I'm retired from racing. Really.

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Location:

Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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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

Thu, Apr 18, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	3.00

AM- XT then stretch, then a trip to the chiropractor.

Black Thursday- Mass layoffs among engineers at GE Power today. My team lost 40% of fellow application engineers, the guy sitting 1 cube down is gone, 2 former teammates, 4 people in the team I work with... it goes on and on. 17 in my department. It's an absolute bloodbath. There were 11 engineers doing what I do on my team 3 years ago. Now there's 3 of us, and I'm the only one with more than a year on the team. And the amount of work has increased significantly. I will miss all the people that are leaving- so many good, hardworking, nice people.

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Comments

From Bret on Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 12:45:42 from 216.234.133.229

Sorry to hear about that Jon...

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 12:51:43 from 141.221.191.225

Sorry to hear this continues to go on, without the promotion it really sucks. Hang in there. There are a couple of job postings here again...and more to come.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 16:59:27 from 67.177.30.39

That is so stressful. You're in my thoughts.

From Jason D on Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 19:25:50 from 73.144.88.57

Wishing you the best, Jon.

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