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Bear 100

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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
106.000.000.000.007.00113.00
Pace 2 Miles: 5.00XT Wings 2 Miles: 63.00Fuel XC 2 Miles: 38.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Time for the annual, pre-race mileage review.  All dates refer to pre-race weeks.

 

 2009

 2010

 Total miles 12 weeks pre-marathon

940.5

943

 Total miles 24 weeks

 1804

1849.5

 Total miles 36 weeks

 2378.5

2465.5

 80-89 mile weeks 24 weeks

5

5

 90-99 mile weeks 24 weeks

3

4

 100+ mile weeks 24 weeks

4

4

 15-19 mile runs 12 weeks

13

6

 15-19 mile runs 24 weeks

22

17

 15-19 mile runs 36 weeks

27

18

 20+ mile runs 24 weeks

13

14

 26+ mile runs 36 weeks

1

8

 Days missed 12 weeks

2

7

I'll admit that I didn't really want to see the stats this year, because I was convinced my sub-par August (406 miles in 2009, 337 miles in 2010) would sink me.  So I was very surprised to see my mileage totals are slightly higher across the board for 12, 24, and 36 weeks pre-race.  This is even more surprising when I consider how many of my runs were trail runs this year, which take significantly more time versus road runs.  In fact, I didn't have a single road run for a 5 week period!  I spent many, many more hours running this year than ever before, and ran tens of thousands of feet more vertical than any other time.

I ran more 15-19 mile runs in 2009, and many of those were Big Workouts.  I didn't do many BW this year, which is a weakness.  Instead, I did a lot of 10-14 mile trail runs.  Most importantly, I had a lot more long, long runs (26+ miles)- 1 in 2009 versus 8 this year.  That will come in useful this week.  I also had a few injuries this year that resulted in more days off. 

Conclusions:  More miles, long runs, and vertical run than ever before = good.  Slightly more injuries plus no BW = bad.  I am not in the best road marathoning shape of my life, like I was last year.  But I am in the best trail ultrarunning shape.  Next Saturday, I put it to the test.  But no matter what happens, I am excited.  Not nervous, just excited to have a fun time and enjoy a great day in the outdoors.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Lunch- 5 xt

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Sluggish.

Pace 2 Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Lunch- 3 miles with 4 strides.  Less sluggish.  90 deg and humid- looking forward to Utah weather!  Plane leaves at 6:30 tomorrow morning.

Pace 2 Miles: 3.00
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Woke up at 4:50 am EDT.  Left for airport at 5:22 am, reached gate at 5:50 am- living near a small airport has definite benefits in terms of time savings.  Saw my family for the first time in 5 weeks- very nice.  No run, except running home from Cody's house.  Spent tons of time packing enough stuff to occupy a small country.  Good to go tomorrow.  Results will be posted live for each aid station on the Bear100 website. 

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Race: Bear 100 (100 Miles) 20:49:38, Place overall: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
101.000.000.000.000.00101.00

The Bear 100 race report is finally posted.  After not seeing my family for 5 weeks pre-race, I spent my post-race days with them rather than on the report.  And, since I have been building up to this race for 2 years, the race report is a touch long.  Enjoy.

XT Wings 2 Miles: 63.00Fuel XC 2 Miles: 38.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
106.000.000.000.007.00113.00
Pace 2 Miles: 5.00XT Wings 2 Miles: 63.00Fuel XC 2 Miles: 38.00
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