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

Fri, Aug 08, 2014

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

Been very tired and had to be at work early, so no morning run. Running a lab test all day, so no afternoon run. Hadn't gotten home before 9 pm for the past few days, so no evening run. Goose egg. That's ok- taper.

It rained all day today and supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow. The SeaBass (Seth and Barry Aid Station) will get rained on tonight. Those two guys are driving up 90 minutes tonight, backpacking in 2 hrs, sleeping in the rain, and doing the reverse tomorrow- all to deliver some gu's and water to Jason and me at a 30 second stop. That's a good running buddy. Anyways, it's going to be rainy and cool (low 65, high 75). The temps will be great, the humidity will stink, there will be mud/water, and the thousands of stairs and bridges will be very slippery. In other words, time goals might be out the window. Hopefully the rain will keep the spider webs away, at least, or else I'll be running through 1000 or more webs tomorrow. Industrial strength webs.

Anyways, Jason picks me up at 2:50 am in the morning to drive to the race. That is nuts. And isn't going to help with my sleep depravation, either. :)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kendall on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 15:37:02 from 208.187.252.62

What race you headed to Jon?

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 15:41:35 from 24.10.247.181

Sounds lovely!

From Jon on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 15:41:53 from 107.203.52.135

Kendall, I'm running the 20th edition of the Laurel Valley 35 miler. 35 miles across the most rugged mountains in South Carolina, with no road crossings or aid stations. Yup, it's a tough one.

From Kendall on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 15:48:06 from 208.187.252.62

Good luck over there. Looks like you're the defending champ and CR holder. Go get it!

From Jon on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 15:50:52 from 107.203.52.135

I'm defending champ, definitely not CR holder. I've never broken 6 hrs, but it's been done 11 times. I think it has the most impressive CR of all races I've ever done- 5:02. If I struggle to break 6 hrs, then 5 hrs is insanely fast.

From Jon on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 15:52:43 from 107.203.52.135

To give you an idea, guys have run 5:5X six times, 5:4X 3 times, and the two fastest times are 5:29 and 5:02. When you run almost a minute per mile faster than anyone else, it's impressive. Clark Zealand really brought it in 2000.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 15:59:19 from 24.10.247.181

Good luck, have fun!

From Kendall on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 16:06:02 from 208.187.252.62

Sorry my bad. Web site listed you with the fastest time (maybe I'm doing something wrong). An hour faster than YOUR fastest time in a 5-6 hour race IS impressive. Good luck with that sub 6.

From Steve on Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 00:15:58 from 66.87.127.166

It'll be a cool race report to read. Kick some butt!

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