I'm retired from racing. Really.

October 2016

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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
84.008.000.000.000.0092.00
Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 18.00Road M3 Grey Miles: 51.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.004.000.000.000.004.00

Lunch- frisbee. Fun. Won the game 5-4.

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8.500.000.000.000.008.50

PM- PM with Barry, Seth, and Aaron. First time in a while. Perfect weather. Longest run by 25 minutes. We did upper Kanuga except Aaron, so then we jogged to meet him. 8.5 miles in 90 minutes or so. Tons of bikers.

No school busses for the rest of the week for my kids- they sent them to the ocean to shuttle everyone evacuating away from the hurricane.

Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

AM- 10 with Jim, Shamgar, and Joe. Jim and I argued half the time about the election and war.

Road M3 Grey Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM- I had a lunch meeting scheduled (that ended up being cancelled) so ran GE track for 8 miles this morning in 63 minutes or so.

I had some time for thinking during the run, so here's a few of my thoughts (which few people on earth will ever read, but writing them is somewhat carthatic).

I'm just wrapping up the 25-ish hours of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast series on World War I (amazing, insightful podcast series, by the way). We look at that war now and are amazed how it actually started- almost a series of misunderstandings and mishaps that no one would back down from. However, I look at the world today and fear we are blundering into a similar conflict. I hear nothing from the mainstream US media except propoganda against Russia, Syria, Iran, China, etc. And the US government has troops all over the world, including right on the borders of those countries. Yet no one really thinks a catastrophic war will start and we see ourselves as world protector rather than an occupier of sorts (why do we need troops in the Baltics on Russia's doorstep???). However, all it can take is some unforseen blunder or misunderstanding and we can find ourselves in a hot war with Russia.  I don't understand why the human race, or at least the government leaders, feel the need to bluster and promote power so much rather than work for peace. Sad reflection on them, and us. We're all people, let's not find reasons to kill others just because they live in another country. I think most of the blame for the wars today lies with the US and our "exceptionalism" and invasions, meddling in the affairs of other people.

In unrelated news, I hope the damage from this hurricane is minimal. It's not significant, but my kid's elementary school carnival and my work family day (both with food, rides, etc) may be impacted by the wind and rain.

Finally, company benefit enrollment is approaching and I saw prices today for medical. They are drastically rising again. Even though I work at a top company with "good" benefits, my medical insurance premiums have risen over 500% in the 6 years I've been here, and my deductible has almost doubled. I now have to pay almost $8000 before insurance kicks in a dime. What a joke- yet government tells us their involvement is helping, and inflation is low.

Anyway, my libertarian ranting is over. Moving on...

Road M3 Grey Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Lunch- frisbee friday. Hurricane outer bands gave us rain/drizzle off and on but wind wasn't really much of a factor, surprisingly.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Lunch- Beautiful, 70 deg day. Ultimate frisbee- perfect weather. My team won 5-3. We had 1 fewer players but a bit more stacked team- I didn't have to run as much as usual.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.500.000.000.000.009.50

PM- PM with Aaron and Seth. What perfect weather.

Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 9.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

AM slow 7. Tired. But considering I thought of stopping at 3, 7 is ok.

Road M3 Grey Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM- easy 8 miles outside on the track and GE trail, 61 or 62 minutes. Brisk today, under 50 deg when I started my run. I actually wore long sleeves and light gloves, the first time I've worn those probably since March or April. 

Just about finished listening to the Dan Carlin WWI podcast. What a well spent 26 hours. He does an amazing job with those, very informative.

Road M3 Grey Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.004.000.000.000.008.00

AM- 4 easy. taking off work on account of my birthday

Lunch- went to work to play ultimate. Because if you can't choose to play frisbee on your birthday, what kind of birthday is it, anyway? My team won 5-2 and then a second game 2-1. Such beautiful weather. 

Road M3 Grey Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

PM- late night, 8 pm run. Not sure how far or fast. 77 min, so we'll call it 10 miles.

Road M3 Grey Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Lunch- 2 on treadmill then frisbee. I played pretty darn crappy today- throws were generally off, defense was lackluster, catching was just ok, and I even accidentally knocked a catch out of my own teammates hand. Blah- still better than sitting in the office. Plus we won 2 games 5-3 and 3-2. In my defense, I'd say the sloppiness was way up today for everyone, and energy level seemed muted.

Heading to India this week.

Road M3 Grey Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.000.002.00

AM- haven't been feeling well, getting a bit sick. My planned 8 mile run ended at 2, and it was a struggle to even make it that far. Blah.

Road M3 Grey Miles: 2.00
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Been on a vaction in India since Wednesday last week, so no running.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Lunch- frisbee. Won 5-3.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
84.008.000.000.000.0092.00
Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 18.00Road M3 Grey Miles: 51.00
Weight: 0.00
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