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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.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 67.85
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
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.002.506.00

I keep looking an calculating the paces on the RLRF program (for running a 3:15 marathon) and thinking..."I can't run those paces"...then I go out and try and actually accomplish it. I've also been running either a couple extra miles or running some of the paces just a little faster just to prove to myself that I actually can! Sorry to sound so happy but it's really kind of cool to me :-) I'm sure not saying that it has been easy. On Saturday's long run, I really wanted to quit after mile 15 and today I was thinking after only a couple of laps that I was going to fall apart but some way the energy was there as I needed it (painful but there). Ha ha... I may not be saying this ten weeks into the training...we'll see :-)

11/21/2011
Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
2 Warm-Up  
1200m 4:27:00 165 88% 174
200m Recovery  
1000m 3:44:00 162 86% 173
200m Recovery  
800m 2:58:00 160 85% 174
200m Recovery  
600m 2:06:00 160 85% 173
200m Recovery  
400m 1:19:00 155 81% 171
1.5 Cool-Down  
 
Total 12:28:00 160 85%  
Total Miles 6      
High School Track
72º - High Humidity
Target:
Repeats - 10-20 Min. Warm-up, Stretch, 1 x 1200 @ 4:33 (6:04 pace), 1 x 1000 @ 3:44 (5:58 pace) 1 x 800 @ 2:58 (5:56 pace), 1 x 600 @ 2:13 (5:54), 1 x 400 @ 1:27 (5:48 pace), 200m Recovery between each, 10 Min. Cool-down

Isaiah 55:11

11So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Saucony Ride 4 Miles: 6.00
Comments
From JG on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 17:17:19 from 71.57.246.108

Wow, you really smoked that last 400! Did your teachers in school get mad at you because you never followed their instructions? :)

From I Just Run on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 17:24:29 from 67.79.11.242

Darn...I know you were going to catch me... I just told you last week that I wasn't going to go beyond what the training schedule said. Forgive me Obi-Wan Kenobi :-)

From Dave S on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 20:10:18 from 4.253.103.30

Wow nice job hitting and exceeding your target paces. You just can't resist can you ;-)

I was catching up on your last couple of posts and thought I would add something about cold feet when cycling. I don't know how tight your socks fit over your shoes, but I wrap several layers of 50% wool felt around my shoes before putting on the outer sock for extra insulation. I ride like this down to 5 deg temps although I don't usually go more than 20 miles when it's that cold. They are usually starting to get cold by then.

From Rye on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 21:10:44 from 174.27.70.12

You are a well oiled machine! Keep up the great work!

From I Just Run on Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 09:49:43 from 67.79.11.242

Dave,

Thanks for the advice. I'll try that when it's cold again. I've really been having trouble finding time to ride lately. Just a lot going on!

Rye,

Ha ha...gotta keep up with you! Hey I never recieved the private message. My e-mail address is:

ptatum@fountainpeople.com

Can you just send it there, I'm not sure what's up with my system here at work. It could be blocking Blog messages or something.

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