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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: 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
Fri, Sep 23, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.000.002.00

AM- 2 in the rain.  Now off to Virginia.  Looks like I'm going to get wet camping tonight and running tomorrow.

Fuel Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:26:34 from 155.100.226.53

Good luck Jon!

From jtshad on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:27:15 from 69.20.183.178

Good luck and have fun! Try to stay warm and dry tonight!

From Superfly on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:38:11 from 74.211.21.81

Sounds fun... in a crazy running kind of way. Good luck man. Hope things go great for ya.

From jtshad on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 19:20:41 from 69.20.183.178

Wow, watching the live feed results and at the last checkpoint Jon is in a close race for 2/3/4 with some tough runners! He is running awesome!

From Jake K on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 19:25:27 from 67.177.21.60

5th place!

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From jtshad on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 19:35:02 from 69.20.183.178

Amazing result, congrats Jon on the podium finish! You hung with some very tough runners, you are a true Ultra champion!

From JD on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 19:53:10 from 97.117.107.209

Just incredible hearing/seeing Jon mix it up with these other top ultra runners from around the country. So cool to hear the name Allen in the same sentence as Sharman, Roes, Wardian etc. Congratulations Jon!

From Aaron Kennard on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 22:59:38 from 98.245.117.176

YEAH JON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations. Awesome race, way to take home some cash.

I predicted this on the live feed about 30 miles into the race:

Comment From Aaron

My prediction: Mackey is going to seal the deal with the win. Roes won't finish in top 5 if he finishes. Wardian will push mackey all the way but finish 2nd. Sharman will close strong in top 5. Gall will hold on to top 5. Jon Allen will close strong in 5th or 6th.

Well, I was sure wrong about Geoff/Mackey, but looks like I nailed the Wardian/sharman/Jon Allen predictions! That's an awesome performance against such a stacked field Jon.

From Cody on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 23:39:24 from 67.177.0.196

Way to go Jon!

From Vis on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 23:49:47 from 208.88.8.22

Very nice.

From Ken on Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 08:07:51 from 71.85.99.5

Awesome job Jon! I loved the comments the RD made about you during the awards ceremony! Geoff had a truly amazing race.

From Paul on Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 16:20:38 from 24.10.141.104

Niiice. I followed splits a bit during the day, and was stoked for you on the final result. Way to stamp a name for yourself, and DELIVER! I always feel like there's extra pressure to perform when I get "elite status" at a race, so I'm sure it felt great to come through like that.

From Jon on Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 22:40:59 from 74.177.125.83

Thanks for your comments, everyone. Aaron, props for calling the results ahead of time. Though you missed pretty much everyone but me :)

Paul- yeah, the Elite status was interesting, but fun. Lots of stuff at this race- videos, Q&A session, etc. It felt great to justify being there to place 5th.

From Aaron Kennard on Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 01:01:03 from 98.245.117.176

Actually I got 3 out of the top 5 correct thanks to you!

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