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
61.505.008.000.000.0074.50
Progrid Guide Miles: 36.50Adrenaline 2 Miles: 10.00NB 769 2 Miles: 8.00Pace Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.005.000.000.000.0010.00

I was planning to do 95 miles this week with recovery week next week, but decided to switch them since I will have more free time to run next week.  Man, it was nice to sleep in till 5:45 this morning and not run!

PM- 10 miles.  Supposed to include an 8 mile tempo.  However, for some reason I got really lightheaded and dizzy during the tempo so quit it after 5 miles and jogged it in.  Not sure why that happened, but oh well.  5 miles at 7:30 pace, 5 miles at 6:10 pace.

Progrid Guide Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.000.000.000.000.0014.00

AM- 8.

PM- 6.

With all due respect to Cody, my blog is much more boring than his.

Adrenaline 2 Miles: 6.00NB 769 2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(9)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

AM- 9.  Snowing again.

Progrid Guide Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.008.000.000.0014.00

PM- BW.  14 miles with 8x 1 mile repeats, with .25 mile jog in between each repeat.  All my mile times were between 5:42-5:49.  I felt very good during the repeats and afterwards (so good that I added an extra repeat to my planned 7), though my stomach wasn't happy and required multiple pit stops.  Good run.

Pace Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.500.000.000.000.0010.50

AM- 6.5.

PM- 4 more.  Exciting, I know.

Adrenaline 2 Miles: 4.00Progrid Guide Miles: 6.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.000.000.000.000.0017.00

AM- Long run with Cody and Paul.  It was rather chilly- 16 deg with a very cold breeze from the SW.  We ran up onto the Millville and Providence bench to get out of the inversion fog.  It was rather pleasant and even sunny up top, but once we had to descend it was again foggy and cold, especially when running south or west.  Paul got over-eager a few times and pushed the pace as fast as 6:15/mile until we complained.  Then he would wait a few minutes and do it again.  Lots of good conversation and no one lost any toes or fingers.  It makes me look forward to spring and summer when the 3 of us can do more runs together in more favorable weather.  17 miles, 2:02:00 (7:09/mile).

Good end to a recovery week.  The next two weeks will be the hardest of my whole race build up and should be my highest mileage ever, including a double long run next week of 5 hr and 4 hr.  I made hotel and car reservations this week, so everything is 100% ready.  All I have to do is 7 more weeks of training (4 hard), then get on the airplane.

Progrid Guide Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
61.505.008.000.000.0074.50
Progrid Guide Miles: 36.50Adrenaline 2 Miles: 10.00NB 769 2 Miles: 8.00Pace Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
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