Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

December 22, 2024

Recent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesSlowJoe's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewMonth ViewYear View
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20092010201120122013201420152016
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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).

  

 

Favorite Blogs:
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
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
Thu, Dec 20, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.050.006.05

32F, NW 20-35 mph.  8:36 AP.  Fortunately all the 50 mph gusts were last night.  Unfortunately, they blew part of our steel-and-concrete-reinforced fence down, not to mention the neighbor's huge trampoline somehow ended up in our backyard.

Gotta pick a 5k-10k pace interval workout tomorrow.  I'm even tossing around the idea of just running a 5k time trial on the track.  5k's count as 5k pace, right?  As usual, I'll probably decide as I'm jogging down to the high school...

1150s Red #1 Miles: 6.05
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 09:01:10 from 155.100.226.191

Another idea is to plan on a 2 mile / 3200m time trial... run it, and decide on lap #8 whether to:

1) Keep going until 5K

or

2) Call it at 2 miles and then add on some 200s or 400s

From SlowJoe on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 09:08:56 from 155.219.241.10

not a bad option!

From JG on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 09:34:21 from 174.49.78.66

I like the 2 mile option ... 11:30?

From SlowJoe on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 09:43:30 from 155.219.241.10

Not sure, but I think I'd be all done if I ran 11:30. Maybe 12:00-ish if I wanted to do some more hard running. We'll see, I never can predict how I'll do at the track.

From Burt on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 15:19:05 from 71.216.109.214

Decide and commit NOW! That's my motto.

From Jason D on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 17:59:22 from 74.75.190.42

I like to run 5ks when I am chasing someone, but I like Jake's idea. I think super hard efforts solo are important though because they can make you push even harder in a race situation. I need to do a 1-mile time trial at some point, but I never figured out how to run well on the track. My only experiences are some two mile runs for soccer and my smoking 9:15 mile freshman year of high school :)

From SlowJoe on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 18:12:14 from 69.131.141.92

Burt - I commit...to decide later.

Jason - too bad we don't live closer, we could push each other to some 1-mile PR's. Clash of the Non-Runners. They could put it on TV but would probably need a commercial break somewhere in the middle.

From joebell1981 on Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 04:27:54 from 99.39.133.24

Sign up for a 5k race, Joe!

Add Your Comment.
  • Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
  • Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
  • If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.
Only registered users with public blogs are allowed to post comments. Log in with your username and password or create an account and set up a blog.
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Most Recent Entries:
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
Recent Comments: