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Foothills Trail 76 mile

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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
83.000.000.000.000.0083.00
XT Wings 2 Miles: 30.00Crossmax Miles: 48.00SC2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Race: Foothills Trail 76 mile (76 Miles) 17:54:50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
78.000.000.000.000.0078.00

Ran the entire 76 miles, rugged, remote, wonderful Foothills Trail in NC/SC.  Was going for my first finish and to break the Fastest Known Time of 16:52.  Run went well, aided by my crew Dad and 3 AWESOME pacers.  Was stymied by lots of water on the trail that reduced us to a slow, slow walk whenever descending the (literally) thousands of stairs or rocks due to extreme slickness, but still completed it in the second fastest time ever.  Hot day- 2 deg off record high plus humidity had us in T-shirts and sweating all day.  Sore and tired (up at 4 am, run 18 hrs, sleep at 4 am), but had a great time.  Full report to follow later, maybe after Thanksgiving.  76 miles of trail plus a mile run in and out.  ~17000 ft climbing, 16000 descending over sometimes brutal terrain leave me the sorest I've been since at least the Bear 100 last year. Missed the record by an hour, but was told I'm only the third or fourth person to finish the trail on their first attempt (the DNF list is twice as long as the finisher's list).  Fun, hard day with lots of help from some great people.  

Full report up on my blogger

XT Wings 2 Miles: 30.00Crossmax Miles: 48.00
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Cool little running video someone made:

Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo.

It's funny how you can relate to a little stick figure running.  I like the title, too, cause the word I kept using during the recent Mountain Masochist to motivate myself was "Onwards." 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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AM- 5 ez.  My right ankle is still very sore to run on, but at least it's not swollen to twice its normal size like earlier this week.  Muscle soreness is pretty minimal now, but definitely fatigued still.  I'll just go easy next week, then start ramping up again.  Next key race is Umstead 100 in March, with Harbison 50k and Uwharrie 40 as training races.

SC2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
83.000.000.000.000.0083.00
XT Wings 2 Miles: 30.00Crossmax Miles: 48.00SC2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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