Name: Phil Sheridan
Date of birth: 2/13/57
Place of birth: Ellsworth Kansas
Current address: Ellsworth KS
Email address: psheridan@classicnet.net
Occupation: Manufacturing Technician
Marital status: 28 years
Children: Daughter -Jamaica, Son -Jack (died in 1994)
Granddaughter Maleiha (2 yrs)
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 140-155
Personal
Best feature (physical): ?
Worst feature: none
Educational background: HS - A lot of math/science at KSU - Salina, no degree
Favorite author: David Quammen
Favorite book: Into Thin Air
Favorite non-running magazine: Outside
Favorite movie: Pulp Fiction
Favorite television show: None currently
Favorite music: Rock/Blues
Favorite musical performer: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Favorite artist: Georgia O'Keefe
Hobbies: Finding hardy orchids that I can't kill, occasional astronomy - not excessively serious though.
Collections: A couple of dozen orchids, oncidiums, phalenopsis, cattleya, dendrobium
Make of car you drive: 94 Nissan Pickup
Make of car you would like to drive: Nissan 4x4 Pickup
Favorite spectator sport: NFL
Favorite game: Don't do games
Favorite vacation destination: Any ultra
Favorite time of day: Evening
Favorite item of clothing you own: Any run shirt that doesn't look like an advertising billboard.
Most prized possession: I don't own any of the things I "prize".
Personal philosophy: Destiny and predestination are crap
Achievement of which you are most proud: Figuring out that destiny and predestination are crap.
Favorite subject in school: Any math or science
Least-liked subject: English
Least-liked household chore: Chore? What's a chore?
Pets: Stacy has six cats, and a dog but the cats like me more than they do her.
Pet peeve: People whining about any R.D.'s rules.
Favorite nonrunning leisure activity: Walking around the countryside.
Greatest fear: Watching my wife or daughter die.
Happiest memory: Any time before my son died, when all four of us were together.
Secret ambition/fantasy: Win the lotto - move to Leadville early enough to acclimate and run it hard.
Personal strengths: The ability to remember arcane facts and formula after seeing them one time.
Personal weaknesses: The inability to remember a name until I have known a person a couple of years.
Running
Years running: 17
PRs: sub 17:00 -5K, sub 34:00 - 10K, sub 2:34 - marathon, 3:35 - 50K, 6:30 - 50 mile, 16:15 - 100 mile
Years running ultras: 9
Number of ultras finished: All but two
Best ultra performance: Vermont 100 16:15
Most memorable ultra performance: Flat Rock '96 - popped my ankle twice, bad the second time, still finished, but didn't run much for 4 months.
Typical training week: 50+ miles, normal - over 100/week when preparing for a hard run.
Injuries: Many small trauma injuries, no major injuries.
Favorite ultra(s): Leadville, Flat Rock - These are also the only ultras I have DNF'ed.
Favorite running shoes: Asics Gel Lytes, Brooks Radius
Favorite food/drinks during an ultra: Whatever works that day.
Favorite handler: Stacy
Favorite place to run: Kanopolis State Park
Favorite type of running surface: Trails
Ultrarunning idol(s): Ted & Vera Zerger. When I was running back to back marathons they were the only people that I could relate to- They were the first ultra people that I had met.
Why do you run ultras? Because they are not easy.
Short-term goal: A long run next weekend.
Long-term goal: Run hard and die…..
Favorite ultra quote(s): "Scenic trail"
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