I'm retired from racing. Really.

April 19, 2024

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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
12.500.000.000.000.0012.50

Lunch- 70's, overcast, breezy. Ran 12.5 miles, longest in 2 years. Started 8:30 pace but maintained about 8 min pace the last 10 miles. 1:42. Legs were a bit tired by the end.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 12.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 13:07:18 from 141.221.191.225

Nice run, praying that you and your family are well. Doing ok at work?

From Jon on Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 14:21:17 from 104.129.194.183

Yeah, Jeff, family is well. We enjoy having them at home for school and they seem calmer, too.

Work is ok- one guy in my team left so I actually applied for and got the promotion to Technical Leader to replace him. Corona has everyone a bit on edge, though- GE Aviation is laying off half of production, and for GE Power they said that layoffs and salary reductions will be coming. We will see what happens. I don't think we are unique from all the other companies, though. I'm not feeling too stressed about it- more disturbed by the rapid loss of freedoms in the country than I am by work issues.

From Jason D on Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 18:44:46 from 73.144.88.57

Glad to see you and your family are doing reasonably well in this trying times, Jon.

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