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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: 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
Thu, Jan 23, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.309.003.000.0012.30

I didn't feel very good yesterday after my run. I think I was dehydrated. When I finished my run I was at 153 and at anything below 155 I think I start feeling it. It was so cold I didn't drink hardly any water yesterday. When I went to bed I though today would have to be a slow, low mileage day but when I woke up I felt much better. Not great, but better. After the first couple of miles and feeling pretty good I decided to up the goal pace and distance a little.

This was a deceint run but I am really wanting a 7:20-30 pace to seem easier for a run this distance. I guess I'm expecting too much.

Mile Time HR HR % 3 Mile Avg
1 7:55:00 142 74%  
2 7:47:00 150 79%  
3 7:25:00 151 80% 7:42:20
4 7:35:00 159 85%  
5 7:13:00 157 84%  
6 7:22:00 157 84% 7:23:20
7 7:24:00 159 85%  
8 7:35:00 160 85%  
9 7:32:00 162 86% 7:30:20
10 7:08:00 160 85%  
11 7:11:00 160 85%  
12 6:55:00 166 88% 7:04:40
         
0.30 Slow-Cool Down   Elev Gain 1033
Total 89:02:00 157 83%  
Pace 7:25:10     WT
Temp 48 Humidity 71  
Dew Point 39 Wind 15 155

There may not be any running tomorrow as a snow/ice strom is supposed to blow in.

Isaiah 1:18 

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

 

Saucony Cortana (Red) Miles: 12.00
Comments
From flatlander on Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 08:21:47 from 76.31.9.237

Nice run, we'll see what happens tomorrow.

From Russ on Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 09:43:08 from 74.114.3.253

You've done all double digit mileage runs this week so your legs are a bit tired. Try this run again after a rest day and I bet it will feel much better.

From derhammer on Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 15:59:25 from 64.245.52.2

Keep running this pace and it will get easier over time. Nice job.

From Rye on Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 20:22:18 from 97.121.63.169

Nice run IJR.

From Yasir on Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 01:50:36 from 66.64.154.130

I have to agree with russ. Great workout

From Tom K on Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 09:21:15 from 174.58.4.250

That's a great finish. Nice run.

From JG on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 14:08:06 from 99.141.151.28

Ditto above ... 38 miles in 3 days with last 3 at a 7:04 pace ...well done!

From JG on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 08:03:20 from 99.141.151.28

I hope you did not get iced in last Friday! Surely you did not take the last 3 days off?

From I Just Run on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 08:15:10 from 67.79.11.242

JG,

I am just about to enter my runs for the last two days. I didn't get to run on Friday because of the ice and took off Saturday to go to a roping.

From JG on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 08:20:53 from 99.141.151.28

On another note Preston, and perhaps some others can chime in here ... I am refreshing my reading on Hansons Marathon method, as a guideline for my training. He recommends 4 Easy days running per week, & for a 3:15 marathon that equates to a pace of 8:25 to 9:02. I noticed that you almost never run in this slower zone ... one time in January at 8:30 ... which is the faster end of the range. Perhaps you should incorporate more of these? I am guilty of running faster on many of my runs too, but these slower runs do develop a whole other set of physiological developments ... which are critical to success in the marathon. Thoughts anyone?

From flatlander on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 08:52:53 from 76.31.9.237

I can't keep the slow days slow enough without a heart rate monitor. Of course I take it to the extreme, I currently have about a 3:30 difference between my slow days and tempo pace. Works for me, for now, but I don't think the Hansons would approve.

From derhammer on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 09:43:21 from 64.245.52.2

JG- it's not just the Hansons - I have read numerous coaches say the same thing. I also think there needs to be a further distinction of an easy aerobic day vs a recovery day. I tend to stick to the pace charts for these and I don't have any issues running a 9:00 + recovery pace the day after a hard workout. Ryan Hall runs his easy days in the 7:00's - that's 2 minutes plus off of his MPG. If your workouts are honest (that means hard!) then very easy days are a requirement. And then within the entire cycle recovery type weeks 0 where one drops the weekly mileage - should be built in as well.

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