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Boston Marathon

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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

Mon, Apr 21, 2014

Race: Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:27:24, Place overall: 8496, Place in age division: 722

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.20	0.00	0.00	26.20

WOW…what a GREAT experience!

Although my race plan did not fall into place I had a wonderful time running Boston. Being my first time I was in awe of race production, runner support and crowd size and enthusiasm.

I was able to meet up with several of my FastRunningBlog buddies including JG (Jonathan), DerHammer (David), RaTtLeTrAp (Mike), Tom Slick (Lloyd) and Hillbilly Runner (Ronnie). I’m sorry I never was able to catch up with Tom K as our paths just never crossed.

Thanks to JG for picking me up at the airport, spending time with me and helping me pace for the first 7 miles of the race. Also, thanks to RaTtLeTrAp and his wife (Kim) for spending lots of time with me and my family. This was a trip that I will cherish and have fond memories for years to come! I also met a new friend (Kevin) whom I hope will be join us on the Blog soon.

I really have so much to talk about the trip and race but I will try and keep it short as I know there are so many writing reports now. For now I will simply insert a couple of comments about the race and the actual mile splits for reference.

Basically, this was a “Run Fail”. I believe I went into this race in the best condition I have ever been in. All of my training runs, mileage and indication showed I should have been able to run below 3:15 but for the last few days I was having problems (don’t want to discuss on the blog) that was causing me to continually be dehydrated. The indication of this problem showed up from the start of the race and continued to get worse throughout. I have run with my HR monitor so much and watched my weight so much I can easily tell when this limiting situation will occur. My heart rate, from the start of the race, was running about 10 beats per minute faster than it should have been. As I ran the first few miles I remember JG asking me how I was feeling and I told him my legs felt a little stiff and heavy and my HR was way up.

Bottom line, it was not my best race although the effort was there. I know I’ll run it again and PR in a big way some day.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.


Mile	Time	HR	HR %
1	7:42:00	147	77%
2	7:39:00	156	83%
3	7:30:00	158	84%
4	7:36:00	158	84%
5	7:45:00	160	85%	7:38:24
6	7:37:00	161	86%
7	7:32:00	161	86%
8	7:48:00	159	85%
9	7:35:00	159	85%
10	7:36:00	160	85%	7:37:36
11	7:40:00	161	86%
12	7:29:00	160	85%
13	7:47:00	161	86%
14	7:39:00	160	85%
15	7:52:00	159	85%	7:41:24
16	7:22:00	158	84%
17	7:56:00	162	86%
18	8:12:00	164	87%
19	7:49:00	163	87%
20	7:58:00	166	88%	7:51:24
21	8:33:00	167	89%
22	7:23:00	170	91%
23	7:34:00	173	93%
24	8:03:00	173	93%
25	8:31:00	173	93%	8:00:48
26	9:24:00	166	88%	99:16:00
26.2	3:52:00	169	90%	104:16:00
Total	3:27:24	162	86%
Pace	0:07:55
Age Place:	722/8496
55º - 65º, 34% Humidity, 8-14 mph wind - Dew Point 28

Saucony Kinvara 2 (Race Shoes) Miles: 26.20

Comments

From Russ on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 14:44:16 from 72.175.137.117

Solid effort Preston! Impressive miles 22 & 23. Sorry to hear about the dehydration and heavy legs. You are definitely in shape for sub 3:15 but it wasn't your day to do it. Very soon. So glad you got to have such an awesome experience and I have no doubt you'll be back for a PR here and elsewhere.

From Yasir on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 16:30:28 from 99.20.240.112

Great job I have been waiting for you and dehammer's updates. like you said its all about your effort on that day. Please rest rest and recover. Congeratulations on your effort in a very special race. I am glad tha everyone was safe.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 17:59:07 from 66.69.93.8

Congrats on your first Boston finish! Bad luck to have on off-day/illness on race day, but you held strong. Even healthy, most of us fall apart at the end of that course! Great job.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 21:23:18 from 66.17.108.16

Awesome job Preston. That's great you got to meet so many people. On the runner tracker thing your splits were absolutely perfect for quite some time - ticking off at the exact same pace. Nice work. Looking forward to your big PR!

From Dave S on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:56:50 from 63.248.20.148

Nice job! Sounds like you had an overall great experience. I know the time wasn't quite what you wanted but it was still a BQ time which is never too bad a thing.

From I Just Run on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 15:19:11 from 67.79.11.242

Russ,

Mile 22 and 23 is where I decided to push it a little and see if there was any way for me to end strong. Needless to say that's when I pushed too hard and entered the bonk-zone. A HR of about 160 bpm is about the max HR I can maintain for long distances. As you can see I was pushing that for the first 20 miles. That is what was holding me back. I have run many, many times much faster than this with a HR around 150...oh well!

Yasir,

Yes it was a great experience. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm excited for the time you can go and run it too!

Thanks Joe,

I was just perplexed and somewhat disappointed even in the first few miles knowing it wasn't going to be a good "performance" day. Sure would have liked to PR here in Boston.

Matt,

The best part of the trip was spending time with some of our friends on the Blog. It was as if we were old friends and knew each other well. Regarding the times, they were pretty even because I was basically running by effort (HR). I wanted to run faster but knew if I did I would blow-up.That's one advantage or disadvantage, depending on how you look at it about running with/by HR effort so much. I think I will need to work on form (stride length/cadence) to really improve.

Dave,

Thanks...A BQ and a finish close to the top 10%, in my age group, is not so bad. Also, If I had run a big PR I might not have anything to shoot for in the future! :-)

From Derunzo on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 16:27:58 from 24.218.179.128

Hey Preston.... sorry I missed you. I kept saying to my wife and kids, "I've gotta see I Just Run." I was searching the crowds for you big time. Sorry you were feeling off on race day. You still rocked it!

From Tom Slick on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:11:32 from 168.179.157.44

Well done Bro-IJR....

From derhammer on Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 21:18:01 from 72.182.105.29

Nice report Preston. It was great spending time with you - even if it was in a basement. lol.

From Hillbilly Runner on Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 05:38:20 from 207.162.186.109

Congratulation on your first Boston. If you ran that good not feeling 100% you'll kill this course next time. It was nice to meet you. I wish we'd got to hang out some, in Boston time goes by so quickly and our timimg was just a little off. Hope the recovery is going well. Congratulations again....

From Tom K on Thu, May 01, 2014 at 07:08:24 from 174.58.4.250

Sorry we didn't get to meet up there. Great race, IJR! You did it! Miles 22 & 23 - Wow!

From flatlander on Thu, May 01, 2014 at 21:21:47 from 76.31.9.237

Sorry so late getting to this, but great report and very interesting. Definitely had something going with the heart rate there -- it is a bummer when it happens. Glad you had a great time; I am certainly looking forward to my first one, and I'll be looking for lots of advice.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, May 02, 2014 at 09:00:23 from 98.203.229.149

You ran a great race, Preston! Boston is a tough course and the adrenaline was flowing like crazy this year. I didn't wear my monitor, but I'm sure my heart rate was off the charts with all the excitement and crowd support right from the start. I haven't had a great "run" in Boston yet after 3 years. Each race has been a great event though and I go home happy every year no matter what my time was :)

Kym and I really enjoyed hanging out with you, Sarah and Callie. We're looking forward to next time. Maybe in Washington?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, May 02, 2014 at 09:01:48 from 98.203.229.149

Next time you run Boston I'll loan you my race duds and Derunzo will be able to pick you out of the crowd :)

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