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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: 11.00 Month: 51.00 Year: 150.00
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: 51.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
27.000.000.000.000.0027.00

AM- 14 on the beach watching the sunrise.  Absolutely no wind on the way out, strong headwind on the way back.  I've discovered I drink about twice as much water with no wind (1 bottle every 30-40 min) than with a headwind (1 bottle every hour+).

5 PM- 7 more.

10 PM- 6 more while watching the entertaining Wipeout on TV.  I only intended on 4 but felt good so kept going. 

I ended up with 27 miles today, and 47 over the last 2 days.  I think I'll be working a lot the next few days, which will probably result in less running- not a bad thing.

NB 800 Miles: 14.00Omni 7 Miles: 7.00NB 769 2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jun on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:02:41 from 66.239.250.209

I'm looking forward to running near the beach and/or boardwalk when I get to Tampa. Not sure what my accessibility will be like from my hotel, but I'm going to try and scope it the night I get in. I'm jealous you were able to run on the beach.

From Superfly on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:16:19 from 208.117.127.110

Interesting that you drink more without a wind and less with a headwind... isn't the effort harder with the wind? I guess your getting cooled off...

From Jon on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:09:00 from 128.217.221.70

Jun- my hotel is 1/8 mile for the beach, so very close.

Clyde- you would think the headwind would be a bit harder. But you sweat SOOOO much and overheat with no wind, so a headwind actually feels better and keeps your body cooler.

From Jon on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:11:56 from 128.217.221.70

When I ran at 6 am, it was already 80 deg and very, very humid- so I absolutely drip sweat with no wind, and I'm normally not very sweaty.

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:12:20 from 67.42.27.114

Sounds wonderful.

From redrooster on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 16:02:36 from 129.123.3.31

what happened to "water is for wimps"??? or is that only in Utah?

From Jon on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 16:16:43 from 128.217.221.70

"water is for wimps" gets over-ridden by the threat of heat exhaustion and death when in Florida. I sweat more and drink more in a 4 mile FL run than I do in a 12 mile UT run.

From Adam RW on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 17:22:17 from 155.101.152.103

Jon, Sounds perfect. I'm actually the opposite when it comes to water. In St. Louis with 90% humidity every day I almost never took water on runs. However, here in SLC I need water every two miles if I run during the day. Also, the wind has always made me need more water but I sometimes get distracted by it and forget. That is what killed me in the Chicago marathon in '05.

From Nan Kennard on Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 20:57:04 from 67.165.238.15

HOLY MILES BATMAN!

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