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GE 6k cross country race

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Location:

Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

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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
41.000.000.004.008.0053.00
Test Shoe 4 Miles: 41.00SC2 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.006.008.00

Lunch- for perhaps the first time, my lower legs (calf, achilles, and ankles) are more sore than my quads and hammys after an ultra.  Guess that reflects the technical terrain with all the rocks and uneven footing.  Felt ok, so should be up for a decent run tomorrow.

Test Shoe 4 Miles: 2.00
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Lunch- Brr, it's cold now.  50 deg today.  10 miles with Dan and Jim.  Legs were a bit sore and sluggish, but much better than I expected.   Signed up for the GE trail 6k this Saturday, though I don't expect to be fast at all.  

I have a bunch of Southwest airfare to spend for races next year.  Anything from March to June.  Suggestions? 

Test Shoe 4 Miles: 10.00
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At work from 8 am till 1 am doing testing, though I managed to fit in two 6 mile runs, plus some biking.  And I have to be back at work for more testing Thurs.

Test Shoe 4 Miles: 12.00
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Very tired after long work hours the past few days, plus I just finished an ultra.  Feel like I could get sick pretty easy.  Taking the day off.

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AM- 8.  Feeling not as tired.

Test Shoe 4 Miles: 8.00
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Race: GE 6k cross country race (3.69 Miles) 00:21:58, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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AM- 3 trail races in 3 weeks, 3 wins.  I guess that's a streak, though it won't continue at Shut In run or TNF San Fran 50.  Today was the last race of the Greenville Track Club corporate series, the GE 6k held at Conastee State park.  Did a nice warm up and felt like absolute garbage- legs were tired and sluggish.  I figured I'd still run hard, though, and see what happened.  I've learned I can never outrun my endurance at these short races, so I just start as fast as I can and then let my legs hold on the rest of the way.  Temps were nice- low 50's and breezy.

The race started with a little loop of the parking lot before diving onto twisty, rooty, fun trails for a mile.  First mile was pretty quick, 5:46, and I was in the lead with GE runner Philippe and a teenager 4 seconds back.  Mile 2 was mainly on bike trail and was 5:52, and I had built about a 15 second lead on Phil.  Mile 3 was back on enjoyable, undulating trails, including some raised wooden portions over swamp/mud and some sand and passed in 5:58.  The last .69 mile was mainly uphill.  Finished 3.69 mile course in 21:58, winning by 20-30 seconds or so.  Legs felt fine during the race and I enjoyed stretching them out on some dirt.  This is a good race, well run with a fun course and 300 competitors and 400 ft climbing.  The prizes are unique, too- GE CFL light bulbs.  I won 6 for 1st overall and 3 more for 1st team overall.  They also do door prizes of lots of gift cards, pumpkins, etc.

Cooled down with Phil and Scott by sweeping the course, picking up all the course markings, mile markers, cones, etc.  I've never run with a cone before.  Total for the day was 13 miles.  I plan to try to sleep more and continue recovering while getting back to normal mileage (90-100+) for 5 weeks of training before San Fran. 

SC2 Miles: 4.00Test Shoe 4 Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
41.000.000.004.008.0053.00
Test Shoe 4 Miles: 41.00SC2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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