I'm retired from racing. Really.

Red, white, and blue shoes 5k

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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: 4.00 Month: 33.50 Year: 132.50
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: 49.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
44.002.000.003.002.5051.50
Road M3 3 Miles: 7.50Road M2 Miles: 12.00Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 11.00Road N2 Miles: 5.50Road N1 Miles: 5.00Road M3 2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.002.5010.00

Lunch- just under an hour running with the guys. Then, as my hip was hurting a bit (new niggle) and it's a recovery week, I stopped early and did a bit of biking.

Road M3 3 Miles: 7.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.002.000.000.000.008.00

PM- missed my lunch run due to work, so went to the gym in time for the world cup game. Felt great during the run, starting at 7 min pace. At mile 5, I decided to do a 6:30 mile, then 6:00 mile. 8 miles total. Then drove home for the second half. It was a pretty good game, even if the US lost. It was 96 deg and very humid outside, so a treadmill run was nice, too. 8 miles, 55 min.

Road M2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.000.000.000.000.0011.00

PM- Paris Mtn with Jason and Jim. It was 95 deg and very humid when we started, with a heat index well over 100. It was still over 90 when we finished. Ugh. Jim always pushes the pace on these runs, and so it was pretty quick. 11 miles and 1300 ft climb in 1:45. Jason even went swimming at North Lake. Tomorrow will be an easy day, then I have a 5k race on Friday. Easy run Sat, then fly Monday to Utah to drive to Colorado for Hardrock week next week. Should be fun.

Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.500.000.000.000.005.50

Lunch- ran the trails behind GE with Jim and Jason. It was insanely hot and humid- I was really struggling on the way out. Fortunately, at the Sam's Club turnaround, the blackberry bushes were in full swing- we stopped for 6-7 minutes, stuffing our faces with ripe, delicious blackberries. I probably ate 40 or more. The run back was more enjoyable as the headwind cooled us. 45 minutes running, I'll call it 5.5 miles. Slow and easy rest day.

Road N2 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Red, white, and blue shoes 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:16:40, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.003.000.009.00

Ran RWB shoes 5k. Felt ok, finished in 16:40 or so. It's a pretty fast race. Winning time was 14:16, and I was 5th GE runner. Then helped the kids run a kids race, went swimming, took a nap, and went to a nice neighborhood BBQ and fireworks display.

Road N1 Miles: 5.00Road M2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM- Slept in a bit till 6:30, then went for an easy hour jog. Nice temps, upper 60's. Started at 7:40's, finished at 7:10's. Now I'm packing for my trip on Monday. The rest week has me feeling pretty good, though I'm sure the high altitude and climbing of Hardrock are going to be rough on me. The current plan is to do 10 hours of running on Tuesday, 5 hrs on Wed, 2-3 hrs on Thur, hike Grant-Swamp pass for iRF at the start of the race, then pace Stuart Air for 20+ hrs on Fri/Sat. I'm figuring 125+ miles, 45,000 ft climbing, and 45+ hrs total running, all of which will be new records. All at high elevation. 

Road M3 2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
44.002.000.003.002.5051.50
Road M3 3 Miles: 7.50Road M2 Miles: 12.00Trail N2 2 Orange Miles: 11.00Road N2 Miles: 5.50Road N1 Miles: 5.00Road M3 2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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