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Location:

Laredo,TX,USA

Member Since:

Nov 28, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

 

Personal Records:

Rice Invitational 1999 5k 15:08

UTSA Invitational 8k 24:54

Guajolote 10k 1999 31:16

3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:09:18

La Salle Chicago Marathon 2006 2:31:23

Eugene Marathon 2010 2:30:48 

Boston Marathon 2011 2:28:01 

 

Marathons:

2005 Austin Motorola Marathon 2:39:16

2006 Austin Freescale Marathon 2:32:32

2006 Chicago Marathon 2:31:23

2007 Greenbay Cellcom Marathon 2:32:39

2007 Fiesta Marathon 2:39:41

2008 Rock and Roll Marathon 2:45:20

2010 Little Rock Marathon March 7 2:33:59 

2010 Eugene Marathon May 2 2:30:48 

2010 San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon Nov 14 2:36:57

2010 Fiesta Marathon McAllen, Texas Dec 12 2:39:29

2011 Boston Marathon April 18 2:28:01 

2011 Fiesta Marathon McAllen, Texas Dec 11 2:40:18

2012 Houston Marathon Houston, Texas January 15 2:39:18 

 

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:10 for Half Marathon and Sub 2:30 for marathon

 

 3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:09:18

Up Next

IBM 3M Half Marathon 1/24/10

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to accomplish my short term goals first... Once I do that, I will have an idea of what to expect long term... 44 yrs old now and since I've been injured free for 1 month I am jumping back on marathon training. Any recommendations for a good marathon in December 2021? What is your recommendation?

Personal:

Don't knock it until you try it.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2626.6091.6019.309.302746.80
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Summary 1:58:46.5 18.00 6:36
1 7:01.7 1.00 7:02
2 7:05.5 1.00 7:06
3 7:03.5 1.00 7:04
4 7:02.3 1.00 7:02
5 7:04.5 1.00 7:05
6 7:08.1 1.00 7:08
7 6:50.8 1.00 6:51
8 6:57.8 1.00 6:58
9 7:02.8 1.00 7:03
10 6:56.3 1.00 6:56
11 6:48.8 1.00 6:49
12 5:55.8 1.00 5:56
13 5:59.5 1.00 5:59
14 5:59.4 1.00 5:59
15 5:56.3 1.00 5:56
16 5:58.0 1.00 5:58
17 5:55.8 1.00 5:56
18 5:56.8 1.00 5:57

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 with two 5:39

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

off

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

off

Race: Houston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:39:16, Place overall: 45, Place in age division: 7
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.200.000.0026.20

Houston Marathon Summary:

Things did not go my way this weekend... I lost my contact lens on Friday and I didn't have an extra lens. It made things difficult the whole entire weekend especially in the marathon. Slept at 10:00pm on Saturday and woke up at 3:30 am yea I couldn't go back to sleep. We left the hotel at 5:00 am and dropped off our bags at 6:20 we left to our corrals right after. My goal was to go 2:28 for the whole distance. 




Here are my 5k splits for the marathon
5k 17:38 5:41 pace
10k 17:40 5:41 pace
15k 17:34 5:41 pace
20k 17:53 5:42 pace
25k 18:27 5:45 pace this is where I just wanted to get off the course my legs felt heavy my breathing and upper body were fine but my lower body was toasted. One thing I did not like about Houston is running on the Crete it pretty much destroyed my legs it's a nice course and fast but if you can't handle the Crete forget it!

30k 19:14 5:49 pace get me out of here!

35k 19:32 5:53 pace and let the passing game begin

40k 21:11 about 15 runners passed me including women haha I got chicked 

2k 10:07 I was done already!

Mile by mile splits

5:44
5:36
5:40
5:36
5:42
5:35
5:40
5:38
5:38
5:40
5:40
5:46
5:49
5:47
5:57
6:00
6:00
6:08
6:07
6:22
6:21
6:24
6:37
6:43
7:01
7:35






A) felt like i was losing my balance I was picking up my legs higher than usual because I was afraid of stepping on something (missing a contact made me feel unbalance)

B) didn't do any marathon specific work just ran single runs in the 90's for 8 weeks

C) I'm fine it's a perfect setup for boston gotta work on my tempos and thresholds!

That's how the cookie crumbled!

 

 

 

 



Here is my heart rate for the McAllen Marathon that I used as a training on Dec 11, 2011



Here is the one from Houston Marathon Jan 15, 2012 almost a month from McAllen I should have been able to run 5:38-5:40, but the concrete in Houston trashed my legs by mile 12. I posted the comparison because everyone asked me why didn't I run between 2:28-2:34. So I decided to post my heart rate of the two marathon in less than 34 days, I couldn't have been glycogen depleted by 12 miles, I should've DNF, but I've never dropped out of a race so I decided to finish it.


 

Comments
From Jon on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 21:32:06 from 98.71.175.203

I can't imagine running without a contact- that would be annoying. Good race, and hope you get in great shape for Boston.

From Benny's on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 22:27:02 from 24.170.92.226

Jon: yea very annoying but o well, will do my best in the next 90 days to get this on rhe right track!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:04:41 from 132.3.53.68

Good run Benny, sometimes the running gods just conspire against us!

I am definitely paying the price today for running in flats for 26 miles on all that concrete...

From Superfly on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:22:26 from 74.211.21.81

Solid race nonetheless. Good job!

From Jake K on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 15:03:19 from 155.100.226.54

Benny that is a really solid race off of just base training. Once you get some marathon-specific workouts in, you'll be rolling @ Boston!

From Benny's on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 18:23:00 from 24.170.92.226

Slowjoe: you can say that again! hehe

Superfly: thanks man! just gotta get back to what works

Jake: thanks for your encouragement! You are a freaking beast!

From I Just Run on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 16:44:49 from 67.79.11.242

Benny,

Sorry to hear it didn't go as planned but it's still a good training and experience for future races(including Boston). I don't know a lot about running but I do know that we all have good days and we all have bad days! You know it will get better!

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

20 - 2:16

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

2 miles easy (5:35,5:37) 1 mile easy (5:35,5:55 uphill) 1 easy (5:32,5:40) 1 easy total mileage = 11 (dry cough plus congestion didn't help)

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

7:01, 7:20 (5:34, 5:39) 7:50 (5:36, 5:39) 7:55 (5:32, 5:36) 9:10 <-- lol total mileage 11 (Felt great today compared to Tuesday this was a walk in the park except for the last mile) You can feel either sore or sorry tomorrow...

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

18- 2:01

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

1hr14

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

off

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

 11 The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle. -Unknown (8x1000 @ 5:18-5:23 pace total miles: 11)

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

off looking at homes

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

1hr and 9 min

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

1:57:46.0 
1 6:31.4 
2 6:31.5 
3 6:32.0 
4 6:31.2 
5 6:33.0 
6 6:34.5 
7 6:33.8 
8 6:35.3 
9 6:34.0 
10 6:34.3 
11 6:35.6 
12 6:32.3 
13 6:27.6 
14 6:27.1 
15 6:29.5 
16 6:33.9 
17 6:30.3 
18 6:38.2 

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Summary 1:19:59.8 
1 7:11.6 
2 7:17.2 
3 7:10.5 
4 7:10.5 
5 7:04.0 
6 7:19.0 
7 7:16.5 
8 7:14.8 
9 7:04.8 
10 7:07.1
11 7:03.0 
12 1:00.7 

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

off

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

off

Race: Livestrong Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:13:04, Place overall: 11
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.0013.100.0015.10

Sunday: Austin Half Marathon 2 mile warm up 

1 5:18.4 
2 5:16.3 
3 5:21.8 
4 5:36.3 
5 5:23.8 
6 5:31.7 
7 5:15.0 
8 5:22.8 
9 5:38.7 
10 5:54.2 
11 5:57.0 
12 5:42.5 
13 5:37.0 

Livestrong Half Marathon top 15... I got beat in the end for the 10th spot by Colin hehe! 

1. Siyabonga Nkonde 1:04:58
2. David Fuentes 1:07:57
3. Cheyne Inman 1:08:47
4. Rio Reina 1:09:04
5. Chass Armstrong 1:09:20
6. Ricardo Alvarado Gonzalez 1:09:47
7. Jesus Ordaz Ordaz 1:11:57
8. Jordan Kyle 1:12:17
9. Jonathan Hernandez 1:12:55
10. Colin Wolfe 1:13:03
11. Benny Rodriguez 1:13:04
12. Joey Przybyla 1:13:05
13. Ashish Patel 1:13:12
14. Colton Connelly 1:14:20
15. Andrew Sinnott 1:15:54


11th place



Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11@7:10

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

14@7:05

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Race: LISD OPEN MILE (1 Miles) 00:04:42, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

2 mile warmup 

open mile 4:42 2nd place

2 mile cooldown

Race: VMT 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:15:50, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.003.107.10

Sunday:

2 mile warmup

5k 15:50

2 mile cooldown


Results here


Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11@7:05

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

15@7:03

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

@7:20

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10@7:30

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

OFF

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

18@1:59:50

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11@1 HR 25

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

14 in 1:38

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 in 1hr15

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10in1hr3

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

18in1 hr59"38

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

1hr20

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

 Just broke in my Mizuno Wave Elixir 7! 15 miles 6@6:50and 9@5:40-6:05! Great job Mizuno Running North America! These shoes are highly recommended! Very good traction and support! Can't wait to race in them!

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11 10-in 58:40 1 mile cooldown

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

12@7:20 pace

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

2 miles 7:24,7:29 (5:44,5:45) 7:32(5:49 uphill,5:42) 8:31(5:41,5:40)7:50(5:45,5:55 uphill) 2 miles easy 7:50, 7:30

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.500.000.000.0012.50

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Race: Capitol 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:33:13, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.006.209.20

Left to Austin at 12:00 pm got there at 4 pm saturday...

Picked up my packet at 4:30 and then headed to the hotel with Gono, Augustine and Noe...

At 5:30 we ate at Olive Garden and at 7pm we headed to my friends place Jack and Adams Bicycle the #1 bike shop in Austin.


                                 With my lifetime bud Jack and the fastest Hispanic Miler in the WORLD! Good times! Thanks Jack and Leo! 

Left at 8:00pm and just relaxed at the hotel and slept at 12pm

Wokeup at 6:30 am and this is how it  rolled



13th out of 25,000 runners with a 33:13 and 1st in my division of 35-39 (Feels good to represent my age group) here are my splits (5:09,5:23,5:28,5:10,5:12,5:24) I dropped the ball on mile 2 & 3! Grinding is part of racing and today was one of those days I had to grind it out! Thanks for the support and on to the next one...




Top 25 individuals last year I ran a 31:50 but today was freaking hot!



Chip TimeGun TimeFirst NameLast NameCityStateGenderDivisionAge
00:29:5100:29:51ScottMacPhersonAustinTXm10K TIMED Overall25
00:30:4800:30:48ErikStanleyAustinTXm10K TIMED M 25-2927
00:30:5100:30:52DavidFuentesAustinTXm10K TIMED M 25-2925
00:31:2800:31:29RioReinaAustinTXm10K TIMED M 20-2424
00:32:1100:32:12WarrenBrownAustinTXm10K TIMED M 25-2925
00:32:1900:32:19BernardManirakizaAustinTXm10K TIMED M 30-3432
00:32:2600:32:26ScottRantallAustinTXm10K TIMED M 30-3430
00:32:3000:32:30ChassArmstrongAustinTXm10K TIMED M 20-2424
00:32:3200:32:32UnknownPartic. 141m10K TIMED M 0- 0
00:32:3600:32:36AgustinHernandezIrvingTXm10K TIMED Masters40
00:32:3800:32:39UnknownPartic. 52m10K TIMED M 0- 0
00:33:0600:33:06ChrisGowellAustinTXm10K TIMED M 25-2926
00:33:1100:33:11BennyRodriguezLaredoTXm10K TIMED M 35-3935
00:33:2000:33:20NateMooreLockhartTXm10K TIMED M 16-1918
00:33:2800:33:28PaulZimmermanPhoenixAZm10K TIMED M 50-5450
00:33:4900:33:49PeterMallettAustinTXm10K TIMED M 25-2928
00:33:5700:33:58JoeyPrzybylaAustinTXm10K TIMED M 20-2422
00:33:5800:33:59JeffSheltonBudaTXm10K TIMED M 40-4443
00:34:0200:34:02AshishPatelAustinTXm10K TIMED M 25-2929
00:34:1500:34:16RichardPowellSan MarcosTXm10K TIMED M 20-2423
00:34:2800:34:30ArielGalvanSan AntonioTXm10K TIMED M 45-4946
00:34:4100:34:41GabrielLucidoCorpus ChristiTXm10K TIMED M 35-3935
00:34:4700:34:48MarcBergmanRound RockTXm10K TIMED M 30-3432
00:34:5400:34:58HernanRozembergSan AntonioTXm10K TIMED M 35-3938
00:34:5900:35:00BryanMortonAustinTXm10K TIMED M 25-2929

Comments
From Jake K on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 08:32:20 from 155.100.226.54

Nice race! Way to rebound on miles 4-5 and pick it back up. That's tough to do in the middle of the race, especially when its hot out!

From I Just Run on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 15:56:54 from 67.79.11.242

WAY TO GO BENNY....!!!!!

Nice race and it sounds like you had a great time! Keep up the good work, you're an inspiration !!

From Benny's on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 21:05:53 from 68.203.250.147

Jake: one of these days I'm going to go crazy like you and run 10-12 weeks of 140 + miles and try to get the best out of me! A 2:14 marathoner from mexico told me he would run 140 miles per week for 10 weeks and then cut down to run his best...

I will be at Boston shooting for a 2:30 lol not as great as you but man! I know why you are good! BECAUSE YOU PUT IN THE TIME! and it pays off!

IJR:Did you run bro? yea I had a great time... spent some time with Jack and Leo at his place! I can't believe Leo Manzano ran the fastest mile ever in Texas 3:55:98 3/24/2012

From Jake K on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 21:13:48 from 67.177.21.60

That's a great goal for Boston. I'm going to try and coordinate a big blog meetup after the race or something like that.

From Benny's on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 21:17:10 from 68.203.250.147

I'm up for it Jake if I can walk lol! I'll be there till tuesday! Let me know! Keep on running hard bro! I know you will do great in Boston! Good Job

From Superfly on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 10:17:08 from 74.211.21.81

Good race man and good luck at Boston.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

4 in the a.m.

12 in the pm 

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.500.000.000.0014.50

at 7 min 88 degrees! it's getting hot

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11 miles with 6 miles at 5:55-6:15 felt lethargic ...these are the days I hate...“I think I can, I think I can.”- The Little Engine That Could

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

10 and 8 pm

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Comments
From jtshad on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:02:16 from 204.134.132.225

Good luck in Boston! Cool that you nabbed an elite number!

From Benny's on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 18:36:01 from 68.203.250.147

jtshad: I'm not in the same shape from last year been putting alot of crappy miles.. I don't know how I got it but I made the cut and it's a great acknowledgement in my life. I'm not elite or do I consider myself elite. It feels good but heck ...let's just freaking run the race! MUTAI 2:01:30 Ha!

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

Comments
From I Just Run on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:41:52 from 67.79.11.242

Hi Benny...Would you let me know your Boston Bib #? I would like to track you if you don't mind.

Preston

From Benny's on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 15:25:02 from 68.203.250.147

BIB #115 Wave 1 Corral 1

This is my second Boston Marathon and well this time I'm just gonna go out there and have a blast! I'm not in the best shape but I'll tell you this much! I won't give up and I'll fight till the end! I hope somewhere along the 26.2 miles I can find the strength to pull me towards a good time. Thanks Preston!

From I Just Run on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 15:31:33 from 67.79.11.242

I tracked you last time and it was exciting...I know it will be again...Go and have a GREAT time..!!!

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Race: Boston Marathon 2012 (26.2 Miles) 02:50:44, Place overall: 228, Place in age division: 179
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Boston Marathon Race Report 2012 - REDEMPTION 2013

Arriving at Boston Logan Airport 




This is the start of the race!


It was FREAKING HOT!

Woke up at 5:00 am headed to the transit took Hyatt Harborside shuttle to the blue line and then headed to Govt Center

We got there 7 a.m. and just hanged out at the athletes village till 9:20 a.m. and then we headed towards the corrals!

Splits -

Mile 1 - 6:05
Mile 2 - 5:48
Mile 3 - 5:48
Mile 4 - 5:44
Mile 5 - 5:51
Mile 6 - 5:46
Mile 7 - 5:49
Mile 8 - 5:54
Mile 9 - 5:52
Mile 10 - 6:04
Mile 11 - 7:18 Stopped to take off compression socks cause they were soaked with water.
5:59
Mile 12 - 6:13
Mile 13 - 7:04 Stopped to take off my socks cause they were bothering me.
Mile 15 - 6:29
Mile 16 - 6:17
Mile 17 - 7:26 Stopped to go to the restroom at this point I just wanted to stop. I should have DNF but my pride carried me through.
Mile 18 - 7:06
Mile 19 - 6:56
Mile 20 - 7:19
Mile 21 - 7:33
Mile 22 - 6:41
Mile 23 - 6:59
Mile 24 - 6:53

Missed the last two splits poured water, gatorade and ice to cool the core temperature but it wasn't enough. I just said the heck with it and decided to cruise this marathon in. IT WAS HOT HOT HOT! DID I SAY THAT IT WAS HOT!

My Race Gear for the Boston Marathon

 The lines to the yellow buses begins here!

Dennis and I waiting in the Village


Just went to the restroom about the 4th time lol




It was the hottest marathon with no shade and water hot as hell! I stopped 3 times! I had never walked in my previous 13 marathons and today was one of those days that no matter how good you want to do you have to adjust or be sent to the hospital .. I chose to adjust! Boy it sucked lol 


Ran my worst marathon ever under brutal conditions the best thing is that I'm ALIVE and get to live another day (a lot of people dropped out or deferred to next years race) REDEMPTION 2013! Thanks for the support! 




Congratulations on Finishing the
116th Boston Marathon!


Benny Rodriguez
Net Time2:50:44
Overall228/21554
In Gender214/12588
In Division179/4329

Comments
From Andrea on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 15:33:50 from 155.100.226.54

Good job Benny. It was a tough day. Way to hang in there and finish it out.

From Jake K on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 15:42:50 from 155.100.226.54

And that "Andrea" post was me, accidentally logged in under her name :-)

From rockness18 on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 17:44:28 from 75.11.49.132

I enjoyed your pics and report. Way to hang in there on a tough day! It will make you stronger for future races I'm sure.

From Benny's on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 18:33:16 from 68.203.250.147

Jake: that was me saying go Jake at the Start good job yourself!

rockness18: thanks we get to live another day

From runningafterbabies on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 22:57:30 from 71.195.219.247

Good job benny! It was stinking hot out there. You will find redemption in 2013.

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 06:07:45 from 12.27.176.2

Congrats on finishing a tough race. Conditions were brutal out there, that was the hottest race I have ever ran!

From Jake K on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 08:28:44 from 155.100.226.54

Benny- I definitely recognized you at the start! This blog is so awesome - to be thousands of miles from home and recognize a bunch of faces from all over the country in a mass of 27,000 runners! :-)

From Steve on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 16:35:17 from 12.171.31.2

Great race, my experience felt exactly like yours.

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 15 min warmup 3min 2 min easy x 5 min 15 easy

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30 min bike 200 crunches am 8 mile run pm and 200 crunches pm

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30 min bike 200 crunches am
Time to get my ass to work! Gotta lose weight ASAP at 144 lbs when I was at 128 two months ago! WORK HARD! 8 mile run

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7 miles in the a.m. 200 crunches and 5 miles pm

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15 min warmup 3 hard 2 easy x 4 and 15 min cooldown

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Race: International 5k (3 Miles) 00:17:14, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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5k - 5:11 , 5:38, 5:48 - 17:14

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Race: Runstrong Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:14:39, Place overall: 7
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2 mile warm-up 13.1 @ 5:40 pace (1:14:39) and 3 mile cool-down for a total of 18 miles! I took 7 weeks off from Aug 1 to Sept 19 and this is my 5 week back! I'm slowly getting back into shape! Great Race! Placed 6th overall! Still working with only one eye! Getting a surgery Dec 20!

 pm 13 miles bike ride

 

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

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18.000.000.000.0018.00

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11.000.000.000.0011.00

 The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. (1 mile warm up 10 @ 5:49, 5:45, 5:41, 5:41, 5:40, 5:37, 5:35, 5:35, 5:39, 5:40 2 mile cool-down)

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2 mile warm-up 3x2 miles (5:15, 5:20) 4 min jog rest (5:17, 5:23) 4 min jog rest (5:22, 5:23) 3 mile cool down! Think training's hard? Try losing.

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Race: Race for a Cause 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:32:59, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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1 mile warmup 10k in 32:59 2 mile cooldown total of 9.2

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18.000.000.000.0018.00

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11.000.000.000.0011.00

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8.000.000.000.008.00

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8.000.000.000.008.00

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Comments
From Jon on Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 20:03:34 from 107.203.52.135

How'd your eye surgery turn out?

From Benny's on Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 14:22:25 from 70.123.94.22

Jon so far so good! I'm just trying to heal! Thanks for asking I just updated my blog with some info with it! I wish I could be running! Looking at a marathon in March! Will see if I can jump on things after next weeks!

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13@6:52 in 85 degree weather

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9.000.000.000.009.00

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8.000.000.000.008.00

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

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6.000.000.000.006.00

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5.000.000.000.005.00

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Race: Fiesta Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:41:57, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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0.0026.200.000.0026.20

Where do I start for this marathon? First of all I usually go run this marathon as a tuneup for a spring marathon. I don't think I had the luxury to train for this marathon as I've had too many setbacks this year. I decided to go run this marathon before 2012 ended? Why? Because I'm going to have a corneal transplant on Dec 20, 2012! Yes a corneal freaking transplant! I've been bummed about marathon training all this year! It first started in April running the Boston Marathon I ran a 2:51 for that marathon IT WAS HOT! After coming back from Boston I fell down at work and hurt my back.  I took a break from running and I decided to start training back again in June, July and then bang I got an ulcer on my eye! That set me back another 7 weeks and well now here I am typing this and talking about my 15th marathon!


I'd like to thank Wally's Bicycle for sponsoring for this race! This is how the cookie crumbled! I left to San Antonio at 5 am for my preop, left san antonio at 11:00 am and then headed back to Laredo, Texas. I ate chickfila and headed back on the road to McAllen, Texas. I got into McAllen at 5:30 pm picked up my packet and then headed to Wally's House! I picked up Olive Garden before heading to Wally's! I ate and chilled till around 9:30 pm and that's when I decided to crash out!


On sunday Morning I woke up at 5:00 am and got my things ready! I got there at 6:20 a.m. as I headed to the restrooms I saw a teammate of mine from Team Mizuno Texas - Jose Munoz! I asked him he what are you doing here? He said umm I'm running the Marathon! I'm like ugh Joe there is no one here! (Jose won the San Antonio Marathon in Nov with a time of 2:28??) At this point I said oh' well I guess I'm shooting for second! No doubt about that because Jose decided to *cough* *cough* jog the race! lol So he says! Anyways Joe ran a 2:28:?? and dusted me from the get go! Anyways here are my splits from the marathon


5:57

5:53

6:03 Asked a cop if I was going the right way! He said I don't know! I'm like fudge I can't see either! I kept going

5:57

5:59

5:59

6:05

6:13 Asked volunteers how many marathoners were ahead? They said 10? smh! I was like those are relay teams :/

6:00

5:57

5:56

6:02

6:06

6:07

6:14 grabbed my own water from the table, I told one of the volunteers you all got the easy job but what about handling the waters to us!! haha

6:10

6:17 Asked a volunteer if it was December- He replied Yes! I said it f%#$% feels like summer!

6:17

6:42 Decided to stop drink some water and take a GU given to me.

6:09

6:06

6:14 Asked a volunteer Must be nice to be on facebook! I yelled add me Benny Rodriguez! lol

6:26

6:23

6:32

6:24

.2 ?? Crossed the finished line and Jose walked up to me! He goes something like this! Hey Benny good job and said sorry bro I wasn't going to run the marathon! I'm like it's ok man! It's a race no need to worry! He was excited as hell! The coolest thing about him winning the race was the 75.00 purse he got! ha!


Total time: 2:41:57




Time to rest and heal from SURGERY!


Wake up and smell the coffee!

Comments
From I Just Run on Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 13:27:55 from 67.79.11.242

Hey Benny,

Just realized you ran this race. I think you did great for really not being able to train properly!

That's a bummer about your surgery, I hope all went well and you're back on the winner's stand soon.

What marathon are you thinking about in March? I might run Oklahoma City in April.

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 Thursday 12/20/12


I went to San Antonio at around 5:00 am from Laredo, Texas and arrived at the surgery center at 7:30 am. My arrival time was supposed to be at 7:45 am at this time I was told it would 2-4 hrs until I had my surgery. I signed all my papers and paid 1300.00 because I had not met my deductible. I waited till 9:15 and that's when I was called by the nurse, I told the nurse I was going to take off my contact and she said ok as I got back all I remembered was being told that they were running late, anastasia guy told me I wasn't going to remember anything and that I was going to be in the twilight zone as they went on two other people and the doctor presented themselves to me. My surgeon was Dr. Charles Reiley an air force guy, let me tell you this surgeon was top of the line! I guess I fell asleep before they started working on me, I woke up 10 mins into the surgery as I felt a pinch and I got startled! When that happened I suddenly moved and the doctor just reminded me to stay calmed and collected. Next thing I remembered about the surgery was the doctor talking about meatloaf and that was about it.. Twenty minutes later they were done and I was out in the recovery room! I guess I was out of it! I did feel two pinches in the eye but that's it! The whole process was painless and the doctor was smooth during the operation. Kudos to the team that worked on me they were real good and very friendly !


First picture with the shield was on 12/20/12 as soon as I got out of the surgery center I went out to eat at red robin yum!


Second picture was on 12/21/12 I saw the doctor and he took off the shield and gauze he said my eye was in excellent shape! I left back to LAREDO and submitted all my paperwork to my job as I'm not allowed to go back to work I'll feb 18, 2013.


Third picture is from 12/22/12 you can see the stitches around the cornea.


Fourth picture 12/22/12 you can see the swelling on the eye lids


Today is 12/23/12 I've had swelling on my eye lids! My eye just shuts down during daylight and at night time it opens half way. No rejection episodes as of yet and I hope I can be in the clear of things as days go by! I'm happy with the procedure and I know what I'm up against!


I don't have any pain at the moment, I'm on vigamox 3x, durezol 3x and some tylenol! I'll see the doctor again in 2 1/2 weeks! Hopefully everything goes well!








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4 brisk walking at 13 min pace

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