I'm retired from racing. Really.

August 2020

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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
122.500.000.000.000.00122.50
Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 49.50Road N2 3 Grey Miles: 15.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 39.50Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

AM 4.5 with Zach on his bike

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM 6 miles. Felt much better than yesterday- 8:20-ish pace. Then weights.

Road N2 3 Grey Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM 6 miles usual route. Felt ok- started at 9 min pace, finished 8:15. 

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

AM 5 miles on usual route, then weights. Felt fine, ~8:15 avg pace.

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

First frisbee for me in a month. Great weather for August- overcast, about 80 deg, though very humid. Fun game, my team lost 3-5

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6.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM ran 6 then donated blood

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

PM (after dark)- ran 3 miles with my second daughter. Though only 12 years old, she will soon be faster than me if she isn't already. We discussed meteor showers, running, school, and other things.

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Had the 3 youngest kids so ran at the gym. 7 miles, then weights. 7 mph. Felt fine.

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

AM 4 nice and slow, 38:00 I think.

Road N2 3 Grey Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Frisbee- 6 vs 6 (although 1 on my team was a kid). I was throwing well in warmup which usually means I throw poorly. I did throw poorly- probably had 5 turnovers. We got whupped 5-1. Then played more and we won 2-1. Most people we've had in a while. Weather was pretty good, too- low 80's, partly cloudy, but very humid.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

AM 5 miles and weights

PM- first cross country practice. Generally just helped the head coach, ran a mile with the team and some more to set up/take down, etc. About 25 girls and 20 guys showed up. They generally keep about 16 boy and 16 girls, primarily based on 2 mile time trial on Thursday.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 2.00Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

AM 6. 8:40-8:05 pace. Saw a 6+ foot long black rat snake.

PM- 1 mile or more during cross country practice

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 1.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

PM- we actually had a 7 pm ultimate game with 15 people. My team was getting beat early but won 5-1.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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AM- 4 with my son on his bike.

PM- Cross Country time trial. I ran a bunch along the course cheering on the kids. Fun to watch them push themselves.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 1.00Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Lunch- it rained hard all morning so frisbee was cancelled. Marci and I ran 7 miles at just over 10 min pace.

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

AM only had time for 4.5 miles before a day full of 6 kid soccer games. I'm taking two of my kids to the movies tonight- the theatre is open showing classic movies for $5. I chose Inception. Might be a bit confusing for them.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

AM 4 miles 34 min in a drizzle. Head XC coach is out today so I'm leading the charge solo. 

PM- ran quite a bit while doing cross country practice. Fun times.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 4.00Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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PM uneventful 5, no watch. Then weightlift.

Road N2 3 Grey Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Lunch 6

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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PM- hot and muggy day. Ran about 3 miles as part of cross country, then ran 2 miles after with my daughter who went to soccer practice instead of XC.

Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Lunch- 14 people for frisbee. Pretty hot and very muggy. My team won 5-3.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

I didn't get out till after 10 pm. Ran around the neighborhoods while listening to podcasts. 6 miles. Started at 8:30 pace, last few miles were faster, finishing under 8:00.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

AM- I felt really slow but actually started at 8:35 pace, which wasn't bad. Finished around 8:05. 6 miles, 50:13. Nothing notable to report.

PM- ran a bit during XC practice. Their first meet is tomorrow. To my dismay, the teams won't race against each other. Instead, each team will have their own start time, staggered from the other teams.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 1.50Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
122.500.000.000.000.00122.50
Road M3 Black And Blue 2 Miles: 49.50Road N2 3 Grey Miles: 15.00Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 39.50Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
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