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
17.000.000.000.000.0017.00

Ended up not going to work today.  Slept in, then went running at 11 am.  Temp was low teens, but the sun was shining and it felt SOOOOOO good and SOOOOO warm.  In my opinion, 15 deg with the sun shining is tons warmer than 25 degrees in the evening after sunset.

11 am- ran TOU course till Center and Main (Miles 22 and 23 were both 7:11 miles), took a bathroom break, ran to the Boulevard, ran the canal (slowed to 7:30 pace due to running on snow), then went just past 1st Dam to the Hydro park.  Turn around and ran home, picking up the pace for the last 4 miles (3rd to last mile was a 6:40, last mile was 6:25).  12 miles total, 1:26:00.  Felt good.  No soreness from Saturday.

5 pm- ran to Paul's house via 300 W to meet him, then looped through River Heights to Planet Fitness.  Dropped Paul off and ran home.  Very easy :)  not often I can say that about a run with Paul.  4.9 miles per mapmyrun.com, 38:10.

Running twice today made me wish I didn't have a job and could just run- it would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier to run good miles, including 100+ mpw, if I could do 2 runs per day like this.  Plus I could sleep a lot more.  Where do I sign up?

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Comments
From Paul Petersen on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 15:20:07

Do you want to run a few miles with me at 5:30PM or so?

From Jon on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 16:43:07

Sure. Do you want me to meet you at your house? 5:30?

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 16:47:39

Yeah, 5:30 at my house is good. Basically I just plan to run through River Heights and then down to the gym to finish my workout. You should be able to get 5-6 miles out of pretty easy if you start and finish at your house. Hope you don't mind 9-minute pace.

From Jon on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 22:21:07

In Decatur I'm usually out on the roads around my house. It is moderately hilly in the rural areas south of where I live. A majority of my racing is done in Huntsville both road and trail. Monte Sano has two well run ultras, one in Nov and one in Jan. Check out www.hunstvilletrackclub.org. Next time you're in Decatur/Huntsville let me know. I'm not quite up to your speed yet but in another month or so I will be

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