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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?

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Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.005.000.0016.00

62°F | °C

Current: Overcast
Wind: N at 0 mph
Humidity: 93%

If there is anything I hate is doing workouts!!! Somehow I was dragging before the start of the workout, like today. I ran 6 miles @ 7:30 pace before starting the 1000 repeats. I always start of slow with a 3:18 and winding down to a 3:13, believe or not I get comfortable with the pace and things just turn easier after the first one. My legs are holding up, I am feeling too fresh after the workout,  I guess the mileage is settling in. I hate writing guys so this is the best I can practically put on writing. lol

 If you are wondering what I have been doing as far as eating etc etc.

 

Slept 7 hrs,

Breakfast: I had some cookies and a coke sorry guys I was sleepy at work!

Lunch: ate 2 burritos @ noon with a water 

Dinner: 1 jumbo jack, large fries, 1 bottle water and I'll probably eat some snacks here and there before I go zzz!

 

Yea my diet is bad! lol 

 

Benny ran 
16.07 
 on January 14, 2010 09:17 PM

Distance
16.07 mi
01:44:57
Pace
6:31 min/mi
9.2 mph
Calories
1634 kcal
128.999 lb

Workout details

Duration
01:44:57
Effort
Warm Up(6.1 mi, 00:45:11, 7:24 min/mi)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:18, 3:18 min/km)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:16, 3:16 min/km)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:16, 3:16 min/km)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:15, 3:15 min/km)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:13, 3:13 min/km)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:13, 3:13 min/km)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:13, 3:13 min/km)
Intervals(1.0 km, 00:03:13, 3:13 min/km)
Cool Down

(5.0 mi, 00:33:49, 6:46 min/mi)

 

Comments
From Samantha Dean-Howard on Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 13:22:07 from 90.201.147.160

Wowsers one heck of a work out Benny, I think we all hate the 1st rep of any session, and the last one well its a gotta go go go, but your running really fast and doing high mileage too glad your settled into it too.

You hate writing and I type too much LOL

Your diet isnt that bad..... humidity is quite high ouch :)

From Superfly on Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 14:24:31 from 208.117.127.110

I hear ya man. I hate workouts... I really hate 1000's. In fact my most hated workout. But you hit it like a champ. Good job.

My diet only gets good about a week and a half before a real race. Most of the time outside of that it's a free for all. And since I have been injured and haven't raced in like 15 months I'm in a valley of bad diet hell.

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