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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: 15.50 Month: 55.50 Year: 154.50
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: 51.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.0010.000.000.000.0016.00

AM- BW, 4 mile warmup, then treadmill temp (13 deg and icy out don't make for good running). I wanted to start at 6:30 pace and increase each mile, but wasn't feeling great so had to back it down from 6:10 to 6:15 for a while before finally kicking it up the last few miles, finishing sub-6. 10 mile tempo in 63:45, then 2 cooldown. 16 total. 

Treadmill miles aren't so bad when watching Seinfeld on Mike & Mike while getting ready for the Broncos in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Feeling a little under the weather- just stuffy and sniffles. The storm on Tuesday dumped 1 inch of snow in Greenville. They cancelled school Tuesday at noon, sending the kids home early. Then cancelled Wed. And then, despite dry roads, cancelled school on Thursday, as well. If they had this mentality in Canada, the school year would be 2 weeks long.

Road M3 2 Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 20:55:45 from 67.177.11.154

3 days off for 1 inch! So awesome.

From Jon on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 21:32:34 from 107.203.52.135

Just found out they're doing a late start tomorrow, too. Ridiculous.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 21:45:18 from 24.10.249.34

There is no more hard core state for NOT canceling school than Utah. I've had one 2 hour delay in my 12 years here. The buses roll up to my kids school with chains on all the tires.

Greenville is another matter entirely.

From Fritz on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 22:28:41 from 98.202.9.237

Did you see this article on how much snow it takes to cancel school? Our plows can do the job. From K-12 I recall school being cancelled twice.

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/map-how-much-snow-it-typically-takes-to-cancel-school-in-the-us/283470/

From Jon on Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 05:06:56 from 107.203.52.135

Fritz, love that. Hadn't seen it.

From J Cole on Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 06:40:27 from 132.177.236.143

Back at the beginning of the month we (NH) got a dusting and they closed the university. That night we got 3 inches and had a 4 hour delay. The next day it rained and turned it all to scary ice, had to be here at 8am. At least Greenville has some sort of plan for what to do, even if its overkill.

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