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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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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, Jun 24, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.002.0012.00

74F, S 10 mph.

No Insanity workout last night as I got home from work around 10pm, which is bedtime for me.  7:44 avg for the run, which was a progressive finish.  Last 5 were 7:42, 7:34, 7:23, 7:16, 6:53.  Slight headwind on the last 3.  I was working pretty hard at the end, although in mile 11 I had to stop dead for 5 seconds (right before my only tough hill) and slide over to the deep grass as someone up ahead decided the shoulder was an appropriate lane to drive in.  I guess that's why I run against traffic.

Tomorrow will be a day off, my rest week is over and I think my legs have a bit more life in them now.  I hope to crush that life out of them over the next few weeks with some nice high mileage.

1150s Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:37:15 from 67.79.11.242

Your roads must be narrow like the ones I run on, they have no sholder! Nice running this week, your average pace has really gone down.

From derhammer on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 13:10:34 from 192.156.110.39

Sweet run. Did you pick a race yet or is Houston the one?

From JG on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 13:19:09 from 74.190.130.251

Great run/finish! 46 miles on a rest week! I wanna run like Joe!! lol

From SlowJoe on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 16:16:00 from 132.3.53.68

IJR - mostly I am on narrow dirt roads with no traffic but in this case the road had a nice fat shoulder. Maybe too fat if someone thought it was a lane.

DH - it may just be Houston. I'll paste my answer to April the other day:

If I do one at all, the most likely is Albuquerque right now, but the problem with that one is it's 2 weeks before our local half marathon and I really want to do well there. Kansas would be just about perfect but we're going to be in Tyler that weekend. I might end up just signing up at the last minute for one of the Texas races if I see a good weather forecast - that could mean not doing one at all, which I'm ok with. I have this weird issue where I don't want to enter one unless I know I'll PR, so I'm being a baby about picking one with cool temps. I guess it's because a marathon takes you out for many weeks (taper + recovery) so I don't want to waste the training time for Houston unless I know I'll do well.

JG - you would have a sick marathon time with a few months of 60 mile weeks! Do it!

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 19:59:55 from 174.70.177.86

Glad you didnt' get hit Joe. My options on dirt roads are get in the ditch with the snakes or get all up in somebody's wheat field.

From flatlander on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:41:47 from 76.31.26.153

I think you are right about trying to PR every race. Enough can go wrong anyway without entering not in a position to do your best.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 18:22:38 from 75.109.104.60

April - yeah pick your poison, right? This was on the highway that connects me to my favorite dirt roads.

Flat - definitely. Maybe we'll get luck and get a cool October.

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