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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: 2.00 Year: 2.00
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: 989.00
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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
73.0026.001.000.00100.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.002.000.000.002.00

I'm back! Time to start running again. 😁

It's still really hot here but I've got to get back running.

2 Miles today at 7:52 Pace. I'm just going to run low mileage until the weather breaks.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.001.000.000.002.00

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:02:00 134 68%
2 7:35:00 159 84%
Total 15:37:00 147 76%
Pace 7:48:30    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.002.000.000.002.00

Mile Time HR HR %
1 7:56:00 146 76%
2 7:26:00 164 87%
Total 15:22:00 155 81%
Pace 7:41:00    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.002.000.000.002.00

Mile Time HR HR %
1 7:47:00 145 75%
2 7:17:00 169 89%
Total 15:04:00 157 82%
Pace 7:32:00    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.003.000.000.003.00

Kicked the mileage up to a wopping 3 miles....but the training has started!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 7:48:00 142 73%
2 7:43:00 157 83%
3 7:25:00 168 89%
Total 22:56:00 156 82%
Pace 7:38:40    
Temp 80 Humidity 86
Dew Point 76 Wind 5

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

Just 2 today!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:33:00 130 65%
2 8:48:00 148 77%
Total 17:21:00 139 71%
Pace 8:40:30    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.001.000.000.004.00

Ramping it up to 4 Miles!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:23:00 133 67%
2 8:20:00 149 78%
3 8:19:00 150 78%
4 7:46:00 159 84%
Total 32:48:00 148 77%
Pace 8:12:00    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 again ... I'll get there.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:24:00 121 59%
2 8:32:00 145 75%
3 8:20:00 146 76%
4 8:04:00 156 82%
Total 33:20:00 142 73%
Pace 8:20:00    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.004.000.000.004.00

Trying to up the pace and effort!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 7:39:00 146 76%
2 7:49:00 156 82%
3 7:36:00 159 84%
4 7:21:00 164 87%
Total 30:25:00 156 82%
Pace 7:36:15    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.005.000.000.007.00

Increased the mileage to 7 today. The temp was 71 when I started, pretty nice.

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:00:00 130 65%  
2 7:54:00 146 76%  
3 7:47:00 147 76%  
4 7:48:00 150 78%  
5 8:12:00 157 83%  
6 7:48:00 155 82%  
7 7:39:00 161 85%  
Total 55:08:00 149 78%  
Pace 7:52:34     WT
Temp 71/76 Humidity 86/83  
Dew Point 68/70 Wind 2 160

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4's and 7's seem good for right now...

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:16:00 131 65%
2 8:22:00 144 74%
3 8:14:00 143 74%
4 8:07:00 149 78%
Total 32:59:00 142 73%
Pace 8:14:45    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7's ... Easy but Hard when you're not in very good shape!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:40:00 127 63%
2 8:39:00 140 72%
3 8:07:00 141 72%
4 8:31:00 147 76%
5 8:27:00 153 80%
6 8:17:00 154 81%
7 8:14:00 160 85%
Total 58:55:00 146 75%
Pace 8:25:00    
Temp 75 Humidity 89
Dew Point 72 Wind  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

I almost died on this run! Got way oveheated! It was way too HOT.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:30:00 127 63%
2 8:31:00 145 75%
3 8:25:00 151 79%
4 8:39:00 152 80%
5 10:40:00 150 78%
6 10:12:00 139 71%
7 11:29:00 136 69%
Total 66:26:00 143 73%
Pace 9:29:26    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.002.000.000.004.00

Cut it back to 4 so I wouldn't die today. Still 85 degrees and humid.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 7:59:00 133 67%
2 7:55:00 151 79%
3 7:42:00 155 82%
4 7:07:00 163 86%
Total 30:43:00 151 78%
Pace 7:40:45    
Temp 85 Humidity 74
Dew Point 76 Wind 11

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

I paced myself so I wouldn't overheat today. Hot and muggy.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:39:00 111 52%
2 8:52:00 134 68%
3 8:06:00 135 68%
4 8:29:00 140 72%
5 8:37:00 142 73%
6 8:09:00 145 75%
7 8:14:00 150 78%
Total 59:06:00 137 69%
Pace 8:26:34    
Temp 76 Humidity 97
Dew Point 74 Wind 5

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.001.000.000.004.00

4 Miles Hot & Slow.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:43:00 121 59%
2 8:46:00 133 67%
3 8:25:00 138 70%
4 7:49:00 145 75%
Total 33:43:00 134 68%
Pace 8:25:45    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

No weather relief ... Yet..!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 9:03:00 125 61%
2 9:07:00 134 68%
3 8:19:00 135 68%
4 8:39:00 141 72%
5 8:34:00 148 77%
6 8:23:00 148 77%
7 8:39:00 154 81%
Total 60:44:00 141 72%
Pace 8:40:34    
Temp 75 Humidity 93
Dew Point 73 Wind  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.001.001.000.004.00

Lookie lookie ... a little cooler! :-)

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:06:00 134 68%
2 7:54:00 150 78%
3 7:51:00 148 77%
4 7:08:00 160 85%
Total 30:59:00 148 77%
Pace 7:44:45    
Temp 72 Humidity 94
Dew Point 70 Wind  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.002.000.000.007.00

Just trying harder...

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:35:00 126 62%
2 8:31:00 140 72%
3 8:05:00 138 70%
4 8:22:00 144 74%
5 8:09:00 150 78%
6 7:49:00 151 79%
7 7:35:00 159 84%
Total 57:06:00 144 74%
Pace 8:09:26    
Temp 76 Humidity 93
Dew Point 74 Wind 4

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles up in Allen Texas, outside at a 8:30 Pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

2 easy miles on the TN and then 30 minutes on the stationary bike to finish out the week up here in Allen Texas.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Man it's miserable ... ! Not sure why I call these "easy" miles?

 

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:41:00 135 68%
2 8:42:00 139 71%
3 8:08:00 141 72%
4 8:14:00 150 78%
5 8:24:00 157 83%
6 8:14:00 158 84%
7 8:03:00 163 86%
Total 58:26:00 149 77%
Pace 8:20:51    
Temp 79 Humidity 90
Dew Point 77 Wind 5

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Hot

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:26:00 130 65%
2 8:21:00 144 74%
3 8:10:00 143 74%
4 8:04:00 155 82%
Total 33:01:00 143 73%
Pace 8:15:15    

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
73.0026.001.000.00100.00
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