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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
Mon, Jan 18, 2016
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Getting injured opens your eyes to stuff.  I've talked about running being a bandaid and now that the bandaid has fallen off, I'm realizing there's a bloody mess underneath.

Never been a big believer in "things happen for a reason" but the timing of this injury coinciding with some other things in my life is almost unbelievable.  Some of me has been trying to piece this together and figure out why, and poor me, but that's useless.  The reality is I have some really hard work ahead, and this foot thing is going to make me do some work that's been needed for years.

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Comments
From derhammer on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 15:02:42 from 64.245.52.2

Couldn't agree more.

From Jason D on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 15:17:35 from 139.84.48.251

Best to you, Joe. Oh, I found this poking around your old entries:

http://slowjoe.fastrunningblog.com/blog--Yet-another-milestone-my-first-run/01-09-2010.html

From Dan on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 18:09:35 from 71.72.159.140

Hard work is just that...hard. You'll come out stronger. Hoping for the best Joe.

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 21:21:16 from 66.17.104.128

Hopefully you get stuff figured out. Looking forward to you getting things healed up.

From Russ on Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 15:50:45 from 24.72.196.205

I hear you loud and clear. You're clearly tough and you'll do whatever it takes to figure it out. Let me know if for some odd reason I coul help at all. I like helping other people, especially the weird ones like me (runners).

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 18:06:16 from 107.77.64.117

Thanks all. Jason, nice find!

Appreciate the opportunity to vent. I really suck at life lately...have known that for awhile. How I ever got this far (loving family, damn good paycheck, semi-obedient dog, etc) will always be a mystery to me. I definitely don't deserve any of it.

TMI, I know. Thanks for checking in guys.

From Drew on Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 18:14:07 from 173.171.218.92

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear...maybe your family, employers and dog are onto something... ;)

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