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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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Fri, May 13, 2011
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5.000.005.00

58F, low north wind.  5 @ 8:16 AP.  Just a short run in the hopes that I can eke out a decent time in the 5K tomorrow morning.  The weather should be nice, not windy like my PR a couple months ago.  I wish I was feeling faster though; my PR was 6:17/mile (per Garmin) which felt like an all-out sprint yesterday.  We'll see, who knows....

I'm dealing with a bit of metatarsalgia right now which is a bit of pain on the ball of my left foot, near the base of the middle toe.  It's not a show stopper at this point but it's making me re-think wearing flats for the race, which would probably take PR out of the picture.  Smart money says I'll wear the flats anyway.

1150s Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:49:49 from 67.79.11.242

I say just take 5 ibuprofen and just run....! That's the advice my knee doctor gave me! It worked for 21.5 miles and then I think the ibuprofen wore off :( Seems the weather will be perfect if it's like here!

From I Just Run on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:50:23 from 67.79.11.242

Oh...BTW...Are you wearing the orange shirt?

From Burt on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:51:22 from 72.223.90.79

Good luck!

From JG on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:02:03 from 74.176.17.148

My race pace always feels like an all-out sprint in training ... something about the power of 'race' day! That is a bummer about your foot, hope it goes away before it gets worse! Just triple the length of your stride, & you will have 1/3 as many foot strikes! :) Good Luck!!

IJR - Maybe you should have taken 5 more at the 18 mile mark!

From I Just Run on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:13:21 from 67.79.11.242

JG,

Next time that's what I'm going to do...!

From DaleG on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:20:09 from 174.52.230.9

I'm dealing with that same pain and it a real...pain. This morning, I was walking around barefoot and I stepped on a tiny little plastic toy key that goes to one of my daughter's toys and that sore spot on my foot was right where I stepped onto it. Oh MAN that hurt. It made me drop to the floor, literally!!! Still hurts.

Good luck at the 5k tomorrow

From SlowJoe on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:55:18 from 131.59.200.82

IJR - yep, ibuprofen and orange shirt...check

Thanks Burt, good luck on your race too.

JG - sounds like a recipe for success -- you really have all the tricks, don't you?

DG - ouch! I know that must've hurt. I stuck an O-shaped callous pad a bit behind where it actually hurts (basically put it in the middle of the ball of my foot) to take some pressure off the metatarsal head. Seems to actually help a little so far, but I'll let you know how it went when I run on Saturday.

From I Just Run on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 13:11:40 from 67.79.11.242

Now I know you're going to PR...! BTW...Can I borrow that orange shirt for my next race?

IJR

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