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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
Fri, May 03, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.003.008.00

34F, 7:18 AP.  7-mile progression run and 1 cool-down mile.  Started slow and let the pace progress naturally.  Toward the end of mile 7, it no longer felt natural so I jogged the last one home.  Probably could have forced mile 8 down there, but I'm not ready for an "effort" yet; trying to do the whole "listen" thing more.  It'll be 2-3 weeks probably before those paces feel natural again, I guess.  I did well to pull the plug and keep it aerobic.

8:10, 7:51, 7:28, 7:14, 6:53, 6:42, 6:37.  cool down 7:31.

The progression run has kind of fallen off my radar for awhile.  I've also started a trend of positive-splitting most races.  Coincidence?

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:23:04 from 67.79.11.242

Nice run. It's easy to see it coming back for you (from my vantage point)!

My "listener" doesn't work very well :-(

From Bam on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:44:34 from 89.126.28.24

Good effort Joe. I'll knock up some stuff on progression runs tonight and fire it over to you.

I'll also include some stuff on the hill blasts. I did the hill blasts today and I think today was the first time I managed to get them bang on; hopefully I'll save you a lot of time with the old trial and error.

Just going out for a cheeky little 5 miler, then I'll have some snap and chat to the old lady (enough to make her think I'm interested etc:)and then I'll get to work.

LJR(F) I'll get back to you tonight.

From seeaprilrun on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 17:24:42 from 68.102.189.33

nice run! I am really interested to watch your sprint training. :)

From Jason D on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 17:33:36 from 24.1.80.94

It won't take long, Joe. There were days when 6:37 would have been a "good" split in a 5k I'm sure. I tend to run all runs slightly progressively, but not substantially so, which isn't always great with slow, easy runs because it doesn't teach patience. But the progression you have done here is great for fitness and teaching you to run smart. Negative splitting the marathon is tough. Not many people on the blog doing that. I think the 5k and the marathon are hardest to negative split, but others may have a different experience.

From Tracy on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 19:37:27 from 50.103.254.253

Joe, are you thinking Chicago this year? If so, let me know!

From Burt on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 19:46:23 from 72.223.88.98

Let me know, Joe!

From Matt Schreiber on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 21:00:57 from 66.17.102.185

Smart run today Joe. You'll be back to 6:30's feeling normal in no time. This talk about negative splits is kind of ironic. I've been pondering it quite a bit on my last few runs.

From SlowJoe on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 09:18:15 from 96.61.24.215

Thanks all - it'll definitely come back eventually.

Tracy - nah, I meant for you! But yeah, not much of a "destination" is it?

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