I'm retired from racing. Really.

September 2019

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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: 4.00 Month: 33.50 Year: 132.50
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: 49.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
42.500.003.000.008.0053.50
Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 28.00Road N2 Purple Miles: 5.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

AM 4 on GE trail with about a dozen deer and half dozen turkeys, then weights.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Tossed and turned in bed for 4 hours last night, finally fell asleep after 3 am.

Lunch- hot and a bit of a breeze- 6v5 frisbee. My team had more throwers, the other team had a lot more speed. They were whupping us during the warmup. Once the game started, we did a zone and it actually worked fairly well. Tied 2-2, we finally forced some turnovers and won 5-2.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.003.004.00

Snuck out between meetings for a workout. 30 min elliptical, 1 mile run, then back to work.

 

Road N2 Purple Miles: 1.00
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AM 5 miles on GE trail. Longest run since April. Slowish, 8:45-9:00 pace. Saw 1 deer, 3 turkey, and heard 2+ coyotes howling. Felt ok, not great. Ankle/achilles sore. Lifted afterwards.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 5.00
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Hot and humid for frisbee. 5v5 plus my team had a sub. My team also had a very new guy. We were semi-competitive but made some mistakes (I had a few bad throws after having very few the past few weeks) and we lost 5-3.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

AM 4 miles on trail. 3 turkeys and a deer. I guess there was a decapitated deer head on the trail yesterday but it was gone today. Then lifting.

My oldest daughter is in 7th grade and had her second cross country meet of the year today. She's generally been 4-8th runner on the team. It was very hot (upper 90's) but I challenged her to start fast to see what she could do. It was a big help due to a bottleneck on the course. She ran hard, pushed through feeling bad, and finished first on her team. It's neat to see her push herself.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Am 5 on GE trail. no turkeys, 3 deer. 8:15-8:30 ish.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.500.003.000.000.004.50

AM- Rather than run the trail, I decided to do the bench and run competition at the gym. You bench a % of your bodyweight as many times as you can (I had to bench 70%) then run a 5k. Each bench rep subtracts 30 seconds from your time. I haven't done much benching and no fast running in years so thought it would be interesting. I just wanted to beat a runner who did 4 reps, and Ken (gym manager) who did 9.

I did 11 reps, which I was happy with. I didn't want to overdo the run and injure myself, so started conservative. First mile was 8:06, second was 7:45 (note: I very rarely run faster than 8 min pace these days). I really kept increasing speed on the last mile and was working very hard- at the end, I was running sub-6:30 pace. Last 1.1 was at 7:09 pace, total time 23:43. Long cry from where I used to be, but good to get the legs moving. Who knows, maybe I'll sign up for an actual 5k again sometime soon. 

Road N2 Purple Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Frisbee on a hot, muggy, sunny day. 7v7, plus my team had a sub. We kept making mistakes, including a few bad throws by me, but were tied 2-2. They scored 2, then we fought back to win 5-4, aided by a couple questionable calls.

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Frisbee day, 11 people. The other team played 6 for a while, then started subbing before the real game. It was a pretty well played game- I don't think there were any turnovers for the first 6 points. My team finally broke the other team and went up 4-3, then won 5-3 when Dennis dropped a kickoff. We didn't want him to go out with shame, so we played an extra point and almost scored, but the other team got it. I played fine- I honestly can't remember a single bad throw or missed catch today, though I may be forgetting one. Not a spectacular day for my play, but solid. Fun game today. I'm definitely lacking endurance compared to what I used to have. 30 extra pounds and 10% as much running will have that effect.

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6.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM- it wasn't pretty, but I ran 6 miles today on GE trail. 8+ deer, no turkeys. Sore today, including a balky knee. Weights.

My daughter's school hosted their cross country meet today. I was the lone timer. Fortunately, I didn't mess up.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 6.00
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AM easy xt only

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Stretch and weights only

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Just foam roll/stretch. Going to dig out my patella tendon strap to see if that helps the knee.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Knee feeling a bit better with my patella strap so played frisbee. Didn't play particularly well- quite a few bad throws. 5v5, other team had a sub. Hot and sunny, a little variable breeze. My team was down 4-2, tied it 4-4, but lost.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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AM- figured I'd try a run. It didn't go well. Quad was really sore/tight/painful- ended up walking the last mile. I did see 8 deer, 6 turkey, and there was a coyote 10 yards away at the start that didn't even notice me till I called out, at which point it scampered away.

Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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elliptical, stretch

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
42.500.003.000.008.0053.50
Trail M2 Lime/black Miles: 28.00Road N2 Purple Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
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