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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: 0.00 Month: 47.00 Year: 202.50
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
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
19.000.000.000.000.0019.00

AM- Supposed to run trails with Justin, but a sick kid and stressed wife left me needing to do a quick run from home and get home 3 hrs earlier (sorry, Justin).  Ran some of the back country roads near my house.  I did find a nice ATV trail for a mile or so, though.  A few observations:

  • There's a lot of empty beer cans on the side of all the roads
  • Watching the sunrise over the hills is awesome.  Some hilly, beautiful terrain around Greenville.
  • People really need to control their dogs.  I had a dog charge me and kept snapping and growling, while the owner stood right there and LECTURED me about how the dog was acting that way cause I stopped running (rather than run into it), so it viewed me as weak prey.  She never grabbed the dog, so I had to slowly make my way for 100 ft till the dog turned around.  CONTROL YOUR ANIMALS, people.  No, it doesn't make the runner feel any better to tell them, "He's a nice dog.  He won't hurt you."  Especially if the dog is growling with his hair standing up as you say that.  Next time, I'm just gonna kick the dog.  Hard.  If you won't grab your dog, I'll take care of it for you.  The situation would have been better if the owner wasn't there, cause then I would have dealt with it myself rather than trying to talk to the lady while fending off her dog.

Finished with 19 mile in about 2:20 with 1200 ft climbing and loss.  Pushed pretty hard the last 6 miles, with the last 4 sub-7 and some sub-6 pace stuff.  Good run.  My highest mileage week since before Labor Day.

Merry Christmas, everyone!  Hope you and your family have a wonderful day.

NB 760 Miles: 19.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:48:49 from 69.131.218.205

Way to kick off the xmas weekend Jon! Great run - I agree with you on all of your bullet points!

Merry Christmas!

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 17:25:25 from 76.27.122.13

Gotta love SC!

One of my favorite things about Utah as compared to SC is how comparatively little trash there is on the roadside here. I was continually amazed by that after I moved here.

A favorite southern/rural thing to do is to find a quiet spot in the woods to down a 12 pack.

Merry Christmas!

From jun on Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 23:58:14 from 174.23.163.223

Way to get out there today. I would have capped off my Christmas week with a run today. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

From J Cole on Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 20:43:30 from 75.138.127.81

Nothing makes me feel better than running straight at a charging dog, while barking at it, when the owner is in the yard.

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