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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, Nov 10, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
9.00	0.00	9.00

Didn't really have a plan today. I ended up running the first 4 in the 8:10s and the next 4 in the 7:40s, followed by a cooldown mile. 8:02 AP. Felt sluggish and heavy-legged but probably got a decent workout anyway.

I'm thinking of changing up my plan and making my recovery runs shorter (and slower) to be fresher for these MP and tempo runs. So next week I'd do something like: 8, 11, 6, 10, 6, LR, rest...with the 8 and 6 milers being easy-paced. The 11 and 10 milers will have some faster stuff. I know a lot of people say it's better to get the consistent mileage though (like 8, 8, 8, 8, etc). Clearly I don't know what I'm doing...any thoughts?

1140s #1 Miles: 9.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rye on Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 08:17:36 from 174.27.113.31

Your workouts look great. I think the main thing is to be consistent. Sasha and others swear by the 10 or so miles a day six days a week with the other workouts tempo and mp workouts thrown in there. You are becoming faster with what you are doing so some where in the middle I think.

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 08:42:42 from 72.205.224.181

I think the overall weekly mileage is what really counts, and with tempo/speedwork thrown into the medium length runs coupled with the weekly long runs you are still preparing your body for the marathon.

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