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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
40.000.000.000.000.0040.00
Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 22.00Road N2 Purple Miles: 6.00Road M2 3 Orange Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

No frisbee today as some of GE was on holiday, some (including me) had bring-your-kids to work day (I brought 4, and they loved it), and the rest were hampered by muddy field due to weekend of rain. After my kids left at 2 pm, I have 8 miles on GE trail. Saw 8 or so turkeys in the trees, no other animals or people. 68 min or so. Mid-60's and sunny, nice running weather.

Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

AM upper 30's and rainy (ridiculously rainy- it's rained 4 inches this week with almost non-stop rain predicted through Sunday) so I did 7 miles in an hour on the treadmill. 30's and rainy is my last favorite running weather.

Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM mid 30's and rain, so I assumed no frisbee today. 6 miles easy on the treadmill.

My wife has been training for months for a half marathon this Saturday. It's predicted to be rainy and low 40's, which is not ideal. I told her that at least she isn't running the 40 mile Mt Mitchell Challenge this weekend, which runs to the highest mountain on the east coast. They currently have a winter weather advisory with 30 deg temps and freezing rain predicted for Friday and Saturday.

Road N2 Purple Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM Thunderstorms and below 40 temps led to another treadmill run. Seriously, how often do you have hard rain and lightning at 7 am? 8 miles at 8:30-ish pace.

Road M2 3 Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Lunch- frisbee was cancelled due to extreme rain, so I went running. Even though it was mid-40's, I was sick of treadmill so went outside, and convinced John Korsedal to come with me. I probably haven't run with him for 2-3 years. Very muddy and wet, lots of puddles to splash through. John did 7 miles, then I did 3 more. Generally 8:00 pace, last mile was about 7:45. Felt good and thought of going further but decided to not push it as my achilles/foot is still iffy.

Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

AM- Marci was gone all morning at her half marathon (she ran 2:02 despite wind, cold, and rain- good job). I snuck out for 4 mile run and felt fine. No watch. Breezy and rainy. Since Jan 2018, this is only my second 40 mile week, which is funny since I used to be at least 40-45 miles by Tuesday of each week.

Road M2 3 Orange Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
40.000.000.000.000.0040.00
Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 22.00Road N2 Purple Miles: 6.00Road M2 3 Orange Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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