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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
Tue, Jul 02, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

One week out from the surgery and I'm still pretty sore and not able to do much. I am trying to keep my arm active and stretching it as much as possible. My arm and shoulder have atrophied and look quite a bit smaller than my other arm and shoulder. I'm anxious to exercise it but am being very careful. 

I was thinking of something to blog about and decided to set up a "Race" schedule for the fall of this year and next year up to Boston. It seems to lay out pretty well but I think I'll be a little slow jumping into the Rock-N-Roll marathon training because of this injury and the summer/fall heat here in Texas. Anyway, it gave me something to think about for the next few weeks.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 

Comments
From Russ on Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 08:34:09 from 74.114.3.253

Glad to hear you're mending. Probably not near as quickly as you'd like, but it's happening. You'll be better than ever in no time. Lily's saying comes to mind "I do hard things". Same can be said for you.

From I Just Run on Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 08:41:04 from 67.79.11.242

This is starting to break my spirit a little. :-(

From Tom K on Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 13:17:07 from 71.228.90.171

Let not your hearts be troubled... Besides, when you post an update, I get The $6,000,000 Man theme in my head > “We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster.”

From Lily on Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 09:47:39 from 67.199.178.95

Something is wrong with me. I feel like I keep going in and out of bouts of caring about putting up a racing schedule (and EVEN actually racing) and then not doing anything at all...

From I Just Run on Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 16:37:28 from 67.79.11.242

Tom,

I feel like the $6.00 man right now. :-(

Lily,

This is one thing that raised my spirit...then I got up and walked away from my computer, felt the pain and the feeling was gone. :-( Anyway, you know the scripture: "confess with your mouth..." ...we'll that doesn't really apply, but you get the point! :-)

From Lily on Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 16:39:10 from 67.199.178.95

Ahh sorry. All will be well soon, I know it.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 18:26:41 from 66.69.93.8

Surgery is a big deal, so I wasn't expecting you back yet, but it WILL heal and you'll run Boston next year.

Hey, maybe we can run San Antonio together.

From Dave S on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 13:04:20 from 63.248.20.148

Wow! I haven't been on the blog for a bit! I had to read back through your entries to see what had happened. Sorry to hear about your accident. It sounds like you're off to a good start in the mending/recovery area. Hope it all goes well for you.

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 15:52:03 from 68.102.189.33

Sounds like you are doing what you can--hard to keep spirits up when you are hurt! I am going to try and get into Boston in April.

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