I'm retired from racing. Really.

December 2015

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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
190.000.000.002.000.00192.00
Road M3 3 Miles: 37.50Road M2 2 Miles: 86.00Test Shirt Short Miles: 5.00Test Shirt Med Miles: 5.00Test Shirt Long Miles: 3.00Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 59.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Lunch- 10 miles on a misty, drizzly day. The first half with Seth and Barry on the GE trail, the second with Aaron and Shamgar, hearing about Aaron's recent trip to Japan.

Road M3 3 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Am 10

Road M2 2 Miles: 10.00Test Shirt Short Miles: 1.00Test Shirt Med Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Lunch- 8 miles with the guys. 

Road M3 3 Miles: 8.00Test Shirt Long Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Lunch- run, the ultimate. Nice 6v6 game.

Road M3 3 Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
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am 6. Sluggish but got it done. Then kids soccer, rest from headache, then all afternoon/evening at church meetings 

Road M3 3 Miles: 6.00Test Shirt Med Miles: 1.00Test Shirt Long Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

AM- planned on 8-10 miles, but my recurring headache was was occuring and every step was painful. Stopped after 3 miles. That was not per plan.

Road M2 2 Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

AM- 9 easy. Felt better, if still a bit of a lingering (or new) headache. Didn't have time for all 10 due to early meeting.

I'm working on a slideshow of my favorite running pictures from the past 8 years. I'll post a link here when done. It's mainly for my own enjoyment, as I doubt viewership will be broad. 

Road M2 2 Miles: 9.00Test Shirt Short Miles: 1.00
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Lunch- 10, most with Todd and Scott.

One of the medicines the doctor gave me Monday for a sinus infection apparently has the side effect of causing the hiccups. I'm not kidding when I say I've had the hiccups at least half my waking hours for 2 straight days. This is really getting annoying.

Road M2 2 Miles: 10.00
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AM- 10 with Shamgar, Aaron, and Alvaro. Early run as today is goody day (number 2) so we could get back for the festivities.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Lunch- run, then frisbee. Great day for it. Sloppy game of frisbee, though- lots of rushed passes and drops.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

AM- warm but very foggy morning run. Felt good, first time my legs have had energy in a while (finally getting over my cold/sinus infection). 9 miles or so.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 9.00Test Shirt Short Miles: 1.00
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AM- 10. Not much to say. Sweaty, ran indoors watching football recap. Typical Monday. 

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Lunch- 10 miles. Beautiful weather for running this week, low 60's at lunch.

Road M2 2 Miles: 10.00
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Lunch 10

Road M2 2 Miles: 10.00Test Shirt Short Miles: 1.00
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AM- I had a lunch meeting and it was pouring rain, so TM run again. Started at 7:30 pace, bumped it up to 7:00ish for the last while. 

Road M2 2 Miles: 10.00Test Shirt Med Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.002.000.007.00

Lunch- 4, then 45 minutes ultimate. It was 3v3 today and very windy, so there was a ton of running and bad throws/catches. More running than usual.

Road M2 2 Miles: 4.00Test Shirt Long Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

am 6. It was 27 deg out with 23 windchill. Coldest day of this winter. I finally had to go get hat, gloves, and tights out of the attic. 

Road M3 3 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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AM- 10

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AM- I decided to put Rob away for good on the yearly mileage total. It took 10 hours, but I figure a 48.5 mile boost to my total should put this out of reach for him.

That'll do, Donkey. That'll do.

Just kidding- I'm sick and didn't run.

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back to back long runs, something I've only done once. This should really finish Rob off for the year. 

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Am. Now that I've beat Rob for the year, I figured being at the top of the entire FRB for the year would be nice. Easy 2247 mile run. Although it appears it won't record until the 24th. What a surprise Rob will have when I double his mileage.

Ok, I removed the mileage from the past 3 days. I've been sick so haven't run at all.

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PM- 4 miles easy. 70 deg and humid. One of those "first run back after being sick, felt very sluggish, almost like 9 min pace even though it was actually closer to 8 min pace" runs. 

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Road M3 3 Miles: 4.00Test Shirt Short Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM- Only plannedd on 4-6 but started feeling better after 30 min so pushed through 8 miles.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 8.00Test Shirt Med Miles: 1.00
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AM- 10. Felt a bit tired, sluggish, but averaged 7:30 ish.

Road M2 2 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Am holy slow, slogged around almost 75 min at 8:15 and slower pace. Very warm and humid, almost 70 deg at sunrise. 9 miles.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 9.00
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No run today, in Columbia most the day, then appts around home.

The year of rain is going out with a bang, 3.5 inches of rain today (and it's only 5 pm), almost 8 inches this week. The creek by our house is normally about 4 feet wide and under a foot deep, but flooded to several hundred feet wide and 6 feet deep earlier today, almost taking out the concrete bridge. It's crazy. We've had 65 inches of rain since the start of June! My phone keeps buzzing to tell me of multiple flood warnings and flash flood warnings right now.

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AM- Dropped off the 3 youngest at the gym babysitter, then did 10 on the treadmill.

Happy New Year, eveyone!

Here's my running info from 2007 when I joined the FRB. My mileage has a strong downward trend the past few years. And my 1 race this year was by far the fewest ever, though not the lowest racing miles, as it takes a lot of 5k's to equal one 100.

Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 10.00Test Shirt Med Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
190.000.000.002.000.00192.00
Road M3 3 Miles: 37.50Road M2 2 Miles: 86.00Test Shirt Short Miles: 5.00Test Shirt Med Miles: 5.00Test Shirt Long Miles: 3.00Road N2 2 Grey Miles: 59.50
Weight: 0.00
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