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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
86.500.000.000.005.5092.00
Float 2 Miles: 20.00Peak Miles: 3.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 41.50Hoka Bondi B Miles: 22.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.000.000.000.000.0017.00

AM- In Tooele.  Woke up at 8 after 8 hours of sleep, threw on my road shoes and grabbed a bottle, and went for whatever run struck my fancy.  Wasn't planning on trails, but 2 miles in neighborhoods found me looking up at ATV trails in the mountains above.  Ventured up and down some steep trails, then found myself on the East Fork Trails in the mountains.  I hadn't charged my garmin from HR yet, but ended up with about a 2 hour run.  Guesstimate 14 miles and 2500 ft climbing- not bad.  Felt tired but was able to move very well on everything except the steepest climbs.  Saw 5 or more deer, turkey, etc.  

PM- Drove out to some trails only to be chased home by a nasty, nasty thunderstorm.  Almost continual lightning convinced me that the run wasn't worth the danger after only 3 miles.

Float 2 Miles: 14.00Peak Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM- only had time for a slow 6 before flying home.  Discovered I put on 5 pounds.

Float 2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Long day travelling last night, finally got to bed well after midnight.  Up early for work, and got my run in with Phil and Jason after work.  9-ish miles on new test shoes.

Test Shoe 3 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
22.000.000.000.000.0022.00

AM- 10 on the track and GE trails.

PM- 12 more.  Felt a bit tired and sluggish, but enjoyed listening to some podcasts about ultrarunning. 

Test Shoe 3 Miles: 22.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.500.000.000.005.5016.00

AM- Way too tired for my BW, so slept an extra 45 min and death slogged 6 miles.  I think my first mile was 9:30 or something, and I didn't speed up much from there.

PM- 4.5+5.5.  Felt a tiny bit better than this morning.   

Test Shoe 3 Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
22.000.000.000.000.0022.00

AM- Justin and I ran from Rocky Bottom up to Mt Sassafras (highest point in SC), a few miles past, then back to the car.  Then we ran up Sassafras again.  Yup, we aren't too bright.  Justin was pretty beat by the end, but I started feeling real good the last couple hours- I actually ran the 4 miles down from the mtn 10 minutes faster the second time than the first.  22 miles, 4:38 with 6500 feet climbing.

I ran 32 miles Mon-Wed, then finished Thu-Sat with 60 more.  So I ended up with decent mileage.  Very high mileage next week with the Camp Croft marathon Saturday as a training run before starting my taper for Waldo 100k a few weeks later.

Looks like the UROC keeps getting better for this year- Nick Clark just signed on.  Almost makes me wish I was doing it.  But Waldo in Aug, StumpJump 50k in Oct, and TNF 50 in Dec is plenty for me.

Hoka Bondi B Miles: 22.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
86.500.000.000.005.5092.00
Float 2 Miles: 20.00Peak Miles: 3.00Test Shoe 3 Miles: 41.50Hoka Bondi B Miles: 22.00
Weight: 0.00
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