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Location:

San Antonio,TX,

Member Since:

Dec 13, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR - 18:01 - Nov '14

10K PR - 38:37 (workout) - Oct '14

Half-marathon - 1:22:43 - Jan '14

Marathon - 2:58:43 in Boston! - Apr '13

50 mile - 7:49:30 (2nd) - Nov '15

Short-Term Running Goals:

- Balance

- Run more trails, volunteer, more social running, run with a team

- Race a lot more.  learn.

Race results / possible schedule:

Apr 2 - Hells Hills 25k trail - 4th

Apr 9 - Toughest 'n Texas 20-mile Trail - 2nd

May 7 - Paleface - Trail Marathon - 3rd

May 29 - American Hero road 25k - 2nd

Jun 25 - Pedernales Falls 30k nighttime Trail - 5th (sick)

Jul 16 - Muleshoe Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 3rd

Jul 23-24 - Fossil Valley 9-hour nighttime Trail - 2nd

Aug 6 - Colorado Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 4th

Aug 27 - Reveille Peak 30k nighttime Trail (entered)

Sep 10 - Franklin Mountains 50k (entered - not all-out effort...I hope)

Sep 17 - Lighthouse Hill 20-mile trail (entered)

Sep 24 - J&J 50 mile trail

Long-Term Running Goals:

Compete in a few more ultras without going off course (again)

Sub-18 in a 5k

One.  Good.  Marathon.

Personal:

I started running at age 30, in late 2009.  I have 2 daughters (10 and 8 yrs old).

  

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony A5 Lifetime Miles: 1054.70
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles: 1551.08
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles: 1244.23
1160s Lifetime Miles: 888.70
Saucony A5 Red Lifetime Miles: 565.10
Saucony A6 - Yellow Lifetime Miles: 214.00
Saucony A6 - Red/blue Lifetime Miles: 61.50
NB MT101 Trail Lifetime Miles: 302.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Lifetime Miles: 286.50
Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Lifetime Miles: 267.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

2 @ 8:34, then 7 x 400 (5% incline, 8:00 pace) with a half mile rest inbetween @ 8:34.  Good hill workout there.  I'm a fan of the long rest for hills since I suck at doing them right now.

All the TMs here shut off after 1 hour as they do at most gyms.  That's ok for 7 miles but, for me, not ok for 8.  So, I went online and found the manual for the one I run on, and figured out the convoluted way to hack into the manager's configuration screen.  From there, I was able to increase the max-time setting so that I could run 8 miles at once next week without it shutting down.  I feel pretty good about my first computer hack job.

New Blue Asics Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tracy on Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 14:51:59 from 173.23.75.96

Nice thinking! I HATE when treadmills shut off!

I also HATE the incline on a treadmill. Good for you for getting some hills into your workouts!

From Kelli on Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 17:59:05 from 71.219.99.30

Dang good hack job!!!! We have 3 different kinds of treadmills, and I have managed to figure out how to change all of them to give me 90 minutes but they will not go any higher than that! It stinks when you have to stop and get going again.

I love how you picked my treadmill speeds, you are a genius! People think I am crazy that I have them memorized, but when you spend that much time on them....it just happens!

From seeaprilrun on Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 07:25:45 from 68.103.243.161

Nice job--so now you will always have to go to that treadmill until you have them all hacked.

From Burt on Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 15:24:10 from 206.19.214.144

Haha! Way to stick it to the man!

From CookieLegs on Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 20:34:13 from 71.36.77.35

Good job hacking in! And, good job on the hill workout, too!!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:29:16 from 84.11.148.246

Thanks everyone, I'm not sure why I feel like this genius computer hacker for being able to follow simple instructions on a manual but it doesn't take much to impress myself. I want to limit the number of TMs that I "hack" so they don't catch on but I have my secret instructions in my pocket just in case when I go in.

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