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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
Wed, Jun 20, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.353.1010.45

74F, 85%, SSE 17-23 mph.  7:18 AP.  Goal was to get in 20 min @ LT pace (shooting for 6:20/mile).

7 easy, then a 5K in 19:29, then a short cooldown back to my house.

Splits were 6:19, 6:23, 6:09, 37.  Full disclosure: the first 2 miles were neutral, but the last mile dropped 40 feet.  Otherwise I would have been hurtin' a lot more.  This was hard.  Maybe too much warmup when it's already warm out.

Oh and I pulled a tick off my leg after a "pit stop" in a ditch on the way out.

Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 10.45
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 14:48:18 from 67.79.11.242

Nice paces! I'll be chasing you on friday with a similar run :-)

From derhammer on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:21:52 from 64.245.52.2

My Kenyan friend suggested doing these time trials with no warm up. I can't say I agree with that, but I don't think 7 miles is really necessary either. I always tell myself to stick to the intent of the workout. Over-do the warm up and then the workout suffers and you haven't achieved the stimulus you were after.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 19:09:49 from 69.131.141.92

IJR - good luck at the roping event this weekend!

DH - yeah I could tell 7 was too much because I was already smoked after the first half mile of tempo, but maybe it's good to get to that lactate flowing soon too (more time under duress?). On the other hand, you don't get the speed/turnover that you would with a 2-3 mile warmup. I will probably experiment with a shorter warmup soon.

From joebell1981 on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 20:31:21 from 99.39.133.24

Aren't marathon's just 20 mi. warmups for a super hard 10 k ? :) JK - nice job on the tough weeks with long and 2xhard workouts. I think you're overall body of work in the recent heat will pay dividends this fall.

From Dan on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 20:51:35 from 24.209.83.20

I think it goes both ways. You said your focus was the marathon, so that speed work on tired legs certainly pays off (ala the tin-man work outs), but if you are doing just pure speed work, then you do not need that much. All that being said, I am much more interested in that tick.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 18:51:00 from 69.131.141.92

JB1981 - good point - I do love the extended "warm-up" when ramping up for a marathon, but am usually happy to just survive during summer

Dan - let me follow up then: I actually didn't notice him for a couple miles - thought it was just a sticker burr (I had a lot of those stuck to me) but I couldn't just brush it off and it felt like it was pinching my leg hair so I stopped to pull it off and it was a friggin tick. Pretty much the entire run after that, I felt like I had them crawling all over me. I guess I didn't though, because I couldn't find any more when I got home and I spent a good 10 minutes looking!

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