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Xterra Table Rock 15k

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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
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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
64.0010.000.000.007.0081.00
Fuel Miles: 20.00Pace 3 Miles: 17.00NB 760 Miles: 15.00Float Miles: 10.00Fuel XC 3 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.005.0011.00

Lunch- 6 fast paced run, 5 xt.  Felt pretty good- a little soreness in the ankles and hip flexors, but quads feel fine.  

Fuel Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.000.000.000.002.0016.00

AM- 5+2

PM- I was hoping to run 6-8 miles.  Felt like absolute crap the first 5 or so, then started feeling better.  That lasted about half a mile, then I felt even worse than before.  Stuck around for 9 total miles, though it was one of the more miserable runs in a long time.  I think I averaged over 8:00 pace.

There are a few races I had to decide between this weekend- a Corporate Shield road 5k or a trail 15k in the mountains.  I decided on the 15k, but haven't signed up yet.  If I don't feel a whole lot better by Thur morning, I don't think I'll do either. 

And, seeing as this is my blog, I'd like to add the following video.  Love Ron Paul, love Jon Stewart... so let's combine them. 

 

Pace 3 Miles: 9.00NB 760 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.000.000.000.000.0018.00

AM- 10

Lunch- 8 

Float Miles: 10.00Fuel Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.000.000.000.000.0018.00

AM- 10

Lunch- 8

Signed up for the Xterra Table Rock 15k on Sat, a new trail race.  Goes from the nature center to the top of Pinnacle Peak, the highest peak entirely in SC, on very, very technical terrain.  Looks like 2200+ ft climbing.  Should be fun. 

Pace 3 Miles: 8.00NB 760 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Lunch- 6 with Jim on another warm day (the real, 95+ degree heat has broken, but we're still hitting low 90's). 

Interesting display of the national debt here, and how big it really is.  The most shocking stat to me was that you could spend $1 million every day for 2000 years, and only have spent $700 billion.  Somehow, our government had to BORROW twice that much just last year.

Fuel Miles: 6.00
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Race: Xterra Table Rock 15k (10 Miles) 01:43:28, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.0010.000.000.000.0012.00

Quick report- Won the first ever Xterra Table Rock State Park 15k (more like 10+ mile) trail race.  Very fun, well-organized, and great course- tons of climbing (2500+ ft?), amazingly technical trail.  Good workout, which is what I wanted today to end my recovery week.  I'm not sure I have ever run two races in back-to-back weekends before, or at least races this challenging.  Great race, then a fun 5 hours playing in the State Park with the family (swimming in the lake, picnic, playground, and some hardcore hiking with Kinley).  Full report later.  First I have to unpack the car, clean the house, and follow some Leadville 100 results!

UPDATE- Full report is now up on my GSR page.  Feel great the day after.  Now I have 3.5 more weeks of high mileage, then a 10 day taper for my goal race of the year, the elite-start of the increasingly and impressively stacked UROC.  Should be fun. 

Fuel XC 3 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
64.0010.000.000.007.0081.00
Fuel Miles: 20.00Pace 3 Miles: 17.00NB 760 Miles: 15.00Float Miles: 10.00Fuel XC 3 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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