I'm retired from racing. Really.

April 27, 2024

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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: 16.50 Month: 63.50 Year: 219.00
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: 59.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

The gym at my work is closed for a month which makes it a lot harder to do elliptical. Frisbee day, 6v6 on the last evening game before daylight savings makes it much darker. I played terrible, lots of bad throws. My team trailed 2-4 but then won 5-4 despite my crappy play. I had a hard collision with a teammate where we both got knocked to the ground- my jaw ran into something hard on his body. Jaw is very sore now. I'd be a terrible boxer.

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Comments
From Rob Murphy on Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 18:50:07 from 76.149.134.98

I don't think you've ever gone 6 days without posting.

From Jon on Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 20:11:41 from 99.63.224.99

Hard to find time to workout with all the end-of-season stuff for kids plus my gym closed.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 07:49:08 from 163.248.33.245

No ultimate games to report on?

From Jon on Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 07:52:30 from 68.189.152.244

We only try to play Wednesdays and Fridays. And we’ve lost some players for various reasons so generally only play one of those two days. Sadly. Hopefully we play twice this week as it’s a highlight for me.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 09:31:24 from 163.248.33.245

Ok. Just wanted to make sure you were't slipping away from the blog.

A 92 year old just became the oldest person to hike the Grand Canyon rim to rim. Want to join me in 2056 when I try to crush his record?

From Jon on Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 11:20:35 from 104.129.205.200

No, not slipping away. Just blogging less due to infrequency of working out recently.

Did you see my post yesterday about the cross country race last Saturday? Curious if you would have done anything like that.

Man, that sounds so far away. I'll be a relatively young 78. If you can do it at 92, I guess I can do it with you... if either of us are still alive then :)

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