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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: 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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
29.000.000.000.000.0029.00
Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Lunch- expected heavy rains held off through lunch, so we had a nice 6v6 game. 50 deg, overcast, very little wind. I played well- had several good catches (one sprinting toe toucher in back of endzone, one that was tipped by defense, and dug 2 out of the grass), no drops, and only 1 bad pass. The other team played zone and we generally did a good job breaking it. They also had 2 big drops and a few other plays that went our way. We won 5-2. Fun day.

Looks like no game Wednesday due to another flash flood warning with 2-4 more inches of rain expected between now and Tuesday evening, with the rain continuing steadily through Thursday. We may break the all time February rain record in Greenville of 12 inches. Already at 6.6 inches.

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10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

AM- the endless rain continues (almost 2 more inches in the past 12 hours) so ran on treadmill. Wanted 8 miles or so but felt good enough that I went 10 miles. Started at 7.0 mph, steadily increased till finished at 7.8 mph. My last 10 mile run was 362 days ago, Valentines day 2019. Interestingly, my last run over 10 miles was January 2018, so it's been a long time.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 10.00
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Today was a really fun ultimate game even though my team lost. We played on the old field as it was very wet still and we didn't want to tear up the new one. The field today was super muddy all over and had standing water in places. 9 people, so we did 4v5 (Sam, Scott, Tom, me vs Haley, Adrian, Dave, Jeff, Joe T). It was very hard playing a person down all game but we did a good job forcing some bad throws and turnovers. I had some great plays, too- contested catches, breakaways, and especially a number of great knockdowns on def. We really worked hard and I was pooped.

Game to 5 was good but we lost. We traded points till it was 3-3. I was really pleased/surprised we kept it so close. Lots of hustle. Last 2 points the fatigue started catching up, though. We also drove it all the way down a few times just to turn it over. I almost had an awesome diving block on a long throw to Adrian but barely missed it and he made a nice twisting, jumping catch. I had one pass throw at the end and then ended the game with a terrible throw (right to the ground). We lost 3-5. But, it was a lot of fun overall and got a great workout.

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AM- another morning, another storm moving through. Today it was a severe storm warning with heavy rainfall (up to 2 inches per hour), 40 mph gusts, and possible lightning. Yeah, I ran inside. 8 miles, 8:30 to 7:45 pace. Then leg weights plus an upper body challenge.

Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 8.00
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Very fun frisbee today. Perfect weather- low 50's, sunny, slight breeze. We ended up with 14 people. Even teams, lots of back and forth. I was throwing great today- I probably had 5 or 6 completed long bombs, plus near misses on another few. I also caught a few long scores. In the game, we traded points till it was 4-3 for my team. The other team tied it up, my team had a bad turnover near our endzone, and we lost 5-4. Bummer to lose but still fun.

We had 4v4 second game. My team won 3-0.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Road N2 Black And Green Miles: 18.00
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