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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, Aug 21, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.220.0012.22

79F.  This is my easy week -- I averaged 67 miles/week over the last 3 weeks so I'll cut mileage back about 20% this week to rest up.

7:39 AP today, pretty evenly paced effort.  I'm getting excited about how certain paces are starting to feel.  I did have the fast shoes on, but this still felt a lot easier than it should've.  Later on in the week I'll do a tempo to better figure out where I'm at.

Kinvaras Miles: 12.22
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 20:55:25 from 174.70.177.86

When 7:39 feels easy breezy, yeah, that's definitely a good sign. With all this consistent training, I think you need to think about sub-3 at Houston.

From Dan on Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 23:21:27 from 24.209.83.20

Im with April, if 7:39 is feeling good, you have some big races ahead of you! Nice work.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:27:35 from 132.3.41.68

April - looking at my training schedule I see lots of long MP runs, should get a better idea then; thanks for the vote of confidence

Dan - almost scary how easy it felt but going by "feel" itself can be a tricky thing

From derhammer on Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 16:10:02 from 192.156.110.33

Good call on the recovery week.

I have been discussing paces lately with fellow runners. My body's "groove" pace used to be around 8:10 pace, now it is 7:30's. Strangely enough, I find the groove pace easier than slower recovery runs. For example, I will be struggling and my heart rate will be higher at the slower pace than if I pick up it and run at the faster pace. I am not sure why this is but it is something that I have noticed.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:29:46 from 132.3.53.68

DH - Funny, I have noticed the same thing...like why am I breathing harder @ 8:30 pace today than @ 7:30 pace another day? strange!

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