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
99.006.500.000.004.50110.00
NB 860 Miles: 18.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 46.50Fuel XC Miles: 13.00ERide Miles: 10.00Crossmax Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
20.000.000.000.000.0020.00

AM- 10

Lunch- 10 more.  Pretty nice day for a run, and we were pushing the pace fairly hard. 

NB 860 Miles: 10.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.500.000.000.004.5023.00

Lunch- 5.5 run with Scott, 4.5 xt

PM- PM with Barry, Justin, and Aaron.  Heard all about Barry's adventures in AK this summer.  Raining- we were soaked by the end, so I enjoyed splashing in the mud.  13 miles in 2:03 with 1500 ft climb.  Last run with my Fuel XC shoes- put them in the trash at Barry's.

71 miles the past 3 running days.  Hard this week, then easier next week before Iron Mtn 50 mile on Friday. 

Fuel XC Miles: 13.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.000.000.000.000.0018.00

AM- 8 around the house before taking Kinley to her first day of Kindergarten.  Our family has now started school.

Lunch- 10 with Dan and Jim.  I now have 89 miles in the last 4 running days. 

NB 860 Miles: 8.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.506.500.000.000.0011.00

Way too tired when my alarm went off at 5:10 this morning, so slept in an extra hour.

Lunch-  ran 2.5 miles warmup on a sunny day to the lake to join some of the guys.  Wanted a BW, but felt like crap so figured it wouldn't happen.  But, Jim coaxed me to join him running laps of the .85 mile loop around the lake to see if I started feeling better.  I never did feel better, but managed to pick up the pace almost every lap.  Lap times were 5:56, 5:44, 5:32, 5:22, 5:24, 5:09, and 5:11 (for reference, 5:09 is 6 min pace).  Felt very pooped by the end, but it was nice to eek out a workout when I expected none.  Finished just over 11 miles in 1:18 with 6.5 fast-ish.

100 miles even in my past 5 running days. 

Test Shoe 3 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
20.000.000.000.000.0020.00

AM- 10

Lunch- 10 more, mainly on Pelham.  120 miles in the past week on 6 days running.

ERide Miles: 10.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.000.000.000.000.0018.00

AM- Dupont with Justin and Aaron.  Nice run up there, as always.  18 miles and 4100 ft climbing per Garmin Connect in 3:04.  We only saw 5 people the first 2 hours, then dozens the last hour.  Legs are appropriately tired given the high mileage (138 miles the past 7 days running, 110 this week).  This year is by far the highest mileage-wise.  I already have 10 weeks over 100 miles this year- last year I had 3 total, and 5 in 2010 and 2009.  I should end up with more 100 mile weeks this year than the rest of my life combined.

Now mini taper for a good 50 miler next weekend.  Should be fun.  After that, my focus race will be The North Face 50 in San Fran, with StumpJump 50k and Shut In Run in between.

Crossmax Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
99.006.500.000.004.50110.00
NB 860 Miles: 18.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 46.50Fuel XC Miles: 13.00ERide Miles: 10.00Crossmax Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
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