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Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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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

Tue, Oct 16, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

10 miles around Logan with the jogging stroller. It is hard to push a jogging stroller up 800 E towards USU.

Omni- 406

Funny story from yesterday. I was on my way to my run (wearing my TOU shirt) and stopped by the drive up window at Wells Fargo bank. The conversation went like this:

Wells Fargo teller: Did you do the Top of Utah?

Me: Yeah

WF: What was your time?

Me: 2:39

WF: Hey, were you the top local finisher?

Me: Yeah

WF: *pause* You looked like you were about to die in your picture

Me: I was

WF: The 2 guys behind you sure looked good

Me: They were barely trying. They both ran 20 minutes faster a few weeks later at St. George.

WF: Wow- did they qualify for their thing?

Me: Yeah, they both qualified for the Olympic Trials

Moral of the story- if you are going to get your picture in the paper, smile. I thought is was funny how the teller used almost my exact words about that picture- that I looked like I was about to die while Paul and Logan looked great. So smile, raise your arms, whatever- just look happy that you finished your race!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bethany on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:17:00

Yeah Jon. I cant believe you werent thinking about getting your picture taken at the finish line. Its not like you were occupied by anything else...:)

From James on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 16:41:21

State is tomorrow, and I am not sure when or what my next race will be. What about you?

From wheakory on Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 04:41:29

Now that's funny, but you definitely earned that expression on that photo, and finished with an awesome time.

From Lybi on Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 09:36:46

I think your expression was great! A picture tells a thousand words, right? In this case, people could see your phenomenal dedication and absolute pain--not to mention the probability that your toenails were all popping off. :)

I think it is so much more admirable to look miserable and get a FABULOUS time, than to look fresh and get a mediocre time (unless speaking of a super speedy person who selflessly paces a friend--which is just about the coolest thing I've ever heard).

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