I'm retired from racing. Really.

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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
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I added a few pictures from last week's race on the race report

No run today to rest the achilles, though I might go biking.  It's raining right now- I think I'll go enjoy a little walk in 70 deg weather.  I'm a bit lucky right now, actually- the mountain where I was planning to run is currently in the middle of a huge, severe thunderstorm.  The storm appears to be several hundred miles long with lots of ominous red spots on the radar map- not fun at all.  

Ah, who am I kidding- I'd rather be running in the middle of the storm than stuck at home!

Massage later today. 

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Comments
From Scott Ensign on Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 15:06:56 from 71.35.223.169

hurricane season is just getting underway back there isn't it?

From Jon on Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 13:05:37 from 74.177.96.10

I guess so, but I'm too far inland to have anything happen more than a big rainstorm.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 22:09:05 from 24.10.248.6

Jon - reading your blog these days is making me a little homesick. I'haven't been back to Greenville since we moved to Utah in 2002. Those Paris Mountain runs were a staple of the Furman cross country team.

If you plan to do any road races, you have to do the Paris Mountain Road Race (20k) in December.

How do you like Greenville? Is downtown as great as ever?

From Jon on Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 22:39:32 from 98.71.185.47

Rob- I've been meaning to call you to ask about other runs. Need to do that sometime. Paris Mtn is great, I just wish it were bigger!

Downtown Greenville is definitely awesome. Lots of fun.

From Nan on Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 16:45:52 from 24.8.144.22

Hope your achilles are feeling better.

Hey I've been to Greenville a couple of times before. We had NCAAs at Furman my Junior year. At the pre-national meet a few weeks before nationals I won the open race and my prize was a backpack that said "FU" on it. Nice. I imagine those university initials could make for some interesting football cheers.

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