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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.008.0013.00

75F, 83%.  7:15 AP.  8-mile aerobic tempo today.  I did this same route @ 6:30/mile 3 weeks ago (when it was 57 degrees) so I thought 6:50 would be reasonable today, but I was going to be happy to keep the splits under 7:00.  So, 5 mile warmup, then 8 @ 6:49 AP (6:56, 6:44, 6:48, 6:52, 6:46, 6:55, 6:49, 6:44).

It was definitely easier to run 6:30 in cool conditions than it was to run 6:50 today.  But I'm going to keep this one outside rather than move it to the TM; I don't have a marathon for 6 months so no need to lock in a certain pace, just looking for a good, hard aerobic effort.  This is the kind of run that should make me tougher in summer races as well.  Glad to be done with it though; I can be happy right now because now is the longest possible time before I have to do it again.

Saucony A5 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 147.40
Comments
From I Just Run on Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 10:33:50 from 67.79.11.242

You are sure getting some good training in! Keep this up and you'll have a great base to work off of come marathon training time!

From Burt on Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 11:24:25 from 174.26.201.70

Plus the summer breeze will make you feel fine as it blows through the jasmine of your mind.

From allie on Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 11:48:14 from 161.38.221.168

nice job.

the time before you have to do this again is just a little closer now. and now it's a bit closer. closer. slightly closer still. it's coming, joe.

From Derunzo on Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 17:05:30 from 24.218.179.128

Nice run bro!

From Jake K on Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 08:01:15 from 159.212.71.69

These are the conditions that my buddy Wietecha calls "poor man's altitude training". So as the sweat pours off you, just think of yourself as running in Flagstaff or Mammoth Lakes.

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