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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
33.500.000.000.000.0033.50
Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 3.00Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 16.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 11.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

AM 5 miles and weights

PM- first cross country practice. Generally just helped the head coach, ran a mile with the team and some more to set up/take down, etc. About 25 girls and 20 guys showed up. They generally keep about 16 boy and 16 girls, primarily based on 2 mile time trial on Thursday.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 2.00Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

AM 6. 8:40-8:05 pace. Saw a 6+ foot long black rat snake.

PM- 1 mile or more during cross country practice

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 1.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

PM- we actually had a 7 pm ultimate game with 15 people. My team was getting beat early but won 5-1.

Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

AM- 4 with my son on his bike.

PM- Cross Country time trial. I ran a bunch along the course cheering on the kids. Fun to watch them push themselves.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 1.00Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Lunch- it rained hard all morning so frisbee was cancelled. Marci and I ran 7 miles at just over 10 min pace.

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

AM only had time for 4.5 miles before a day full of 6 kid soccer games. I'm taking two of my kids to the movies tonight- the theatre is open showing classic movies for $5. I chose Inception. Might be a bit confusing for them.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
33.500.000.000.000.0033.50
Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 3.00Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 16.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 11.50
Weight: 0.00
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