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3M Half Marathon

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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
67.4011.0013.000.0091.40
Race: 3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:09:18, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.0013.000.0018.00

Article on 3M Half Marathon from Runtex.com

 

 http://www.runtex.com/web/1-2062.asp

 

 

 

My Report! 

Woke up at 4:00 a.m. and ate 2 toast bread and water got dressed and headed on to the race around 5:30 a.m. Agustin Contreras dropped me off at the start while he headed to the finish line to drop off his vehicle and make his way through the course with his bike.

Race was supposed to start at 6:45 a.m. it was 51 degrees with a 20 mph wind gust it had a wind chill of  46. The wind knocked down all the barricades on the course so it was unsafe to run it, the Austin Police department postponed the race 45 min to 1 hr, the barricades were picked up. I wore mizuno singlet, 2010 mizuno musha <-- I'm an idiot I ran in new shoes major no no!!!! I also tied them too tight that, my foot was hurting so much by the 10k mark. I was warned before the start not to wear them, but there I go and do things we all know we are bound to do. I feel that I was capable of going sub 1:08 with no wind, but it is what it is. Now I have to register for the L.A. Marathon on 3/21/2010  to go after my sub 2:30 goal.

 Here is the run through splits from my garmin.

 Warm up for  2 miles at around 8 min pace

Mile 1  5:24 I hate the start of the race because I do the same thing on workouts I start off too slow! BTW the wind was horrible here, this mile is mostly up and down.

Mile 2 5:21 Starting to settle in, I felt kind of flat here. This mile was up and down as well and super windy.

Mile 3 5:13 It was sort of a drop and slight downhill.

Mile 4 5:10 Going down and wind at my back.

Mile 5 5:01 Continued going down wind at my back still

Mile 6 5:09 I believe we are still going down.

Mile 7 5:21 Foot is hurting and we are going up and down

Mile 8 5:21 Still rolling through the course

Mile 9 5:16 Going down hill I start to get back into a groove

Mile 10 This is the part everyone says to let go but it just doesn't happen the wind was tough. 

Mile 11 5:21 Instead of enjoying the downhills from here to the finish I struggled, I could't go faster because of the wind. 

Mile 12 5:18 Downhill but I can't go, I tried going but the wind was brutal even going downhill.

Mile 13 5:19  Got passed by Daniel Pinter of Colorado, he told me good job at the end, we ran from mile 11 to the finished together.

 

Cooldown: 3 miles 

A special thanks to Agustin Contreras for hosting me at his home in Round Rock! :) THANK YOU AGUSTIN!  And a special thanks to PAUL PETERSEN for training advice!

Thanks to Wish for the Mizuno gear! 

THANKS TO all Fast Running Blog athletes that have commented and given me motivation ..

 

Total Time:

Benny Rodriguez #3861

Laredo, TX, USA
Age: 33 Gender: M
1:09:18
Distance HALF MAR
Clock Time 1:09:19
Chip Time 1:09:18
Overall Place 3 / 3939
Gender Place 3 / 1664
Division Place 1 / 243
Age Grade 85.6%
First 10K Rank 6
First 10K Time 32:32
Final 6 9M Rank 2
Final 6 9M Time 1:09:18

 

Comments(25)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Distance
12 mi
01:24:03
Pace
7:00 min/mi
8.6 mph
Calories
1308 kcal
128.999 lb

Workout details

Duration
01:24:03
Effort
Notes

 

Legs are in top shape and have no soreness in them from yesterdays race. Resuming marathon training. Up next Edinburg All America 10K. Legs didn't get trashed after this race and I know why!

Comments(7)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

 

Workout details

Duration
01:52:25
Effort
Notes

 

Got lost and the 20 mph wind gust from the gulf didn’t help, so I just kept it nice and easy.


Distance
15.004 mi
01:52:25
Pace
7:29 min/mi
8.0 mph
Calories
1793 kcal
128.999 lb

Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.0010.000.000.0012.00

Distance
12 mi
01:14:31
Pace
6:12 min/mi
9.7 mph
Calories
1160 kcal
128.999 lb

Workout details

Duration
01:14:31
Effort
Warm Up(1.0 mi, 00:07:08, 7:08 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:05:58, 5:58 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:06:04, 6:04 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:05:59, 5:59 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:06:03, 6:03 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:05:52, 5:52 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:06:03, 6:03 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:05:58, 5:58 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:05:57, 5:57 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:05:57, 5:57 min/mi)
Tempo Run(1.0 mi, 00:05:58, 5:58 min/mi)
Cool Down(1.0 mi, 00:07:34, 7:34 min/mi)
Notes

 

Felt good and overall pleased with the run through some hills. * Note Testing some shoes ;) *

 

 70°F | °C

Current: Mostly Cloudy
Wind: SE at 15 mph
Humidity: 73%

Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

Distance
15 mi
01:49:03
Pace
7:16 min/mi
8.3 mph
Calories
1485 kcal
128.999 lb

Workout details

Duration
01:49:03
Effort
Notes

 

Another easy medium run…. still testing the R5, these suckers have good support and don’t even feel like a racing shoe. So far the shoes are a smooth ride these shoes are a lot better than the musha 2 :/ aghh they feel so good.

 

 71°F | °C

Current: Clear
Wind: SE at 16 mph
Humidity: 76%

Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.401.000.000.0012.40

 

1/29/2010Run Easy12.4 Mi1:24:20

 

53°F | °C

Current: Clear
Wind: N at 9 mph
Humidity: 38%

7:13, 7:12, 7:25, 7:17, 6:52, 7:04, 6:57, 7:11, 7:00, 6:52, marathon pace 5:37 , 6:49, 2:50

Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles... Done! 1:00:22 seconds, 8:37 avg

 

Just went for an easy runner...legs feel fresh!! lol

Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
67.4011.0013.000.0091.40
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