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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
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.204.0010.20

34F, N 11 mph.  Since I knocked out this week's long run on Friday in Kansas with April, I just did 10 and change today.  It's been 3 weeks since my marathon, and 3 weeks since I've even run a single mile at marathon pace, so I gave it a shot today.  Started out with 6 quick warmup miles around 7:30-ish pace, then a 4-mile progressive tempo, starting at MP and finishing with a true threshold mile (6:55, 6:46, 6:34, 6:27).  It all felt very difficult, which means there's still a ways to go before I'm back in pre-Houston shape.  An hour later and I still feel out of breath.  Not sure whether the right thing to do is rest myself back into shape, or work myself back into shape.  I've tried the rest thing already though.. for 3 weeks.  So I'll go with the latter.

7:10 AP overall.

Kinvaras Miles: 10.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 11:26:43 from 174.255.240.78

Follow your heart.

Must go back and read about Friday.

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 17:03:28 from 68.102.140.181

Nice tempo! I'm glad you decided to do that on your own and not with me. I'm still living in tempo fear. After I have gotten this 50K thing over with I will get serious about getting back into marathon shape.

From derhammer on Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 18:17:34 from 70.113.125.159

hmmm, I hardly count running almost everyday for the last 3 weeks resting, but that's just me. It all depends on the effort of the marathon I think. I laid it pretty much all out there at CIM and it has taken me until recently before I started feeling good again.

From I Just Run on Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 10:30:55 from 67.79.11.242

Do you guys think it's much more of a mental thing than physical? I get pretty down/disinterested (don't know the right word) after a race and even after a big roping competition. I fought it all last week after after my race on Sunday.

From flatlander on Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 11:37:04 from 198.207.244.102

Interesting question IJR. I think it is both, definitely a mental letdown after a big race. But there is a physical element which has to be respected. I have stopped worrying about it, I just try not to schedule marathons too close together.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 13:05:15 from 132.3.53.68

Burt - I always do...never the brain

April - I probably should have been in tempo fear too, because anything sub-7 feels terrible lately.

dh - yeah, kind of settling in for a long recovery myself

IJR - maybe partly, yeah - that, and maybe mentally getting used to pushing the pace and getting uncomfortable again.

Flat - yeah, that's my problem with the timing of the Houston marathon -- it crunches in on both fall and spring marathons leaving you stuck without much of a break anywhere. I agree there's something physical to recover from as well.

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