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: 8.00 Month: 44.00 Year: 199.50
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: 59.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.500.000.000.000.0018.50

I guess my Saturday hot run finished my acclimatization.  I am now fully a Southerner.  How do I know?  I heard on the radio after my evening run that we set a record high of 103 today... and I didn't even think it felt that warm during my runs.

Lunch- 6 with Aaron and Mike.

PM- 12.5 with Barry at Paris Mtn.  Stopped the watch, but it was about 1:55 with 2000 ft climbing.  Always nice to run with Barry in the mountains.  Easy pace with lots of talking.

The gym at my work is having a challenge to "Swim the Nile"- 4130 miles.  Each minute of exercise counts for 10 miles.  It lasts from Aug 1-31.  And... I'm already at 4200 miles, just 3 days in.  Maybe I should try to swim it 10 times.

60+ miles in 3 days.  I think this is my highest Mon-Wed total ever. 

XT Wings 2 Miles: 12.50Float Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 22:14:17 from 98.202.141.17

That's pretty funny. Every year at my work they have this contest to to see who can walk/run the most. You actually have to count your steps. The first year I was like two million steps ahead of second place so now they don't let me enter.

From Steve Piccolo on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 11:37:28 from 155.100.97.215

Wow, you're really cranking up the mileage. I am amazed you can find the time for it.

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