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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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Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Lifetime Miles: 286.50
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Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

Winds today were from the south at 26 mph gusting to 36.  And I thought I'd go ahead and run on my north-south highway...I may not do that again.

So the fist 3 miles (going north) I almost felt like I was walking, my effort was so low.  I could feel the wind picking me up and it felt like I was being carried down the road.  Averaged 8:22.

I knew it would be bad coming back, so I set 9:00/mile as a goal and managed to average 8:51 coming back.  Those were probably almost tempo pace effort, no kidding.  The gusts would actually knock me back on my heels a bit.  Judging by my breathing, I was definitly giving huge effort.  So much for taking it easy this week - I shoulda just kept the same effort and run 10-minute miles since my knee started complaining about the hard effort I gave coming home but I couldn't stand not meeting the arbitrary goal I set.  Anyway, the knees are doing ok now so no damage done I think.

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Comments
From flatlander on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 14:18:56 from 198.207.244.102

Wow, I wonder where those winds are coming from. We are calm here today, and we are southeast of you. Good run, though.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 14:37:10 from 71.21.119.111

Yeah, west TX gets some pretty ridiculous wind on a regular basis. Right now there's a pressure low to our north and surface winds tend to get sucked toward those lows.

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 15:42:29 from 205.172.12.229

Ah wind, can turn any run into a workout.

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