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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, Apr 22, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.000.0013.00

55F.  Still haven't caught the stomach bug yet, maybe I will be spared.  7:14 AP this morning.  Amazing what feels easy with low mileage legs.

Kinvaras Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Daniel Brunson on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 08:40:09 from 68.14.171.105

Good run. I love how easy it feels to bust out a half marathon on the taper.

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 08:51:38 from 68.102.128.85

Dude I would love to be at your fitness level right now!

From I Just Run on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 09:13:14 from 67.79.11.242

Hey Joe...Did you see the latest weather report on Weather.com? They are predicting 54 degrees at race time... :-)

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:46:44 from 68.102.128.85

Don't worry, he saw it. He's been tracking it for two weeks on five different sites.

From I Just Run on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:01:35 from 166.205.10.147

I thought I saw him smiling in his profile picture!

From Andrea on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:38:08 from 72.37.171.52

Hope you are able to get by without the bug. Sounds like your taper is going well! You are definitely capable of sub-3..now it's mental preparation time!

From Dan on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 18:58:56 from 24.209.83.20

You're ready Joe... Take some emergency-c and avoid that bug!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 19:10:39 from 69.131.141.92

Well, despite my best efforts I spent a miserable, nasty day with the toilet (which will never be the same). Good news is it's a 24-hour thing, based on the how the rest of the family recovered. I am already feeling a little better from this morning (at least I am mobile now). Hoping I could even do a short run by tomorrow night.

IJR - I did see that weather (whew) on the five different sites I've been tracking for two weeks.

From Burt on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 20:19:56 from 72.223.82.180

Oh great! Are you contagious? Why did I come to your blog. Get me some Lysol!

From Rye on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 20:48:42 from 174.27.100.104

Did you puke up any toe nails?

From I Just Run on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 07:24:00 from 67.79.11.242

weather.com now says 51 degrees for Sunday morning...Too cold for me :-)

From JG on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 07:38:19 from 71.57.246.108

Hope it passes quickly Joe, best of luck Sunday ... your training has been spot on!

From derhammer on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 09:07:29 from 192.156.110.39

Joe, I can't wait to live vicariously through you on Sunday. I know you will run a sub 3 - of that I have no doubt!

From Neil on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 09:20:48 from 164.165.24.5

Nothing like a case of violent diarrhea and spastic vomiting to bring you down to race weight. ;) Remember, over 26.2 miles 1 lb = 1 min.

From flatlander on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:20:13 from 198.207.244.102

All I can say is get as much rest as you possibly can, eat as much as you want, and only run after you can't sleep any more. For me, after getting a bug, there is residual weakness for a while that doesn't show up until quite late in the marathon (I have run a couple this way). You are young so it might not happen to the same extent, but I still think rest is king. A couple of well-spaced hard 3-mile runs should suffice to maintain fitness. So exciting to see you and Preston go for it on a cool morning in OKC.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:49:07 from 155.219.241.10

thanks everyone, I'm definitely not 100% yet but feel like I should be able to do a short run after work.

Neil - Sweet, I definitely dropped a couple minutes yesterday!

flat - thanks for the good input and advice. the timing could definitely have been worse

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