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: 4.00 Month: 33.50 Year: 132.50
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: 49.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.009.500.000.000.009.50

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED 

AM- For my final short run ever in Logan, I wanted to run my favorite- Jardine Juniper.  And I wanted to set a record, which would be challenging- 9.5 miles with 1900 ft of climbing.  Plus I had done two hard runs the past two days, and my foot was killing me.  Cody was trash-talking me last night, saying I would never be able to set the record after last night's run.

The old record was 1:16:56, with fastest final 4 mile descent of 23:51.  I knew my legs were very tired from the previous 2 days, but I had tons of desire.  I thought I could break 1:15, and always believed that the best I could ever do would be a 1:12.

I knew the difference today would be running a fast uphill, so I went hard right from the start, maxing out the whole way up.  I didn't feel great, but I reached the first ridge in 27:00, 2-3 min faster than normal.  I reached the 4 mile intersection in 37:47, 2 min faster than normal (splits up were 9:05, 10:05, 9:29, 9:15, and 7:59).  I cruised the rest of the way to the top and then really picked it up on the downhill.  

My legs weren't happy with the fast downhill, but they would get no reprive from me today.  I reached the intersection after the loop at 48:43, then pushed even harder the rest of the way down.  I was flying as fast as I could, with my eyes watering from the wind.  Splits down were 6:09, 5:53 (first sub-6 mile in months!).  At this point, I saw an old, bearded trail runner moving briskly up the trail towards me.  He told me there was a moose 2 switchbacks down on the trail.  Not wanting to run into a moose at 10 mph, I slowed down and started calling "Hey, moosie, moosie".  I also got out my camera.  Sure enough, in less than .2 mile, I saw the moose 30-40 yards off the trail.  I stopped and took the best pictures I could before he disappeared into the woods.  My slowdown cost me probably 10-15 seconds.  I resumed my run, harder than ever.  Last splits were 6:08, 5:45, and the final 1/2 mile at 5:13 pace!  5:13 pace!!!  Total descent for the last 4 miles was 23:07, 44 seconds faster than ever before despite tired legs and my crazy run last night.  Total time was 1:11:46 (7:41 avg).  I had done it- crushed the old record by over 5 minutes!!!

This is a great last run for me and I am very happy to set such a great record on this course.  Not to say that Joe or Cody won't ever be able to break it- they might.  But it will be darn tough.  And I am sure that they will NEVER break it after running Ben Lomond and the Wellsvilles the two days before.  I am proud to leave this daunting challenge to them.  Guys, I challenge you to break 1:11:46.  Good luck.

My first moose picture ever- made it worth carrying the camera the whole way 

Proof of final time

 

 

XT Wings 2 Miles: 9.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cody on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 14:17:37 from 69.9.58.17

It's so on!

Especially after sandbagging so much yesterday. I am so tired....blah, blah, blah. You were saving up for this! That is a good time though. I have my work cut out for me.

From Steve Piccolo on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 14:35:10 from 155.101.243.223

Nice job!

From Jason McK on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 14:54:29 from 63.255.173.99

Wow! I've done it in 1:39:24 - only 28 minutes to go!

From jtshad on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 15:46:16 from 204.134.132.225

Awesome run and a great send off for your new adventures in SC! Way to go!

From Paul on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 17:45:31 from 65.103.252.214

Your moose photo looks very much like a Bigfoot photo. I love it.

From Jon on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 18:06:43 from 75.169.157.53

Yeah, Paul, I zoomed in and cropped the photo. But I doubt anyone would question the existence of moose in those mountains... :)

Cody, you can accuse me of sandbagging yesterday if you want. But I didn't see you out there running a 1:11 this morning! The challenge has been made.

From marci on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 22:51:15 from 75.169.157.53

ha! i like how you took a picture of your watch for proof..you crack me up.

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