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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, Jul 13, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.620.0013.62

80F, 98% humidity.  8:20 AP.  I wanted to run to the LSU campus but our hotel was on the wrong side of I-10 so I drove to the other side and looked for a place to park.  Settled on the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College, which had an empty parking lot (insert joke here).  I should've scouted this route ahead of time because I spent a lot of time clomping through high, wet grass.  There were very few sidewalks until I got to the campus, and I was running during rush hour.  I did one loop around University Lake and headed back.  The 2-3 mile loop around the lake was the only nice part of the run.  More clomping through grass, etc on the way back.  The heat index was in the 90s by the time I finished thanks to the ridiculous humidity.  Kind of a miserable day, but it's done.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 13.62
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Steam8 on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:46:00 from 166.70.55.77

Seriously! You are the man! I can't believe you ran 13+ in that heat and humidity! I always think of your 22 miler when I am out running and I think I am going to die of the heat and humidity! We are having 75% here and 80s and I have been a running sponge! ha!

LSU? Louisiana? What are you there for?

From I Just Run on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:14:46 from 67.79.11.242

Wow...Joe, I can't keep up with you. It's amazing how far you've come since you started running. Did you wear your bathing suit and goggles on your run?

From Kelli on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 14:48:22 from 71.219.75.108

HOLY HOT HUMIDITY....more H words. Way to tough it out, I just do not think I could take it. AND you have the speed as well. IMPRESSIVE, but you always are. ;o)

From flatlander on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 15:35:38 from 198.207.244.102

Good run, sometimes you win on the road and sometimes the good route just never shows up. Like you say, it's done and in the books.

From seeaprilrun on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 18:14:21 from 174.70.177.86

Way to suffer on. I like to come to your blog now and see your heat feats.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 21:15:03 from 66.137.82.63

S8 - thanks - we were in Baton Rouge visiting family...humidity was terrible!

IJR - Might as well have been swimming, the shorts, socks and shoes were drenched.

Kelli - too kind...I didn't feel so tough today, as I totally skipped my run, but the sleep was great

Flat - The town seemed to be the land-of-no-sidewalks-or-shoulders

April - I wilt pretty bad, but even worse in the humidity I think

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