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Umstead 100 mile

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Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

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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: 16.50 Month: 63.50 Year: 219.00
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
Sat, Mar 31, 2012
Race: Umstead 100 mile (100 Miles) 15:19:53, Place overall: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
101.000.000.000.000.00101.00

Quick Report- ran a decent Umstead 100 and had a good time.  Placed 4th overall while watching the amazing Mike Morton set a CR and 2 previous winners DNF chasing him.  Final time of 15:19 is 16th fastest ever on this 19 year old race.  Set my 50k, 50 mile, 100k, and 100 mile PR, so can't complain about that.  Marci and the kids were there cheering the whole time, and I had the most awesome crew and pacers that kept me from quitting at mile 50 when I felt terrible and weak (gotta stop racing when sick).  Good weekend.  

Full report now published.

Hoka Bondi B Miles: 101.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 14:29:25 from 67.177.21.60

Awesome Jon! Man - early in the week it wasn't looking so good for you... way to stick it to the sickness and fight hard! 15 hours, super job!!!

From Fritz on Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 14:48:26 from 173.10.22.170

Amazing race Jon! If you can gut it out for 50 MILES you can do anything.

From jtshad on Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 16:14:17 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on a great race, especially considering how sick you were. PR's at all those distances with that lead in is incredible.

From Ken on Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 18:39:57 from 71.85.99.5

No what you gotta do is stop getting sick during taper! Great job!!See you stuck with the Hoka's the entire race.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 19:46:58 from 184.48.120.88

Umcredible!

See, that's a play on words related to the name of the race.

You have to be thrilled with that right? I'm pretty much in awe.

From jun on Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 20:31:14 from 174.23.185.94

Wow, great time. Even more impressive considering you weren't feeling well. Enjoy the rest. I look forward your full report.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 20:32:27 from 69.131.141.92

Am I seeing that right, a 4+ hour PR? Even for a hundred miler, that sounds like a lot. Great job, look forward to the report.

From Bret on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 07:10:52 from 64.128.133.66

Congratulations Jon - fantastic result. Eager to read your full report on your blog.

From Paul on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 07:19:51 from 65.128.25.185

Great time, Congrats on the PR(s).

From Holt on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 09:03:06 from 204.113.55.41

Way to go Jon!

From Superfly on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 10:15:53 from 74.211.21.81

You rock man. Way to work hard and reap the rewards. Hope your recovery goes well... or as good as it can after hammering a 100 miles in one race.

From Bryce on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 21:53:56 from 76.27.58.194

Wow! Well done Jon, that's and incrediable time.

From steve ash on Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 19:49:01 from 50.8.121.33

Nice work Jon! You are one tough hombre. I should know based on past experience at TOU:)

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