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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

Wed, May 08, 2013

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

61F, SSE 12 mph. 6 easy miles.

I guess the big news is that we're moving to San Antonio. I'll start the new job a week from Monday, and the family will join me later in the summer when we've got a house to move into. Didn't spend much time here in OK, but this job was never going to work out - they paid peanuts, literally. A handful of peanuts - not honey-roasted, not even shelled or skinned peanuts. Anyway, hopefully this is a more permanent move (although it's another defense contract...sigh). Running-wise, looking forward to less wind, but not looking forward to more heat and humidity. Hopefully summer isn't coming up, I'll have to check a calendar.

1160s Miles: 6.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 07:37:30 from 174.254.226.72

Finally jumping on that Spurs bandwagon in year 20 of the Duncan era, huh? Good timing, they'll be around another decade or so...

From SlowJoe on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 07:38:39 from 155.219.241.10

I may live there, but I'll never be a Spurs fan...

From jtshad on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 08:20:35 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on the new job! A new running scene too!

From I Just Run on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 08:23:01 from 67.79.11.242

Go Spurs Go ... !!!

You will be ASSIMILATED :-)

Glad you're moving to SA. Do you know where you are going to live? If you could live in New Braunfels and commute south to SA! It's a really nice area.

From SlowJoe on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 08:29:11 from 155.219.241.10

jtshad - thanks, the running scene is going to be sooo much better than here

IJR - Spurs...NEVER! We'll probably live somewhere in the NW (Northside maybe?), as I'll be working at Lackland. I'm not a fan of the long daily commute, although that is a nice quiet area, isn't it?

From I Just Run on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 08:43:35 from 67.79.11.242

Northwest is close to the AT&T Center...Where the Spurs Play so it's a great area! Actually I'm not that familiar with residential areas in SA. Like any large city they vary quite a bit.

From Bam on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 09:00:17 from 89.126.28.24

Now, let me see... How does that saying go? Pay peanuts and you get monkeys:)

From derhammer on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 10:08:59 from 64.245.52.2

Awesome - hopefully you will be up to Austin often. You are always welcome to join us!!

From seeaprilrun on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 11:27:08 from 68.102.189.33

I love San Antonio! I have lots of family in that area, so when I visit them I will have to visit y'all!

From SlowJoe on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 11:51:22 from 155.219.241.10

IJR - yeah, definitely need to scout it out a bit.

Bam - I guess that explains why all my co-workers were flinging their feces at eadch other

dh - I just might, we'll be up to Austin more often, as my wife and I both have family there as well

April - yeah, let us know when you come down!

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, May 08, 2013 at 21:26:38 from 66.17.102.185

Congrats on the new job and move! At least one of us is leaving the wind behind us. :) Sounds exciting for you and your family. Hope all works out well!

From Bonnie on Thu, May 09, 2013 at 19:26:42 from 74.202.188.254

Congratulations on the new job! I hope your new job keeps up the peanuts along with the $$? I love peanuts.

You can always acclimate to heat/humidity. I am not a morning person (that is an understatement) and we ran in the middle of the day in Nashville sometimes. It wasn't fun, but it was doable. (here, not so much in the middle of the day, but I adapt).

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