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Location:

Kingsbury,TX,USA

Member Since:

Jan 10, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

 

Some day I will not be able to do this...today is not that day!

Started Running (6/1/10) @ 50 Yrs Old

  • 5K:
    • 22:26 (7:14 pace) McAllister Park 8/14/10
    • 22:24 San Marcos (7:13 pace) 10/19/10
    • 21:09 San Marcos (6:49 pace) 11/20/10
    • 20:19 San Marcos-Faith Run (6:33 pace) 5/26/12
    • 20:06 Fentress (6:26 pace) 10/20/12
    • *19:21 Gruene (6:20 pace) 11/22/12 (*Short Course)
    • 19:42 San Marcos-Faith Run (6:21 pace) 5/25/13
    • 19:42 San Marcos-Faith Run (6:21 pace) 5/24/14 (Not a Typo, exactly same time as last year)
    • 21:38 New Braunfels Orange Leaf (6:58 pace) 7/19/14
    • 19:33 Gruene Turkey Trot (6:18 pace) 11/27/14
    • 19:43 Kyle-For the Love of Go (6:27 pace) 2/14/15

  • 5 Miles:

    • 34:03 (6:48 pace) Hillsboro, Ill 7/4/11
  • 10Ks:
    • 43:24 (7:00 pace) Gatesville, Tx 6/4/11
  • Half Marathons:
    • 1:42:16 (7:48 pace) Austin Livestrong  2/20/11
    • 1:36:23 (7:21 pace) Moe's Better Half  3/6/11
    • 1:35:55 (7:19 pace) Chosen Half Marathon for Adoption 10/29/11
    • 1:30:10 (6:53 pace) Austin 3M 1/2/12
    • 1:43:13 (7:54 pace) Orange Leaf  7/14/12
    • 1:33:44 (7:08 pace) Chosen Half Marathon for Adoption 10/27/12
    • 1:32:23 (7:03 pace) Austin 3M 1/13/13
    • 1:35:16 (7:16 pace) Marathon for Adoption 10/26/13 (Ran off-course .3 miles)
    • 1:36:48 (7:23 pace) SA Rock-N-Roll 11/17/13
    • 1:37:06 (7:25 pace) Chosen Half Marathon for Adoption 10/25/14
    • 2:00:28 (9:11 pace) Long Beach Half Marathon (Paced Callie) 10/11/15
    • 1:39:29 (7:35 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/21/15
    • 1:34:06 (7:11 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/19/16
    • 1:37:43 (7:37 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/18/17
    • 1:36:30 (7:22 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/17/18
    • 1:45:10 (8:01 Paced Callie) Surf City Half Marathon 2/2/20
  • Marathons:
    • 3:38:09 (8:19 pace) Oklahoma City Marathon 5/1/11
    • 3:30:16 (8:01 pace) Ft. Worth Cowtown 2/26/12
    • 3:30:53 (8:03 pace) Oklahoma City Marathon 4/29/12 
    • 0:00:00 (DNF) Ft Worth Cowtown Marathon 2/24/13 (Ran off-course)
    • 3:22:56 (7:44 pace) Temple Army Marathon BQ 4/21/13
    • 3:27:24 (7:55 pace) Boston Marathon BQ  4/21/14 
    • 3:18:40 (7:35 pace) CIM Marathon BQ 12/7/14
    • 3:33:07 (8:08 pace) San Antonio R&R Marathon BQ 12/7/16
    • 3:25:32 (7:51pace) The Woodlands Marathon BQ 3/3/18
    • 3:26:17 (7:52 pace) The Woodlands Marathon BQ 3/2/19
  • Triathlons:
  • (1:12:23) Martindale (Sprint) Tri For Old Glory 7/1/12
  • Ragnar Relay:
  • (28:24:24) SoCal Ragnar 4/6-7/18 

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Running Boston Marathon with Callie 2020 ...!!!
  • Break 19:00 in the 5K
  • Break 1:28 in Half Marathon
  • Hit 3:16:00 in the Marathon

Upcoming Races: 

  • Boston with Callie...!!! (my daughter)

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Win 1st in the World Series Team Roping Finals Dec. 2020
  • Run Boston with Callie, My Daughter
  • Run Sub-18:00 5K (Ouch)
  • Run Sub- 3:10 Marathon  Run 3:16 Marathon
  • Compete in a Full Iron Man (Not sure since my two major bike accidents)

Personal:

Married, two kids  Kirby (Baylor University, Married not a a Runner), Callie  (TCU University, Married and Runner).

My main sport is Team Roping, I've been doing that all my life. 

I started running in the spring of 2010.

I Just Run               

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 656.81
Brooks Racer ST 5 (Race Shoes) Lifetime Miles: 146.57
Saucony Kinvara 2 (Race Shoes) Lifetime Miles: 430.23
Swim Time Lifetime Miles: 26.00
Trek (Road Bike) Lifetime Miles: 1256.25
Altra-Instinct-Blue Lifetime Miles: 551.67
Altra Instinct Black Lifetime Miles: 520.10
Altra Paradigm Black Second Pair Lifetime Miles: 7.00
Saucony Kinvara 2 Green (Race Shoes) Lifetime Miles: 145.70
Sun, Dec 30, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.5020.000.000.0023.50

20 mile run today.

Ran from chruch (Lockhart) to home. The total distance is 23.5 miles so I walked/jogged the last 3.5 miles. I'm happy to get this run under my belt but a little worried because my kneecap, on my left knee, was hurting after the run. About 12-13 miles into the run it started hurting a little but went away after a few miles then after the run started hurting even more. Today it's not too bad and I'm hoping it goes away with some rest. I'm sure it's just overuse. Anyway, I kept the pace I wanted with a few slow downs and speed up on the hills. I was even able to give a good effort on the last mile (7:18) but as usual, after 20, I wasn't sure I could have made it to 26.2. Even the last 3.5 miles, at a slow pace, were hard. I forgot my HR monitor so I don't have that information.

Mile

1 8:24

2 8:05 

3 8:09

4 8:22

5 8:13

6 8:11

7 8:06

8 8:15

9 7:57

10 7:58

11 8:11

 12 8:05

13 8:08

14 8:24

15 7:58

16 7:50 

17 7:47 

18 8:09

19 7:55

20 7:18

Total: 2:41:35

Avg Pace: 8:05 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE !!! 

Saucony Ride 4 (Orange Heel) Miles: 23.50
Comments
From DLTheo on Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:17:30 from 155.130.107.20

Nice run IJR! Great way to finish out the year!

I've had lots of knee aggravation over the years. Most of the time knee pain isn't anything to worry about. I usually find that my knees start bugging me for one (or more) of four reasons:

1) running on surfaces that are too hard, like concrete sidewalks.

2) Shoes have too many miles on them

3) Recent sudden increase in training mileage or intensity

4) Not doing enough strength training for my legs, such as squats and lunges.

From JG on Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:22:38 from 98.237.61.17

Great run Preston ... I have never run a 20 miler that was not hard & hurt! Race day magic is the only way I run 26 ... & focused carb loading, fueling, adrenalin etc.

That is an awesome last mile!

Happy New Year!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 10:04:49 from 69.131.141.92

Great run! I'm with JG, there's never an EASY 20-miler. Happy new year!

From Rye on Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 11:54:42 from 65.129.74.135

Solid run Preston....

From Tom K on Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 08:54:44 from 71.228.90.171

Strong work, IJR. Nice last mile. I don't think I could change gears like that to the finish. My big run felt like I dragged myself across the end. If my math is right, you were 8:10 pace for the first 10, and 7:58 for the second 10. That is awesome. What a great way to end the year.

From I Just Run on Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 08:56:37 from 67.79.11.242

Thanks DL for the advice. I can see that any or all of these could contribute to my problem. I really don't have anywhere to run except on the road, my shoes should be good but I actually took the soft insoles out and replaced them with hard ones (several months ago). I don't like soft insoles for some reason. I did run this run in my Saucony Ride 4's with the soft insoles. My milage has been a little sparatic, if you look at each week (basiclly 60,30,60,30 but it's more because of when my long runs fell and not really increased milage. Lastly I haven't done any leg strength training so as you can see I'm probably guilty on most accounts.

Thanks JG, Joe and Rye,

I'm just a little afraid this was more of a race effort than a training effort. Time will tell.

From DLTheo on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 15:09:47 from 155.130.107.20

Roads aren't too bad, but it is nice if you can get on soft surfaces on easy days. Sidewalks area lot worse than roads, in my experience. Concrete is harder than asphalt.

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