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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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Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles: 1244.23
1160s Lifetime Miles: 888.70
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Tue, Apr 15, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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43F, 8:26 AP.  Weather.gov is my favorite Boston forecast so far - 49 to start, 55 to finish, no wind.

1160s Miles: 5.00
Weight: 148.00
Comments
From Jake K on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 09:18:49 from 199.190.170.22

What's the worst forecast so far?

From Burt on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 09:19:45 from 184.101.194.1

and what's your bib number?

From Jason D on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:09:29 from 24.1.80.94

It's pretty good. Not ideal. To be ideal, I would like a 40 MPH tailwind for the second half that affects only me :-)

I've never really run a marathon above 40 degrees to start (usually lower 30s). Think my first one may have just got over 50 toward the end. As I told Josh, I would gladly run in snow than in the 2012 heat!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:18:09 from 168.215.171.129

Jake - one of the local stations has a high of 65 that day (no hourly detail). That's the outlier though.

Burt - 3926

Jason - I agree with you there, I've run some hot ones and they all sucked. Unfortunately for you, since I'll be there, we'll probably have crap weather. You're welcome.

From Jake K on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:18:20 from 199.190.170.22

High 40s is way better than low 30s. The body doesn't have to waste energy staying warm, but it isn't warm enough to cause any slowdown. I think if you look at most of the fastest marathons ever run, 50 degrees would be about the average temperature.

From I Just Run on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:23:02 from 67.79.11.242

I'm liking the weather forecast.

Jason - I'm feeling lucky so I'll be there to offset Joe's negativity. :-)

From Burt on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:34:11 from 184.101.194.1

Yes! I will receive up to 4 messages per bib!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:14:25 from 168.215.171.129

IJR - think about the races we've both run... SA rock and roll this fall. OKC in 2012. See any common threads? Sorry, I'm cursed. Muahahaha

Burt - To supplement that, I'll text you every mile to give you my thoughts about how it's going.

From Burt on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:18:50 from 184.101.194.1

Would you? That would be fantastic. Just fantastic.

From Jason D on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 16:10:50 from 24.1.80.94

I've never had bad weather. Less than ideal, but never terrible. So, I think we are good to go, IJR.

Jake: That makes sense to me. It is generally too cold to feel great when the temps are in the low 30s but I worry about getting too hot. I've run a lot of cold tempos (3-15 degrees), so I am hoping the weather gives me a nice gift.

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