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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, Oct 02, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.00	8.00	16.00

59F. Today I did the 8 @ GMP workout that I postponed last week.

8 easy miles were about 7:57/mile. One one isolated stretch I saw some kind of big cat (3-4 times the size of a large house cat) walking on the road ahead. Some people have said they've seen cougar/mountain lion-looking animals around here, guess it's true. Then some deer crossed the road right in front of me and hurdled a barbed wire fence. One got tangled up a little and had to thrash around to get free. He looked ok though as he sprinted off.

Next 8 were 6:52 AP (6:59, 6:54, 6:57, 6:56, 6:55, 6:55, 6:53, 6:25). Popped off a 10K mile to finish it up, aided by some downhill.

7:25 AP for the 16 miles.

I'm usually disappointed with how GMP feels, and today was no exception. Just means I have work to do I guess. If I had to guess, I'm probably in 3:10 shape right now so I need another good improvement spurt sometime in the next 15 weeks to kill that last 5 minutes. I definitely still have a cold, so hopefully that factored into the difficulty (can't blame it on the weather today).

Next weekend I'll run the Tyler half marathon and, taking a page from JG's playbook, will make it a MP run.

Kinvaras Miles: 16.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From ACorn on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 14:31:34 from 24.2.76.146

That's a solid 8 miles. Keeping them all in the 6s is no easy task. Well done.

From Burt on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 15:14:32 from 72.223.91.148

Did you get the cougar's number for me?

From flatlander on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 18:00:54 from 75.220.242.19

Joe, good run. One thing that happens to me is that I don't get much faster immediately after the weather turns cool, I just start progressing when I wasn't before. So I think you have enough time to knock off some more minutes. I totally believe it was a cougar, I don't think there are any bobcats in that area.

From I Just Run on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 10:41:54 from 67.79.11.242

Another good solid run Joe. I bet you can easily cut off several minutes as the weather gets cooler.

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 15:32:38 from 72.205.227.206

Very solid tempo run. It will feel easier soon. You seem to have a tendency to plateau for a while, then suddenly have an improvement explosion--I bet you will have one of those before January and this pace will start to feel very, very manageable!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 14:40:03 from 132.3.53.68

Acorn - thanks

Burt - HEY-O!

Flat - I think the same thing happened to me last year, with the delayed benefit. I researched the big cat thing a little and it turns out there are indeed some cougars in the area. Both the cats, and the ones Burt likes that smoke like a chimney and hang out at Guitars and Cadillacs Bar.

IJR - thanks

April - that does seem to be the pattern with me - let's hope for one good explosion soon!

From JG on Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 23:03:29 from 71.59.27.33

Joe, because you did not do a fall marathon, you never really got a taper, you have had 4 months of high mileage. Take a week to get over the cold & let the leg rest, and you can jump right back in the phitz plan without missing a beat. Overuse injuries creep up on us, rest up before it becomes an injury, you have a big ramp up,ahead of you.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:10:37 from 132.3.53.68

JG - good advice, thanks - you are right that there is probably a cumulative effect of so many higher mileage weeks. I am still a new-ish runner and probably need time to adjust. I think after Sunday, I will do just what you said..

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