now to finish my vacation in Charleston.

Belated update- put a few thoughts on my blogspot page

Trail N1 Miles: 15.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
59.000.008.500.000.0067.50
TS 6 Miles: 39.50NB 860 Miles: 12.50Trail N1 Miles: 15.50
Weight: 0.00
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