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BMW Performance Center Classic

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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: 15.50 Month: 55.50 Year: 154.50
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: 51.00
Race: BMW Performance Center Classic (2.04 Miles) 00:10:37, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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AM- 6 ez

PM- BMW Performance Classic 2 mile race.  The only BMW factory in America is in Greenville, and they have a sweet track where they teach driving skills on a multitude of surfaces (slick track, wet track, curvy, hilly, etc).  I felt sore and tired, but wanted to do my best at what was obviously a young guy's race (quite a few high schools showed up).  At the start, I found myself just behind the lead pack, about 25th place by 400 yards, and just caught the guys who fell off pace.  I didn't get passed after the first few minutes, but just don't have the speed the young guys do to stay with the pack.  First mile was slight downhill and was 5:07, where I pulled slightly ahead of Masters runner and teammate Philippe.  Second mile was more uphill with a headwind, though I bagged 2 or 3 more guys and ran 5:30.  10:37 total, good enough for 17th place out of 659 runners (Garmin's seemed to measure 2.04 miles, which would give me 10:24 for 2 miles).  11 guys ahead of me were teenagers, 4 were in their 20's, and only my co-worker Jim was in his 30's.  Like I said, a young guy's race.  Enjoyable, esp. the tons of pretzals, cookies, fruit, and sandwiches at the finish, plus they had the results online by the time I got home.  My pregnant wife (9 months pregnant today!) and kids did a great job cheering, too.  6 miles total.  

On a related note, GE had won the open division for 52 straight Corporate Shield races, competing against the other Greenville companies.  The streak dated back to 2005.  However, at the race 3 weeks ago, Michelin won.  I skipped the race to do the Xterra race.  If I had run, we would have won.  So, I promised our team captain a new era of GE domination.  We won today's race- a new streak has started. 

Now it's time to look at what's happening at Wasatch 100 for the first time today, then shower and sleep before my last long run tomorrow before UROC.  2 weeks! 

Tangent 3 Miles: 6.00Pace 3 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Paul on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 09:53:41 from 24.10.141.104

Good job. I love your variety in races.

From Jake K on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 10:09:47 from 67.177.21.60

I assumed this was a 2 mile race on like a high school track... sounds pretty cool though. Good job.

From Jon on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:53:06 from 74.177.100.34

Paul- yup, next race is 100k. Definitely doing a variety with these corporate competition short races.

From Mattrow on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 17:15:38 from 8.22.13.222

Sounds like Lots of fast people live in Greenville.

From Adam RW on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 19:44:57 from 24.10.132.131

Very nice race. Good to get that fast stuff in before the sleep deprivation from the new little one. Wish your wife my best and I pray for an easy delivery.

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