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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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Sun, Mar 27, 2011
Race: Capitol 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:31:50, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.000.000.006.2027.20


Drove up to Austin on Saturday got there at 4pm. Checked in to hotel and picked up my package. Went for a run at Lady Bird Lake and when I got back ordered some Chicken Alfredo from Olive Garden. I got back to the hotel at 8pm and ate. Finished Dinner at around 8:30 and then dipped myself into an ice bath. Slept at 12:00a.m. and woke up at 7:00 two hours before race time.

Did 3 mile warmup


I got 8th place out of 23,000 runners with a time of 31:50 for the 10k Splits (5:09,5:06,5:16,4:57,4:59,5:10 dunno the .2) hard work is paying off!


Then did a 10 mile run at 6:40 pace!


21 DAYS to the Boston Marathon. This time indicates that I am ready to run a good Marathon! I can't wait!




Top 10 Individuals for the Men

  1. Scott MacPherson 00:29:58 (Austin TX 10K TIMED Overall)
  2. Joe Thorne 00:30:54 (Austin TX 10K TIMED M 25-29)
  3. Alejandro Ruiz 00:31:00 (Elgin TX 10K TIMED M 20-24)
  4. Chris Gowell 00:31:10 (Austin TX 10K TIMED M 25-29)
  5. Scott Rantall 00:31:21 (Austin TX 10K TIMED M 25-29)
  6. Matthew Kutugata 00:31:29 (Austin TX 10K TIMED M 20-24)
  7. Erik Stanley 00:31:39 (Austin TX 10K TIMED M 25-29)
  8. Benny Rodriguez 00:31:50 (Laredo TX 10K TIMED M 30-34)
  9. Jose Munoz 00:31:56 (San Antonio TX 10K TIMED M 25-29)
  10. Daniel Lanzillotti 00:32:04 (Austin TX 10K TIMED M 25-29)



Top 10 Individuals for the Women



  1. Allison MacSas 00:34:52 (Austin TX 10K TIMED Overall)
  2. Chris Kimbrough 00:35:22 (Austin TX 10K TIMED Masters)
  3. Sarah Madebach 00:35:36 (Austin TX 10K TIMED F 25-29)
  4. Liz Shelton 00:35:50 (Buda TX 10K TIMED F 30-34)
  5. Kara June 00:36:09 (Austin TX 10K TIMED F 25-29)
  6. Clarence Slim Hosey 00:36:10 (Austin TX 10K TIMED F 35-39)
  7. Gaby Anciola 00:36:26 (Coupland TX 10K TIMED F 16-19)
  8. Dacia Perkins 00:36:33 (Austin TX 10K TIMED F 20-24)
  9. Tia Martinez 00:36:51 (Cedar Park TX 10K TIMED F 20-24)
  10. Tenille Hoogland 00:37:50 (Austin TX 10K TIMED F 30-34)

    11.  

    8 Miles@7:30pace @8:00 temp 90 

Comments
From Burt on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 02:27:32 from 72.223.90.79

You never cease to amaze Benny. Great job!

From Paul on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:06:49 from 24.10.141.104

Great job, very nice splits during the second half! Hopefully we can meet up at some point in Boston.

From I Just Run on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:21:18 from 67.79.11.242

Way to go Benny...! I haven't know you long but it sure seems to me that you can run with the Elites...! I bet it's fun to run that fast... I can't wait to see how you do in Boston.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:50:21 from 131.59.200.80

That's a tough course, nice going! It would be pretty cool to finish that quest for 2:30 in Boston.

From Steve on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 16:24:45 from 107.24.2.185

Very nice race!

From Benny's on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 18:20:13 from 24.170.84.44

Burt: thanks man

Paul: this is a very tough course if the first three miles were flat I would have easily gone under 31...I leave for Boston on friday I'll be getting there at 3:00pm. It be nice to meet a guy I've learned a lot from!

Ijustrun: i try my best to hang with them...sometimes I can and sometimes I can't...It's not fun racing 20 of them lol it's intimidating at times. Sometimes I ask myself do I even belong here? That happened in this race!

Slow: yes it is a tough course. I know if I can go sub 2:30 that will be equivalent to my Olympics! :P and so I can rename this blog hehe

Steve: thanks!

From I Just Run on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 18:43:13 from 67.79.11.242

Okay Everybody,

We need to start thinking up new names for Benny's Blog....He's going to need a new one soon...!

Something like... "Benny Bagged the Boston"

From Jon on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 20:35:49 from 74.177.99.149

Nice job, Benny. Good luck in 3 weeks.

From Benny's on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 23:08:25 from 24.170.84.44

IjustRun I hope so if not it's always good to look forward to the next one :)

Jon: thanks man!

From flatlander on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 09:58:09 from 76.31.26.153

Benny, haven't followed your blog for awhile, this is an amazing result, congratulations. You are going to kill Boston.

From I Just Run on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 09:58:52 from 67.79.11.242

Hey Benny,

I just noticed the pile-up at the start in the photograph. You weren't part of that were you?

IJR

From Benny's on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:36:42 from 166.205.13.244

IJR: no actually the guy that fell down was the guy that won, the announcer did a countdown 10 9 8 7 6 5 paused and everyone counted down 4 3 2 1 but no horn blew so everyone went off on the countdown except for scott, he thought they were gonna call everyone back and as he stopped... people pushed and shoved him eventually knocking him down to the floor... he he got up and started running and never looked back.. he ran a 29:58 hehe

flatlander i hope so, thanks

From I Just Run on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 17:37:21 from 67.79.11.242

Hey Benny, I was wondering what your bib number was. I wanted to find you in some pictures...

Nothing weird or anything...just curious :)

IJR

From Benny's on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 17:40:31 from 24.170.84.44

IJR: 18

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